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AP College Football WriterAP source: Oregon St hires former Beavers QB Smith as coachBy RALPH D. RUSSOJonathan Smith is returning to where he started.Washington's co-offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith has been hired by Oregon State to be the Beavers' new head coach, a person with direct knowledge of the decision...

AP Sports WriterAnalysis: Clemson will win with talent to slow LSU, BurrowBy PETE IACOBELLINEW ORLEANS (AP) No. 1 LSU has been unstoppable this season but the top-ranked team in the nation hasn't faced Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables this season.It is a given that in prepping for the...

'Last Chance U' coach resigns after inflammatory textsINDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) Jason Brown, the junior college football coach whose program was chronicled in the Netflix series ''Last Chance U,'' has resigned after an inflammatory series of text messages in which he allegedly told a German player: ''I'm your new...

SWAC will drop football title game after upcoming seasonBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Southwestern Athletic Conference has decided to end its annual football championship game following the 2017 season.The winner of the SWAC's regular-season title will now go directly to the Celebration Bowl and play against the winner of...

AMES, Iowa (AP) A somewhat promising start has given way to a troubling reality for Iowa State in Big 12 play.If that sounds familiar to Cyclones fans, it should.The Cyclones (2-3, 1-1 Big 12) beat lowly Kansas to start league play and then allowed Texas Tech to pile...

Ex-Spartan football players avoid jail in sex assault caseLANSING, Mich. (AP) Three former Michigan State University football players accused in the sexual assault of a woman have avoided jail time after pleading guilty.Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance were sentenced Wednesday to three years' probation, as...

AP College Football WriterAnalysis: Expansion could help balance college footballBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW ORLEANS (AP) College football has never had real parity.The playoff format was created to give more teams a chance to win the national title, but in reality it has highlighted how few programs can even...

Associated PressAP source: Taggart to be next Florida State football coachBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) A person with direct knowledge of the situation says Willie Taggart has agreed to become Florida State's next football coach.The person says Taggart has called a team meeting to inform his Oregon players...

Hauck can't follow rival Choate on Twitter(STATS) - The rivalry between Montana and Montana State doesn't have an offseason.Montana football coach Bobby Hauck had some fun on Twitter on Friday by revealing his account has been blocked from following the tweets of Montana State coach Jeff Choate.Hauck posted a...

AP Sports WriterLessons from 1918: Old pandemic is a murky guide for sportsBy DAN GELSTONThe image is striking: Fans watching a college football game in the midst of a pandemic, wearing masks with a smidge of social distance between them on row after row of bleacher seats.The photo is...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Faculty members at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have drafted a no-confidence resolution against the president following his decision to kill the school's football program despite it finishing with its best record in years.The document, released Thursday by the university, accuses UAB President Ray...

Colorado to allow stadium-wide alcohol sales againBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Colorado will allow alcohol sales in the general concourse areas at Folsom Field for the first time in more than two decades.The university said Friday that after a four-year trial of limited beer and wine sales through ''beer gardens,''...