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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Butch Jones believes holding one open practice each year helps prepare his team for the Neyland Stadium environment.Of course, it helps when that workout draws the type of crowd that many programs can't attract during the regular season.Even without a quarterback competition to...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - It was as big a send-off as Texas A&M University can give.The opportunity to pay tribute to A&M's first Heisman Trophy winner John David Crow drew more than 500 family members, friends, fellow coaches and fans to the floor of Reed Arena.Former A&M women's...

Associated PressComing home the hard part for Cal after Australia tripBy GIDEON RUBINBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) The 7,500 mile trip, 17-hour time difference, and all the hoopla surrounding the first college football game played in Australia in three decades was easy.The hard part for the Cal Bears was coming...

The college football season is only half over and already four FBS coaches have been fired, one was suspended for three games and another future Hall of Famer has resigned. Four preseason top-10 teams are no longer ranked. Injuries to key players have been rampant. Scoring is up as...

DETROIT (AP) Central Michigan coach Jon Bonamego made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Mid-American Conference's media day, showing up a few hours after receiving a chemotherapy treatment.Bonamego, who has cancer in his left tonsil, had been scheduled to be represented by his offensive and defensive coordinators, but...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Oklahoma goes to Rocky Top this weekend and Texas Tech follows next week with a trip to the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.For the sake of the Big 12 Conference, the 19th-ranked Sooners and Red Raiders need to do more than just visit two...

Associated PressNorth Dakota State president: Some texts 'not appropriate'By BLAKE NICHOLSONBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani said Monday that some text messages he sent regarding heavily criticized and now-rescinded media guidelines for covering Bison athletics were ''not appropriate.''Bresciani in a campus-wide email also continued...

OXFORD, Miss. -- Ole Miss receiver Laquon Treadwell is expected to need four months to recover from a broken leg and dislocated ankle suffered in the team's 35-31 loss to Auburn on Saturday, coach Hugh Freeze said Monday. Treadwell was close to scoring a go-ahead touchdown with 1:30 remaining in...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) The emotional boost North Dakota State gets from its star quarterback's return to practice may not matter if the Bison can't stop Northern Iowa's vaunted running game.Senior signal-caller Carson Wentz, a top-tier pro prospect who last year led the Bison to their fourth straight FCS...

Former Oklahoma All-American DE Jimbo Elrod killed in crashCHANDLER, Okla. (AP) James ''Jimbo'' Elrod, an All-American defensive end who played on Oklahoma's 1974 and 1975 national championship teams, died in a car wreck Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. He was 62.The single-vehicle crash happened at about 3:45...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. has missed his second straight practice, watching from the sideline with a protective boot on his right foot.Backup Ryker Fyfe worked with the No. 1 offense Tuesday and said afterward he is preparing as if he will start Saturday's game...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) The two teams that gave the Football Championship Subdivision a thrilling finish last season were tabbed Monday by Missouri Valley Football Conference followers to once again decide the league title - and maybe more.A poll of league coaches, media and sports information directors gives four-time...