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Manti Te'o denied being part of a hoax involving a relationship with a person online whom he considered his girlfriend. "No. Never,". "I wasn't faking it," he said. "I wasn't part of this." The Notre Dame linebacker also said that he did not make up anything to help his Heisman Trophy candidacy. "When...

AP College Football WriterNew SoCal stadium among 4 future CFP championship sitesBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe College Football Playoff says the national championship game will be held in Miami Gardens, Florida, Indianapolis, Inglewood, California, and Houston from 2021 through 2024.College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock announced the four future...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=CAA matchups a highlight in FCS Week 6By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - CAA Football will be in the spotlight next Saturday - and reigning national champion James Madison won't even be playing.While the 5-0 Dukes break for their open week, all four CAA games will help shape...

Associated PressEx-Baylor athletic director: Black athletes made scapegoatsBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The former athletic director at Baylor University alleges that regents schemed to make black football players scapegoats for a decades-long problem of sexual assault at the nation's largest Baptist school, and that he resigned rather than...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 passes rule requiring 6 wins for bowl eligibilityBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Pac-12 will require its teams to win at least six regular-season games to play in a bowl, eliminating the opportunity for a 5-7 squad to earn a postseason spot when there are not enough...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Remove Alabama receiver Daniel Geddes' crimson No. 37 jersey, and it would be difficult to distinguish him from any other student on campus.It is on the Crimson Tide football team that he stands out - if you can even find his 5-foot-6, 165-pound frame among...

QB Brewer cleared for No. 22 Baylor after taking hard hitWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor starting quarterback Charlie Brewer has been cleared to practice and play for the No. 22 Bears, who will be without starting left tackle Connor Galvin.Coach Matt Rhule said Monday that Brewer is fine after...

Air Force receiver Jalen Robinette's graduation put on holdAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) The Air Force Academy says wide receiver Jalen Robinette didn't graduate with his class after the cadet's qualifications were called into question.The ceremony took place Wednesday, but Robinette's graduation and commissioning were held up for...

Alabama dismisses linebacker VanDarius Cowan from teamTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama has dismissed linebacker VanDarius Cowan from the team for violating unspecified team rules.Coach Nick Saban announced the decision Monday in a statement, saying ''each of us has a responsibility to represent the University of Alabama in a first-class...

AP Sports WriterVirginia's Zaccheaus eager for expanded role with CavaliersBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Bronco Mendenhall and his staff are going to have to spread around the playmaking duties on the Cavaliers offense.Gone is tailback Taquan Mizzell, the senior who accounted for nearly 70 percent of the...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=The FCS' longest active streaks of winning seasons By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The COVID-19 pandemic had already postponed fall sports competition at McNeese when the Lake Charles, Louisiana, university absorbed a 1-2 punch of hurricanes in just over a six-week span - Laura on...

AP Sports WriterTennessee hires Alabama assistant Jeremy Pruitt as coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has hired Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt as its head coach, capping a tumultuous search that cost an athletic director his job as the Volunteers attempt to recover from one of their most...