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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Trey Lance's brother verbally commits to North Dakota StateBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance will be off to the NFL next year, but his younger brother Bryce will be a part of the FCS championship program.Bryce Lance, a 6-foot-2 senior...

AP College Football WriterSUMMER JOBS: Arizona State WR Williams is aspiring surgeonBy RALPH D. RUSSOKyle Williams was banged up during his freshman season at Arizona State, a shoulder injury that was not particularly serious. In fact, it turned out to be fortuitous.The Sun Devils wide receiver was worked on...

AP Sports WriterBYU proves point with big push against WisconsinBy GENARO C. ARMASGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) BYU will not be pushed around.The Cougars proved their point against one of the Big Ten's most bullish teams.Success starts up front for coach Kalani Sitake. Win the line of scrimmage, and...

AP Sports WriterUConn to rejoin Big East, board vote makes it officialBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn is heading back to the Big EastThe University of Connecticut Board of Trustees on Wednesday accepted an invitation to move its basketball and most other athletic teams from the American Athletic...

Maryland physicians to be employed outside athleticsCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) The University of Maryland will have medical staff tending to the school's sports teams employed outside of the athletics department.This would include the head team physician, athletic trainers, nutritionists and mental health practitioners.The directive, announced Thursday, fulfills recommendations...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison, Weber State schedule future seriesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The 2017 FCS playoff game between James Madison and Weber State was thrilling enough to create more future meetings.The two national powers announced Wednesday the signing of a home-and-home series in the 2021 and 2022 seasons....

AP Sports WriterLiberty Bowl: No. 21 Navy, Kansas St. cap surprising yearsBy STEVE MEGARGEEMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo wanted to make sure he spent this bowl season on a sideline rather than in the stands.After his team went 3-10 last year to end a string of...

AP College Football WriterSouth Florida hires CFP exec Kelly as athletic directorBy RALPH D. RUSSOSouth Florida has hired Michael Kelly, the chief operating officer of the College Football Playoff, to be its new athletic director.Kelly worked at Tampa, Florida-based USF as an associate athletic director from 2001 to 2002....

AP Sports WriterMayfield rejects Manziel comparisons with NFL combine nearBy SCHUYLER DIXONFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Baker Mayfield doesn't like comparisons to Johnny Manziel, although the Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma wasn't surprised by them after an arrest and other antics during his time with the Sooners.At a stop...

The UCF and the CONNECTICUT will both be gunning for a victory on 8/30/2018 at 7:00 PM when they meet in a game matchup. UCF vs CONNECTICUT When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, August 30, 2018 Where: Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut ROT TEAM PS OU ML 133 UCF 23 (-110) 73 (-110)   134 CONNECTICUT TV: 7:00 PM LINE: 23 PREDICTION: CONNECTICUT , UCF Oddsmakers currently have...

Former Kansas football standout Keith Loneker dies at 46LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Keith Loneker, the former Kansas offensive lineman who spent three years in the NFL before becoming a modestly successful actor, died Thursday. He was 46.The school announced Loneker's death in a statement. No cause was given, though...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma QB Mayfield on pace to post record numbersBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Two years ago, Baker Mayfield resembled Brett Favre - a gunslinger whose supreme confidence led to loads of excitement and some unnecessary mistakes.Now, he's evolved into something more like Peyton Manning - a...