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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) The son of former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield faces a one-game suspension from Georgia's football team after his arrest on misdemeanor marijuana charges. An online booking report from the Clarke County Jail shows sophomore running back Elijah Holyfield was charged early Monday with possession of marijuana of...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS conference plans for spring 2021 seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - FCS conferences are developing plans to play their 2020 schedule during the spring semester if health conditions are deemed safe.All 13 conferences opted not to play their league schedules this fall due to concerns...

AP College Football WriterESPN hires former Wazzu QB Leaf as college football analystBy RALPH D. RUSSORyan Leaf has been hired by ESPN to be a college football analyst, another step in the remarkable comeback of the former Washington State star who has battled drug addiction and served time in...

AP Sports WriterTennessee to start redshirt freshman Guarantano at QBBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee will start redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano at quarterback in place of Quinten Dormady as the Volunteers seek to bounce back from their first shutout loss since 1994.Vols coach Butch Jones said Wednesday that...

AP Sports WriterColumn: College football whiffs in tackling the coronavirusBy PAUL NEWBERRYWhen it came time to confront a global pandemic, we should've known college football would whiff on the tackle.This flimsy collection of largely autonomous fiefdoms, each concerned mainly with hoarding wealth and power, was never going to make...

'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...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 presidents decide to pass on expansionBy STEPHEN HAWKINSGRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) The Big 12 Conference has decided against expansion from its current 10 members.The announcement came after a six-hour meeting Monday with the conference's university presidents and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.The Big 12 has been analyzing...

AP Sports WriterButch Jones out as Tennessee's football coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee fired coach Butch Jones on Sunday with two games left in a regular season in which the Volunteers started ranked but are now still winless in the Southeastern Conference.Vols athletic director John Currie said...

Florida gives DC Shannon $400K raise to go with new titleGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida's Randy Shannon got a $400,000 raise to go along with his promotion to defensive coordinator.Shannon was promoted to defensive coordinator in January, four days after the Gators beat Iowa 30-3 in the Outback Bowl....

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school.President Tim Wolfe, a former business...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Ranking the FCS conferences in 2020By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - In sports, bragging rights are sometimes embraced as much as the championships."Best conference" is one of the annual debates across FCS college football. Only three conferences generally vie for that mythical title, but the others...

South Alabama fires football coach Steve CampbellMOBILE, Ala. (AP) South Alabama has fired football coach Steve Campbell a day after a shutout loss to rival Troy.Jaguars athletic director Joel Erdmann announced the decision on Sunday.''I met with Coach Campbell this morning and informed him that we will be...