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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...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Will no fall sports in Ivy League be a trendsetter across Division I?By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Ivy League became the first Division I conference to eliminate its fall sports season due to the coronavirus pandemic, although a potential shift of competition to the...

Beamer among 3 new playoff selection committee membersIRVING, Texas (AP) Former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Robert Morris University President Chris Howard have been added to the College Football Playoff selection committee.The three new members will begin three-year terms next season....

AP Sports WriterFromm appears set at quarterback for No. 3 Georgia's openerBy CHARLES ODUMATHENS, Ga. (AP) The last remaining strand of drama in the Georgia quarterback competition may have disappeared when Jake Fromm was asked about possible starters at tailback.Fromm, No. 3 Georgia's returning starter, had complimentary comments...

AP Sports WriterFlorida allows 4 suspended players to rejoin team activitiesBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Running back Jordan Scarlett and three other Florida players suspended last season amid felony fraud charges have rejoined team activities.School officials confirmed the return of the players Tuesday to The Associated Press.''All of...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Buck Buchanan Award Watch List grows by sevenBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Seven players who have been dominating in the first half of the college football season were nominated to the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award Watch List on Thursday.The Buchanan Award, presented to the national defensive...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Oklahoma QB Murray doesn't start vs. BaylorBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray didn't start against Baylor on Saturday for the sixth-ranked Sooners. But he quickly made an impact.He entered on the second possession and threw a 9-yard touchdown to Lee Morris...

AP College Football WriterNCAA doc sees narrow path to play as Fields starts petitionBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA's chief medical officer says there is a narrow path to playing college sports during the coronavirus pandemic and if testing nationwide does not improve, it cannot be done.Meanwhile, one of college...

Sean Clifford named starting QB for No. 15 Penn StateSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Sean Clifford will start at quarterback for No. 15 Penn State in its season opener against Idaho.The Nittany Lions announced Clifford as the starter in a tweet on Friday.Clifford was expected to win the starting...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Big SkyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of the larger FBS.Many of the games are played...

AP Sports WriterAuburn's Stidham plays largely spectator role in springBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Jarrett Stidham threw a few passes in 7-on-7 drills before Auburn's spring game and then headed to the sideline as a spectator and ''encourager''.Stidham's role Saturday pretty much summed up his spring. The Tigers'...

AP College Football WriterNCAA proposal: Kickoff fair catch inside 25 to be touchbackBy ERIC OLSONThe team receiving a kickoff would be allowed to make a fair catch inside the 25-yard line and have it result in a touchback under an NCAA Football Rules Committee proposal Friday.The proposal addresses player...