CFB

The College Football Playoff era is here and as the bowl season starts, it feels a bit like a New Year's three-for-one special: Three big games instead of one.There's still a bit of controversy just like there was in the BCS - ask Baylor and TCU - but most...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska opened practice Thursday night with the competition at running back the featured position battle.Terrell Newby came out of the spring as the front-runner in the race to succeed three-time 1,000-yard rusher Ameer Abdullah. But the surprise arrival of heralded recruit Jordan Stevenson of Dallas...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says the NCAA has denied hardship waiver requests by linebacker Courtney Love and tight end Greg Hart to play this season for the Wildcats after transferring from Nebraska.Stoops said after Monday's practice that the school is appealing the NCAA's decision on...

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...

NEW YORK (AP) Hand it to Derrick Henry.Alabama's bulldozer of a tailback with the super-sized workload won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night after carrying the Crimson Tide offense for most of the season.''I'm just so thankful to have this trophy,'' Henry said. ''It's just a blessing and...

AP Sports WriterGoff will watch when Cal visits USC for offensive showcaseBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Jared Goff will be rooting for the visitors in his home stadium Thursday night.Although the former California quarterback spends his Sundays on the Coliseum sideline with the Los Angeles Rams, the No....

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) Police say seven Lehigh University football players have been charged in an off-campus break-in meant as revenge, but they targeted the wrong northeastern Pennsylvania home.Bethlehem police say two men in the house used a university football roster to identify the suspects in the Nov. 8...

Virginia Tech is exactly where it wants to be at this point in the season: tied for the ACC's Coastal Division lead in the loss column and in control of its chance to play for its fifth conference championship. The No. 25 Hokies (5-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) can significantly...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Les Miles has informed LSU athletic officials that he has not been contacted by Michigan about the Wolverines' coaching vacancy and has no intention of leaving the Tigers.LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette says Miles sought to make his status with LSU clear Monday following reports...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan's search for a new athletic director has begun.The school announced Wednesday it has formed an advisory committee and hired a search firm to begin looking for candidates to replace interim athletic director Jim Hackett, who does not want to be in the running...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook has left Saturday's game against Maryland after appearing to injure his right shoulder in the first half.Cook was knocked down as he threw a pass during the first quarter and looked to be in pain when he went to...

Orgeron changing running backs, receivers coachesBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU coach Ed Orgeron says running backs coach Jabbar Juluke has been re-assigned to a position within athletic department and wide receiver coach Dameyune Craig has been ''relieved of his duties.''Orgeron, who announced the decision on Thursday, says a...