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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) So Steve Spurrier finally settled on South Carolina's starting quarterback. He just wishes that was his only question on offense.The coach went with third-year sophomore Connor Mitch for Thursday night's opener against North Carolina, and the third-year sophomore is one of several variables on the...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa running back Derrick Mitchell Jr. is leaving the program and plans to play his final season at another school. The Hawkeyes announced Wednesday that Mitchell will graduate in May and then transfer with a year of eligibility remaining. Mitchell began his Iowa career as a wide...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah State athletes injured in a highway accident apparently were not wearing seatbelts.The Utah Highway Patrol said Saturday preliminary indications show that was the case.Four football players and a former softball player were hurt in Trenton on Friday when a tractor-trailer collided with...

AP Sports WriterWoman Joe Mixon hit says she rejected his advancesBy CLIFF BRUNTA woman struck by Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon says she rejected his advances before he punched her and broke bones in her face.Mixon was suspended from the team for a year after the July 2014 incident...

Illinois' Turner carted off field, Gophers' McGhee ejectedCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois receiver Malik Turner was carted off the field late in the first quarter against Minnesota.Turner was hit by Minnesota safety Duke McGhee while making a catch and remained on the field for several minutes. Turner was placed...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Penn State University is challenging a jury's $7.3 million award to a former assistant football coach in his defamation case against the university. In court filings, attorneys for the school say Mike McQueary failed to prove the university defamed him after it became public that his testimony...

Associated PressNittany Lions confident they can hang with No. 2 BuckeyesBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Ohio State coaches and players are plenty familiar with the difficult environment that awaits them in Happy Valley.The No. 2 Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) survived against Wisconsin in a hostile, raucous...

Associated PressLas Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slayingBy KEN RITTERLAS VEGAS (AP) A fight over name-calling between girlfriends promoted a fight that resulted in the death of a Missouri State University football player outside his Las Vegas home, according to a police report about the...

AP Sports WriterJackson saved Cardinals season, and Heisman candidacyBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Lamar Jackson and No. 5 Louisville were less than two minutes away from having all their team goals wiped out in a loss to huge underdog Virginia.But Jackson had even more at stake. Besides...

AP Sports WriterNo top-10 team for Big 12 with No. 12 Oklahoma atop leagueBy STEPHEN HAWKINSWhile there is nothing unusual about Oklahoma leading the Big 12 and being the conference's highest-ranked team, there is a big difference with that scenario this season.For the first time in the history of...

Former Baylor football's Floyd Casey Stadium demolishedWACO, Texas (AP) Explosives have brought down what was left of the former longtime home of Baylor football.Floyd Casey Stadium was imploded Saturday in a demolition that took a matter of seconds on an overcast day in Waco.The Bears in 2014 began...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The student in an on-campus apartment break-in involving LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings and two teammates has asked prosecutors not to press charges, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said Wednesday.Jennings, LSU safety Dwayne Thomas and defensive lineman Maqeudius Bain were arrested by...