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AP College Football WriterESPN signs Chip Kelly as college football studio analystBy RALPH D. RUSSOFormer Oregon coach Chip Kelly is joining ESPN as a studio analyst next season.ESPN announced Friday it has signed Kelly to a multiyear deal.Kelly will primarily be part of Saturday pregame, halftime and wrap-up shows...

AP Sports WriterAlabama toughest challenge for Oklahoma interim DC McNeillBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma interim defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill's unit couldn't slow some of the nation's best offenses during Big 12 play.His toughest challenge yet will come in the national semifinal against Alabama. Led by Heisman Trophy...

AP Sports WriterT.J. Simmons hoping to join list of impact WVU receiversBy JOHN RABYMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia wide receiver T.J. Simmons is embracing the chance to lead a unit that lost most of its production.An afterthought last season, Simmons is now the focal point of an inexperienced...

Wisconsin receiver sues university over discipline probeMADISON, Wis. (AP) Embattled University of Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus is suing the school because he says a disciplinary probe it is conducting while he's trying to defend himself in a criminal sexual assault case violates his rights.Cephus was suspended from the...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=D-III power St. Thomas to join PFL in 2021By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The University of St. Thomas has been too good for the Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - literally - so it's jumping to Division I.St. Thomas will make the move upward...

AP Sports WriterMissouri appeals NCAA sanctions levied against 3 sportsBy DAVE SKRETTAMissouri filed a notice of appeal with the NCAA's committee on infractions Thursday, beginning what could be a lengthy fight of what it considers overly harsh sanctions levied against three of its programs for academic misconduct involving a...

The BOISE ST and the TROY will both be gunning for a victory on 9/1/2018 at 6:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. BOISE ST vs TROY When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 1, 2018 Where: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, Alabama ROT TEAM PS OU ML 175 BOISE ST 10.5 (-110) 49.5 (-110) -425 315 176 TROY TV: 6:00 PM LINE: 10.5 PREDICTION: TROY , BOISE ST Oddsmakers currently have the...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) Defensive end Carl Nassib of Penn State has won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the biggest influence on his team.The other finalists were Duke safety Jeremy Cash, Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich and Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry.Nassib received the...

AP College Football WriterBowl comes with more issues for Florida State in sad seasonBy RALPH D. RUSSOFlorida State has faced one problem after another since starting the season ranked No. 3.Now, on the verge of putting a forgettable this season behind them, there are questions whether the Seminoles are...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Les Miles has informed LSU athletic officials that he has not been contacted by Michigan about the Wolverines' coaching vacancy and has no intention of leaving the Tigers.LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette says Miles sought to make his status with LSU clear Monday following reports...

AP Was There: Harvard wins 1920 Rose Bowl, beats Oregon 7-6By The Associated PressOne hundred years ago, college football was still dominated by leather helmet-wearing Ivy Leaguers who played both offense and defense. The forward pass had been legalized about a dozen years earlier, but the outcomes were still...

AP College Football WriterCoastal Carolina's Jamey Chadwell is AP coach of the yearBy RALPH D. RUSSOCoastal Carolina's Jamey Chadwell is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Chanticleers to a surprising, near-perfect season.Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top...