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AP Sports WriterPanthers turned back the clock to turn season aroundBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Darrin Hall paused for a second and pondered the question. Fresh off a 186-yard performance in front of his infant daughter in a victory that catapulted Pittsburgh to the brink of its first appearance...

Former Giants RB, Michigan captain Ron Johnson dies at 71ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Former New York Giants running back Ron Johnson, who was the first black player to be a captain of the Michigan football team, has died. He was 71.Michigan announced on Saturday that Johnson had died...

Associated PressPeoples-Jones has Michigan wide receivers back on trackBy MATT SCHOCHANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) One season after Michigan's wide receivers could not get in the end zone, coach Jim Harbaugh had just one complaint about the Wolverines' pass catchers on Saturday.The guy with the black-rimmed glasses and khakis...

AP Sports WriterIndiana, Purdue keep focus on football during home stretchBy MICHAEL MAROTIndiana coach Tom Allen understands the challenges his team faces this weekend.No. 4 Michigan is the Big Ten's highest-ranked team and the one most likely to carry the conference banner into the College Football Playoff if anyone...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 down to final 4 teams to determine 2 title game spotsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSSixth-ranked Oklahoma or No. 7 West Virginia will play in the Big 12 championship game. They might be facing each other, too,The Sooners, Mountaineers, No. 13 Texas and No. 18 Iowa State are...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma keeps finding ways in 15-game November win streakBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) There might be something to Oklahoma's ''Championship November'' mantra.The Sooners have won 15 consecutive November games dating to the 2014 season. They already have won two games this November heading into Saturday's game...

AP Sports WriterLouisville interim coach says last 2 games not 'about me'By GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville interim football coach Lorenzo Ward said he is focused solely on salvaging the Cardinals' final two games rather than whether he will have the job permanently.It's unclear who will be...

AP Sports WriterMississippi State faces 'reality' of disappointing seasonBy DAVID BRANDTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State's regular season has 10 days remaining and the schedule includes two winnable games against Arkansas and Ole Miss.But no matter the outcome, the Bulldogs' season has fallen short of expectations.This was supposed to...

Scuffling Baylor-Iowa St players to miss 1st half this weekBy The Associated PressIowa State running back David Montgomery and Baylor defensive end Greg Roberts will miss the first half of their team's games this week after the scuffle that led to their ejections in the second half of...

AP Sports WriterWilkins, Benjamin lead Sun Devils past BruinsBy BOB BAUMTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Manny Wilkins, in his final home game, ran for two touchdowns and threw for another and Arizona State kept its Pac-12 South title hopes very much alive with a 31-28 victory over UCLA on Saturday.Eno...

The Associated PressMcSorley matches wins mark, No. 21 Penn State tops WisconsinBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Trace McSorley tied Penn State's record for wins by a quarterback with his 29th, and 21st-ranked Nittany Lions beat Wisconsin 22-10 on Saturday.Miles Sanders ran for 159 yards and a touchdown...

5 injured in crash of bus carrying Princeton studentsWEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Police say a coach bus carrying Princeton University students heading to a football game at Yale has crashed into a building in Connecticut, sending four of them to the hospital with minor injuries.Police say the bus...