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STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 FCS vs. FBS: Big SkyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - There's no doubt the Big Sky is embracing the larger 12-game regular season this year. Every program is playing an FBS opponent and there's 19 matchups overall - the most in conference history.The largest FCS conference often...

Michigan football team visits prison Mandela spent 18 yearsCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Michigan's football team visited Robben Island , where former President Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.The Wolverines took a tour of the prison Sunday as part of their trip to South...

Mannix immediately eligible at Texas Tech with NCAA waiverLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) McLane Mannix will be able to play next season for Texas Tech after an NCAA waiver that made the Nevada transfer immediately eligible.Mannix transferred in January and went to spring drills with the Red Raiders.A native of...

Kansas college releases review of player's heatstroke deathGARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas community college released a summary of its internal review into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of practice, saying the coach reported that players were provided...

Georgia athletic board approves naming field for DooleyATHENS, Ga. (AP) The Georgia athletic association's board of directors has unanimously endorsed naming the field at Sanford Stadium in honor of former longtime coach Vince Dooley.The athletic board's vote came in a teleconference meeting on Friday led by University of...

Kansas college releases review of player's heatstroke deathGARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas community college released a summary of its internal review into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of practice, saying the coach reported that players were provided...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 FCS vs. FBS: Big SouthBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Big South has gotten bigger, and so have expectations.Fews wins in the regular season are bigger than an upset of an FBS program.The Big South has posted six of those wins during the 2010s, but only...

Duke, Cutcliffe agree to 2-year extension through '22 seasonDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke has extended football coach David Cutcliffe's contract through the 2022 season.Athletic director Kevin White announced the two-year extension Friday. Terms were not disclosed, as is customary at the private school.Cutcliffe has won two Atlantic Coast Conference...

Merrimack sets first FCS schedule(STATS) - Merrimack announced an 11-game schedule on Thursday for its first season on the FCS level this year.The Warriors, moving up from NCAA Division II, will play five times at home. They are joining the Northeast Conference, but won't play a full league schedule...

Florida freshman QB Jalon Jones accused of sexual batteryGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Two University of Florida students have accused quarterback Jalon Jones of sexual battery.The university released two reports Thursday that stem from an April 6 incident at an on-campus residential housing complex.Jones has not been charged. The incident...

Florida freshman QB Jalon Jones accused of sexual batteryGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Two University of Florida students have accused quarterback Jalon Jones of sexual battery.The university released two reports Thursday that stem from an April 6 incident at an on-campus residential housing complex.Jones has not been charged. The incident...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia plans to name Sanford Stadium field for Vince DooleyBy CHARLES ODUMVince Dooley braced for big news - good or bad - when University of Georgia President Jere Morehead and athletic director Greg McGarity interrupted his gardening for a surprise visit Thursday morning.''I was hoping it was...