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STATS FCS Senior Editor=Undrafted FCS players have NFL opportunitiesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Feeling overlooked and undervalued has a way of fueling FCS players heading into the NFL - especially the many who go undrafted and become even longer shots.Past awards, honors and statistics don't matter, even for a player...

3 ex-UCLA football players sue school over injuriesLOS ANGELES (AP) Three former University of California, Los Angeles football players are suing the school, alleging they suffered concussions and other injuries that worsened because they were forced to play instead of receiving proper treatment.Offensive linemen John Lopez and Poasi...

AP Sports WriterNo. 19 Utah aims to exacerbate UCLA's erratic seasonBy GREG BEACHAMPASADENA, Calif. (AP) Joe Williams essentially came out of the stands to rush for 179 yards last week for No. 19 Utah.UCLA coach Jim Mora might be looking around the Rose Bowl on Saturday to see...

Mike Dawson returns to Huskers to coach outside linebackersLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Mike Dawson will return to Nebraska to coach outside linebackers after spending the 2019 season in the NFL.Coach Scott Frost announced Thursday that he had rehired Dawson, who coached the Cornhuskers' defensive line in 2018. Dawson was...

Associated PressBaylor settles lawsuit that alleged 'culture of violence'By JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor University has settled a lawsuit filed by a former student who said she was gang raped by two football players and alleged the program at the nation's largest Baptist school fostered a ''culture of...

AP Sports WriterNew coaches at Kansas, K-State are studies in contrastBy DAVE SKRETTATOPEKA, Kan. (AP) About the only thing the football programs at Kansas and Kansas State have had in common much of the past three decades is the often desolate stretch of Interstate 70 that connects them.The...

AP Sports WriterEx coach Art Briles rips Baylor, claims wrongful terminationBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Fired Baylor coach Art Briles ripped his former employer Thursday, accusing the school of wrongful termination and indicating he has no interest in settling a federal lawsuit filed against him and the university...

AP Sports WriterTulane rallies for 30-13 win over Southern Miss in AF BowlBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Justin McMillan won two Texas state championships playing for a high school only about 35 miles away from where he played his last game for Tulane. Both of his parents...

Ohio State and Louisville moved up behind No. 1 Alabama in The Associated Press college football poll after the most surprising Saturday of the season gave the rankings a major makeover. Three of the top four (Michigan, Clemson and Washington), five of the top 10 and seven teams overall in...

AP Sports WriterMobile Shea Patterson learning on the run for No. 6 MichiganBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Shea Patterson is learning on the run at Michigan.The quarterback has become a running threat for the sixth-ranked Wolverines in his first season under center in Ann Arbor. His mobility...

UNT QBs coach charged for improper relationship at prep jobDENTON, Texas (AP) First-year North Texas quarterbacks coach Tate Wallis was free on bond Friday after his arrest on charges of having an improper relationship with a student while in his previous job at a high school.Wallis was arrested...

Boise State promotes Eric Kiesau to offensive coordinatorBOISE, Idaho (AP) Boise State promoted Eric Kiesau on Wednesday to offensive coordinator, replacing the departed Zak Hill.Kiesau has been on the Broncos staff the past three seasons as the wide receivers coach. Kiesau was also given the title of co-offensive...