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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa's recent stumbles have left the program playing for bowl eligibility instead of a championship. It's been like that nearly every season since 2010 for the Hawkeyes, which has left open the possibility that last year's 12-2 record was more of an anomaly than the start...

Florida adds South Alabama to 2020 home scheduleGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida has added South Alabama to its 2020 home schedule and will pay the Jaguars $1.2 million for the game.The first meeting between the schools will be played Sept. 19, 2020, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.South Alabama is...

AP College Football WriterLow-tech: College football yet to embrace sideline computersBy RALPH D. RUSSOTwo years ago, the NCAA passed a proposal that encouraged college football to embrace technology by putting tablet computers on sidelines and cameras in helmets.Two years later, college football is still behind the times when it...

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 Sports WriterColumn: College football whiffs in tackling the coronavirusBy PAUL NEWBERRYWhen it came time to confront a global pandemic, we should've known college football would whiff on the tackle.This flimsy collection of largely autonomous fiefdoms, each concerned mainly with hoarding wealth and power, was never going to make...

Associated PressNotre Dame defense stronger, deeper in Lea's second seasonBy JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly thinks his players' familiarity with new coordinator Clark Lea's defense will breed contempt for the opposition this fall.The 4-2-5 defense that former coordinator Mike Elko and Lea brought...

DA: Woman changes statement about arrested LSU receiverBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The district attorney in Baton Rouge says a woman who had said LSU receiver Drake Davis physically and psychologically abused her has changed her statement.East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore also stresses that it's common for...

UNC recruit Grimes to reclassify, join Tar Heels this summerCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina recruit Tony Grimes says he plans to reclassify and graduate this summer so that he can join the Tar Heels for the upcoming season.Grimes announced his plan in a social-media post Friday.Grimes is...

AP College Football WriterAfter MAC surrenders to pandemic, will other leagues follow?By RALPH D. RUSSOIn many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football.There are no 75,000-seat stadiums in the MAC. Million-dollar per...

No. 7 Miami loses TE Chris Herndon to knee injuryCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) No. 7 Miami has lost tight end Christopher Herndon IV for the rest of the season to an injured medial collateral ligament in his left knee.Herndon will have surgery this week, and has played his...

AP Sports WriterIowa's struggling receivers crippling Hawkeyes offenseBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa's offense has typically revolved around the idea that a strong line and interchangeable running backs will open up the passing game.The Hawkeyes didn't expect its receivers to be so ineffective that their entire offensive...

Liberty adds Hampton, Maine in 2019(STATS) - Liberty will be off to the FBS level beginning next season, but it will still be facing some teams from the FCS.The Flames announced their 2019 schedule on Wednesday and it includes matchups against MEAC member Hampton (Sept. 21) and CAA Football...