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AP Sports WriterSyracuse hoping to follow upset with win over Boston CollegeBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) When Syracuse coach Dino Babers thinks about last week's victory over Virginia Tech, he thinks about his team's future, not its past.''Any time you take over a new program, there's going to always...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) For the second time in a week, a University of South Florida football player is accused of firing a gun on campus.University police arrested junior cornerback Lamar Robbins on Thursday afternoon. He remained in the Hillsborough County Jail early Friday with an $8,000 bond.It's the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Georgia senior quarterback Hutson Mason has left the Belk Bowl in the second quarter with an undisclosed injury.His return is uncertain, according to the Georgia public relations department.Mason took a hard shot to his midsection midway through the second quarter and was slow to get...

VMI to open 2017 season at Air Force(STATS) - A first-ever meeting with Air Force is part of VMI's 11-game schedule this year.The Sept. 2 game in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will kick off the Keydets' season. Third-year coach Scott Wachenheim is a 1984 Air Force graduate.VMI, which finished 3-8...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State running back Mario Pender has been hospitalized since Tuesday due to a collapsed lung that he suffered during practice.Coach Jimbo Fisher said the injury occurred when Pender ran into the back one of one of his own guys, and said Pender could be...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - As the ball came bouncing out of Gunner Kiel's hands, the Cincinnati quarterback - and any hope the Bearcats had of winning the Military Bowl - crashed hard onto the artificial turf.A woozy Kiel left the game after the last of his three turnovers, and...

Associated PressMissouri dismisses assistant coach over conduct issueBy JADE WASHBURNCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri has fired defensive line coach Jackie Shipp.Coach Barry Odom did not detail exactly why, but a statement from the school on Wednesday said it was due to an ''internal matter where his conduct didn't meet...

AP Sports WriterNorthwestern looks to keep streak going against IndianaBy ANDREW SELIGMANEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Look at Northwestern now.The Wildcats head into Saturday's game against Indiana looking more like the team they thought they would be, with their offense clicking and the wins starting to pile up, after they...

Defense Department says Air Force Academy lax in reportingAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) The U.S. Defense Department has released a report criticizing a former leader of the Air Force Academy but saying he didn't impede an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use by football players.The...

Associated PressUCLA's offensive overhaul yields 45 points, but another lossBy DAN GREENSPANPASADENA, Calif. (AP) UCLA set season highs in points and total yards in its loss to No. 19 Utah, just not with the offense it spent all offseason installing and refining in hopes of becoming a more...

ECU hires Prunty as defensive line coach after Adams' exitGREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina has hired Robert Prunty as defensive line coach.Prunty had spent the past four years at Cincinnati, where he served as associate head coach, defensive ends coach and co-defensive coordinator at various points.He had also...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Alabama rolling as it heads into Texas A&M showdownBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Alabama is reaching peak form just in time for its toughest test of the season.The top-ranked Crimson Tide dominated Tennessee 49-10 on Saturday to beat a ranked foe on the road...