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Associated PressFlorida State fires football coach Willie TaggartBy BOB FERRANTETALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has fired Willie Taggart, the move coming a day after the Seminoles lost to rival Miami and with the team in danger of missing a bowl for the second consecutive season.Taggart was 9-12 in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS team of the week: Holy Cross is playoff-boundBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Holy Cross' record was a mere 1-3 heading into October, but the Crusaders' difficult nonleague schedule had hardened them for the most important part of their regular season.It's paid off with a Patriot League...

Iowa's Gary Barta joins CFP committee, Gene Smith steps downIRVING, Texas (AP) Iowa athletic director Gary Barta is joining the College Football Playoff selection committee, replacing Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith.CFP executive director Bill Hancock on Friday announced Barta would begin a three-year term this spring. Smith...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 Big Sky spring outlookBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - An outstanding season in the Big Sky Conference last year deserves an encore.National runner-up Eastern Washington, Weber State and UC Davis shared the title in the largest FCS conference and all three reached the national quarterfinals.They finished in...

AP Sports WriterEhlinger last captain standing for Texas vs Buffs in bowlBy JIM VERTUNOAnd then there was one.Texas had seven team captains when the season started. Senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger will be the only one taking the field Tuesday nightwhen the No. 20 Longhorns (6-3) play Colorado (4-1) in...

AP Sports WriterIllinois joins list of bowl eligible with huge comebackBy NOAH TRISTERSeveral more teams became bowl eligible this week - none with more flair than Illinois.The Illini beat Michigan State 37-34 after trailing 28-3 in the second quarter and 31-10 at the start of the fourth. It's the...

AP Sports WriterKenny Pickett enters season firmly in charge at PittsburghBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Kenny Pickett never doubted he'd be here.Not as a scrawny 130-pound freshman quarterback growing up in New Jersey. Not when he enrolled early at Pittsburgh in the spring of 2017 as a distant third...

Conspiracy charge added against Penn State ex-administratorsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A judge's ruling is increasing the possible penalty that three former Penn State administrators could face if convicted of crimes for how they responded to the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.Judge John Boccabella on Thursday granted a request by...

K-State promotes Andre Coleman to offensive coordinatorMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Bill Snyder promoted Andre Coleman to offensive coordinator on Wednesday, and made Charlie Dickey and Collin Klein co-coordinators in a revamped coaching staff structure.Coleman played wide receiver for Snyder in the early 1990s and has tutored...

AP Sports WriterTrask, Pitts help No. 3 Florida top South Carolina 38-24By MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts hooked up for two more touchdowns, continuing their hot start and leading No. 3 Florida to a 38-24 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.Trask completed 21 of...

AP Sports WriterBack in Top 25, Virginia remains focused on winning divisionBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Now that the Cavaliers are ranked, bowl eligible and have announced that winning the ACC's Coastal Division is their goal, they want to maintain the focus that has carried them to...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 San Jose State faces Ball State in Arizona BowlBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) San Jose State was unable to play on its home field most of the season due to COVID-19 restrictions and faced scrutiny over its travel plans to play Ball State in...