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STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - FCS schools that have had a head coaching change since the start of the 2018 season (with former coach, date of change and new coach if applicable):Austin Peay: Will Healy (Dec. 4) - new coach Mark Hudspeth (Dec. 11)Brown: Phil Estes...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - FCS schools that have had a head coaching change since the start of the 2018 season (with former coach, date of change and new coach if applicable):Austin Peay: Will Healy (Dec. 4) - new coach Mark Hudspeth (Dec. 11)Brown: Phil Estes...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Maine's Harasymiak leaving for Minnesota staffBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Maine's deepest run in the FCS playoffs has cost the CAA Football champion its head coach.Joe Harasymiak has been hired as an assistant defensive coach at Minnesota, the Big Ten school announced Thursday.Yahoo Sports' Pete Thamel first...

AP Sports WriterSouth Carolina, QB Bentley looking for finish strong in bowlBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley believes the Gamecocks made progress during the regular season. He can't wait to see that continue against Virginia at the Belk Bowl.''A bowl win would be icing...

Georgia Tech signs tight end Tyler Davis from UConnATLANTA (AP) Newly hired coach Geoff Collins has added a second tight end, Tyler Davis, a graduate transfer from UConn, to Georgia Tech's class of early signees.The addition of Davis (6-foot-4, 243) on Thursday gives Collins, the former Temple coach,...

North Dakota State 13-point favorite over Eastern Washington(STATS) - Defending champion North Dakota State has been installed as a 13-point favorite over Eastern Washington for the NCAA Division I FCS Championship Game on Jan. 5.The over-under for the game is 60 points, according to 5Dimes sportsbook.NDSU (14-0), the No....

Nebraska, Akron reach agreement on canceled gameLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska and Akron announced an agreement Monday addressing the Sept. 1 season-opening game between the two that was canceled because of bad weather.Nebraska wanted to play Akron the following day, but the Zips couldn't find a hotel for Saturday...

Utah transfer QB Jack Tuttle joining IndianaBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Jack Tuttle, who left Utah after losing a tough preseason battle to start at quarterback, is transferring to Indiana and will join the Hoosiers for the spring semester.The 6-foot-4 Tuttle, who was born in Indianapolis but played his high...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - FCS schools that have had a head coaching change since the start of the 2018 season (with former coach, date of change and new coach if applicable):Austin Peay: Will Healy (Dec. 4) - new coach Mark Hudspeth (Dec. 11)Brown: Phil Estes...

NC State hires veteran assistant Kurt Roper as QBs coachRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired former Duke and Colorado offensive coordinator Kurt Roper as its quarterbacks coach.Coach Dave Doeren announced Roper's hiring Monday.The move returns Roper to the North Carolina Triangle. He spent six seasons in...

AP Sports WriterLeft out of playoff, Georgia looks to avoid Sugar letdownBy PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) A year ago, Georgia was getting ready for the College Football Playoff.Now, it feels like the Bulldogs are preparing for the Letdown Bowl.Georgia missed out on the four-team playoff field after another...

Michigan says DT Aubrey Solomon can speak to other schoolsANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan has given permission to defensive tackle Aubrey Solomon to speak with other schools, giving him the opportunity to transfer.Solomon signed with the Wolverines in 2017 as a highly touted recruit from Leesburg, Georgia. He...