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AP Sports WriterCollege football graduate transfers making immediate impactsBy JOHN RABYMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Tony Fields had the desert in his blood growing up in Las Vegas and as a three-year starter at Arizona.Heading to the tree-lined hills of West Virginia might seem like a whole 'nother world. For...

Nicholls leads Southland preseason team(STATS) - Behind the return of quarterback Chase Fourcade, defending co-champion Nicholls led the way with 11 selections on the Southland Conference preseason team Thursday.Fourcade, the 2018 Southland player of the year, was one of eight Colonels on the first team.Central Arkansas earned the second-most...

AP Sports WriterFormer Mississippi football coach Billy Brewer dies at 83By DAVID BRANDTBilly Brewer, the former Mississippi football star who went on to coach the Rebels to eight Egg Bowl victories over rival Mississippi State, died Saturday. He was 83.Ole Miss released a statement confirming Brewer's death in Memphis...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 CAA Football spring outlookBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It's odd how a conference that set the FCS record for the most qualifiers in a single playoff would have something to prove the following year.But CAA Football disappointed in the 2018 playoffs even with regular-season champion Maine...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Nicholls extending Rebowe through 2021By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Nicholls is making sure the driving force behind its turnaround will keep pushing the Colonels forward.The Southland Conference school and coach Tim Rebowe have agreed to a new four-year contract through the 2021 season, athletic director Matt Roan...

AP Sports WriterMinnesota players get mixed results from university panelBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The University of Minnesota panel that heard the case of alleged involvement by 10 football players in a sexual assault on campus has upheld recommended punishment for five of them and overturned or reduced discipline...

Associated PressBison: 1-game fall season worth the uncertainty with virusBy DAVE KOLPACKFARGO, N.D. (AP) Perennial Football Championship Subdivision champion North Dakota State may play one division down from the big-time programs, but any doubts about its commitment to staying on top were answered when the Bison scheduled a...

Baylor 1st Big 12 team to kick off in '16 after TV picksIRVING, Texas (AP) Baylor will be the first Big 12 team to kick off this season.The conference on Wednesday announced its television selections for the first three weeks of the football season, along with some other...

AP Sports WriterK-State to kick off season against Arkansas StateBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Chris Klieman was visibly relieved when he settled down in front of a camera to discuss with reporters the Wildcats' season opener against Arkansas State this weekend.His team has had multiple...

Maine running back Jefferson to transfer(STATS) - Defending CAA Football champion Maine has lost its leading rusher to a transfer for the second straight offseason.Sophomore-to-be Ramon Jefferson announced he would be leaving the school on Twitter Friday. Maine first-year coach Nick Charlton later said in a school release Jefferson...

AP Sports WriterTennessee Volunteers drawing buzz again in SECBy JOHN ZENORHOOVER, Ala. (AP) People are talking about the Tennessee Volunteers as potential Southeastern Conference contenders again.After making steady progress the past three years under coach Butch Jones and bringing in three straight highly rated recruiting classes, the Vols...

AP Sports WriterMississippi State faces 'reality' of disappointing seasonBy DAVID BRANDTSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State's regular season has 10 days remaining and the schedule includes two winnable games against Arkansas and Ole Miss.But no matter the outcome, the Bulldogs' season has fallen short of expectations.This was supposed to...