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Auburn, North Carolina football to meet in 2020ATLANTA (AP) Auburn and North Carolina football will meet in the 2020 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta.The teams will meet Sept. 12, 2020, as part of multiple games in Atlanta within the week. They start with a matchup between West Virginia...

SWAC to hold 2018 football title game in BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Southwestern Athletic Conference has decided to continue holding its football championship game and bring it back to Birmingham.The league announced Thursday the football championship will return to Legion Field on Dec. 1. The men's and women's...

SWAC to hold 2018 football title game in BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Southwestern Athletic Conference has decided to continue holding its football championship game and bring it back to Birmingham.The league announced Thursday the football championship will return to Legion Field on Dec. 1. The men's and women's...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Nicholls, SHSU's Davis highlight Southland preseason teamBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - FCS power Sam Houston State is expected to be the favorite in the Southland Conference race, but it doesn't have the most players on the conference's preseason team.Or the second-most or the third-most.The depth of this...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SWAC reinstates championship game in BirminghamBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference called an audible Thursday, announcing it will host a conference championship game this year, reversing an earlier decision.The 10-member conference of historically black colleges and universities will play its 20th championship game on...

AP College Football WriterNew league not trying to replace college footballBy RALPH D. RUSSOPhil Savage, the former NFL executive who has been a radio analyst for Alabama football for nine years, says the fledging Alliance of American Football league will fill a void in player development but it is...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=SWAC reinstates championship game in BirminghamBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference called an audible Thursday, announcing it will host a conference championship game this year, reversing an earlier decision.The 10-member conference of historically black colleges and universities will play its 20th championship game on...

Ohio State transfer Wohlabaugh can play this fall at DukeDURHAM, N.C. (AP) The NCAA will allow Duke center Jack Wohlabaugh to play this fall after transferring from Ohio State.Wohlabaugh joined the Blue Devils program in January with three seasons of eligibility remaining. Transfers typically must sit out a...

Former Michigan State, Lions coach Darryl Rogers diesDETROIT (AP) Darryl Rogers, who coached Michigan State to a share of the Big Ten title in 1978 and later took the helm for the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 83.The Lions said Rogers' family confirmed his death Wednesday.Rogers coached...

Jacksonville State, UNA to renew rivalry(STATS) - North Alabama moving to the FCS ranks is leading to the renewal of an intrastate rivalry with Jacksonville State.The two schools announced a four-year agreement on Wednesday. Jacksonville State will host a meeting on Sept. 21, 2019, and then again in 2021....

Kansas intent on changing football culture under LongLARENCE, Kan. (AP) Jeff Long didn't waste time making clear his focus as Kansas' new athletic director.''I'd like to say one message to the KU family specifically about our football team,'' Long said. ''It's time to break the cycle.''Long was introduced...

Former Michigan State, Lions coach Darryl Rogers diesDETROIT (AP) Darryl Rogers, who coached Michigan State to a share of the Big Ten title in 1978 and later took the helm for the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 83.The Lions said Rogers' family confirmed his death Wednesday.Rogers coached...