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Media pick Jacksonville State in OVC again(STATS) - The Ohio Valley Conference preseason media poll has been anything but fake news since being started in 2014.Not only have media members who cover the nine-team conference correctly picked Jacksonville State to win the title each time, but the Gamecocks haven't...

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...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS wide receivers catch on as 2019 NFL Draft candidatesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Led by UC Davis All-American Keelan Doss, wide receiver is a leading position in the FCS class of prospects for the 2019 NFL Draft.Draft grades are fluid while the class comes more into...

Former Florida State linebacker faces tax fraud chargesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) A Florida attorney who started at linebacker for Florida State's 1993 national championship team is facing federal tax fraud charges.Court records show that a federal grand jury in Tallahassee indicted 46-year-old Ken Alexander this week on nine counts...

AP Sports WriterClemson reworks Venables contract to $2M for 5 yearsBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson has made a second major statement this year about how much it wants to hold onto defensive coordinator Brent Venables.After upping his salary to $2 million a year in February, the school...

AP Sports WriterClemson's pursuers have new looks in ACC's Atlantic DivisionBy AARON BEARDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Clemson looks ready for another year as the Atlantic Coast Conference favorite in a division that has long been the league's center of power.It's the teams behind the three-time defending ACC champion Tigers...

AP Sports WriterQB situation mostly unsettled in ACC's Atlantic DivisionBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division has more questions than answers when it comes to the quarterback position this season.While North Carolina State, Syracuse and Boston College appear set under center, the four other...

AP Sports WriterSaban's coaching tree casts large shadow over SEC Media DaysBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) There is no escaping Nick Saban's influence on the Southeastern Conference. His coaching tree was represented on each of the four days of the SEC's media gathering.South Carolina's Will Muschamp, who was Saban's...

AP Sports WriterClemson reworks Venables contract to $2M for 5 yearsBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson has made a second major statement this year about how much they want to hold onto defensive coordinator Brent Venables.After upping his salary to $2 million a year in February, the school...

The Latest: Swinney undecided on Clemson's quarterbackCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason media days (all times local):3:50 p.m.Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hasn't decided on his quarterback for the Sept. 1 season opener against Furman.Swinney says Kelly Bryant has earned the right to go...

The Latest: BC's Addazio working to tame emotions this yearCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason media days (all times local):3:20 p.m.Boston College coach Steve Addazio says he's normally a ''mess'' emotionally before games - but the 61-year-old says he's working to change that...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SFA's Byrd pulling team through adversityBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Who will guide Stephen F. Austin through the 2018 season has yet to be announced, but interim head coach Jeff Byrd is ready for the challenge.And sounding like the leader moving forward.Byrd has been in charge since...