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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=How the Cramton Bowl will operate for FCS KickoffBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Protocols at the seventh annual Guardian FCS Kickoff may be an indication of what fans can expect at college football games this season.Austin Peay and Central Arkansas are set to square off...

AP Sports WriterTech companies, like college athletes, eager to cash inBy ERIC OLSONImagine a major-college quarterback with a sizable social media following who posts entertaining and informative updates about his life on and off the field.Now imagine a restaurant hiring him as its pitchman and paying him $500 or...

Oklahoma's Riley adds ex-E. Carolina coach McNeill to staffNORMAN, Okla. (AP) New Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley has hired Ruffin McNeill as assistant head coach and defensive tackles coach.Riley and McNeill go way back. Riley was offensive coordinator at East Carolina for five seasons while McNeill was the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=A preseason quiz for FCS 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The arrival of conference media days this month marks the unofficial start to the college football season, so it's time to get in the FCS game.Sure, North Dakota State and James Madison have become the national powers,...

AP Sports WriterHarmon making the tough catches for No. 16 WolfpackBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) It doesn't matter to North Carolina State's Kelvin Harmon whether he's wide open downfield or tussling with a defensive back as the ball comes his way.Just get the ball close, and he's going...

AP Sports WriterAlabama toughest challenge for Oklahoma interim DC McNeillBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma interim defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill's unit couldn't slow some of the nation's best offenses during Big 12 play.His toughest challenge yet will come in the national semifinal against Alabama. Led by Heisman Trophy...

Associated PressNo. 16 Notre Dame seeks to regain identity vs. Virginia TechBy TOM COYNESOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Outmuscled and outhustled, No. 16 Notre Dame is eager to show its embarrassing loss to Michigan was an aberration.''We got away from our identity,'' coach Brian Kelly said. ''Our identity is...

Utah State, coach Andersen part ways after 0-3 startBy The Associated PressUtah State and coach Gary Andersen are parting ways after a 0-3 start to the season for the Aggies. Andersen was in Year 2 of his second stint at Utah State.''After a thorough analysis on the current state...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Just when it seemed Oregon's defense was peaking at the perfect time, with Jameis Winston and Florida State on the horizon, an injury took away the Ducks' best defensive back.Second-ranked Oregon (12-1) will face the third-seeded Seminoles (13-0) on Jan. 1 in the College Football...

AP Sports WriterBoston College hoping to take next step in ACCBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) AJ Dillon ran for 1,589 yards and 14 touchdowns for Boston College as a freshman behind a patchwork offensive line that was constantly shuffling in new players because of injury.Give Dillon a full season...

AP Sports WriterAuburn's Dean, Stidham highlight pro day workoutsBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Jamel Dean was a spectator while his Auburn teammates ran the 40 at pro day, a luxury he earned with an eye-catching time at the NFL combine.The cornerback took care of that with a 4.30-second...

Florida's Edwards arrested on misdemeanor battery chargeGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida defensive back Brian Edwards has been released from the Alachua County Jail after being arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge.Edwards was accused of grabbing his girlfriend of two years by her neck Monday as she attempted to leave...