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AP College Football WriterPac-12 won't change scheduling to 'skate through' to playoffBy RALPH D. RUSSOSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league's chances to place a team in the four-team playoff.Commissioner...

The Latest: Ex-Penn State head paid as he fought chargesHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a judge's decision to throw out the conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier (all times local):5:30 p.m.The cost of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal to Penn State has included millions...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 won't change scheduling to 'skate through' to playoffBy RALPH D. RUSSOSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league's chances to place a team in the four-team playoff.Commissioner...

West Virginia WR Marcus Simms enters NCAA transfer portalMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia wide receiver Marcus Simms is looking to transfer.The school confirmed Monday that Simms has put his name into the NCAA's transfer portal.Rather than play for new head coach Neal Brown after Dana Holgorsen left for...

Ex-A&M football player's trial begins in jogger's killingDALLAS (AP) A former Texas A&M football player has arrived in court to be tried for the killing of jogger who was hacked to death with a machete in 2015.Thomas Johnson's murder trial began Monday after years of litigation over whether...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Testaverde's son has shot with Buccaneers(STATS) - Former Albany quarterback Vincent Testaverde is getting a tryout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 32 years after the franchise picked his father first in the NFL Draft.The younger Testaverde went undrafted this past week before being invited to the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=25 names to know in FCS 2019By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Spring practices have whet the appetite for the 2019 FCS season, which will be full of top teams and players.Maybe this season won't even be a North Dakota State runaway with the talent spread so wide...

Cowboys sign Larry Allen's son(STATS) - The Dallas Cowboys surely like the idea of Larry Allen on their offensive line.Former Harvard standout Larry Allen Jr. signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Cowboys on Sunday - one day after the conclusion of the NFL Draft.Allen, an All-Ivy League...

Suspect in shooting of Texas Tech player turns himself inLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) A 24-year-old man sought in the shooting of a Texas Tech University football player and a woman has turned himself in to Lubbock police.A police statement identifies the suspect as Asia Devine Jackson. He had been...

Nine STATS All-Americans drafted(STATS) - Nine of the 13 players selected from FCS schools in this week's NFL Draft were members of the 2018 STATS All-America team.Five were first-team All-Americans: Delaware free safety Nasir Adderley (Los Angeles Chargers, second-round pick), Western Illinois defensive tackle Khalen Saunders (Kansas City Chiefs,...

Payton Award winner Hodges gets Steelers' invite(STATS) - Former Samford quarterback Devlin Hodges, the 2018 STATS FCS Walter Payton Award winner, received a minicamp invitation from the Pittsburgh Steelers following the NFL Draft Saturday night.Hodges was voted the top offensive player in the FCS after he passed for a...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Breakdown of FCS draft selections in 2010sBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The 2010s decade will end with 177 FCS-level players being selected in the NFL Draft.There were 13 selections in the 2019 draft this week - the low for decade.Following is a breakdown of the decade's FCS...