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Associated PressDabo Swinney signs largest college football contract everBy JEFFREY COLLINSTwo national titles in three years have helped earn Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney the biggest contract in college football history.University trustees approved the 10 year, $92 million deal Friday. It runs through 2028 and includes two new clauses...

AP Sports WriterTennessee, former AD Currie agree to $2.5 million settlementBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has agreed to pay former athletic director John Currie $2.5 million as part of a settlement reached less than four months after he was suspended in the midst of a football coaching...

Eastern Illinois to kick off 2018 season at Arkansas(STATS) - Eastern Illinois' visit to Arkansas will bring a historical start to the Panthers' 2018 schedule.The Sept. 1 game in Fayetteville will be the Ohio Valley Conference member's first-ever game against an SEC program. Panthers coach Kim Dameron played for...

Alabama is overwhelming media choice to win SEC championshipATLANTA (AP) Reigning national champion Alabama has been picked to win the Southeastern Conference championship in a preseason media poll.Alabama was selected by 193 of the 284 voters this week at SEC media days. Georgia, last year's SEC champion which...

Henry Bullough, ex-NFL coach, Spartans player, dies at 85EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Henry Bullough, a former NFL coach and a guard on Michigan State’s national title team in 1952, has died. He was 85.His death was announced Monday by the school. Son Chuck Bullough is an assistant coach...

AP College Football WriterFew 5-stars left as early signing period comes to closeBy RALPH D. RUSSOAfter the first early signing period for major college football, there are still some big prizes to be had on the recruiting trail.The three-day window came to close Friday with one more five-star recruit...

AP Sports WriterStakes suddenly higher now for No. 21 Michigan StateBy NOAH TRISTEREAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Mark Dantonio is 8-3 against Michigan since taking over as Michigan State's coach - a mark that has done plenty to endear him to the fans in East Lansing.This week, however, it's...

McMillen added to commission investigating Maryland footballCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Former Maryland basketball star Tom McMillen and former Gov. Robert Ehrlich have been added to the commission to investigate the culture of the Maryland football program.The Board of Regents announced five additions to the commission Friday, bringing the...

AP Sports WriterMissouri football program pushes again for racial justiceBy DAVE SKRETTACOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Ryan Walters had just arrived at the University of Missouri to coach safeties for the football program when a series of protests related to racial injustice led to the resignations of the system president...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Sooners win 6th B12 title in row, 27-21 over Iowa StBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley remembered two specific moments right after the No. 12 Sooners won their sixth consecutive Big 12 championship.There was the uncertainty of what was next when...

Associated PressEx-Oregon football star stops armed student at Oregon schoolBy GILLIAN FLACCUSPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited Friday with tackling an armed student at a Portland, Oregon, high school before anyone was injured.Keanon Lowe, a football and track coach...

AP Sports WriterJackson steps into spotlight for No. 21 Virginia TechBy HANK KURZ Jr.Josh Jackson will step into the spotlight when No. 21 Virginia Tech and No. 22 West Virginia renew a once-bitter Big East rivalry on Sunday night.The redshirt freshman quarterback won a three-way battle to earn the...