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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - New Missouri State coach Dave Steckel has hired four assistant coaches, including offensive coordinator Mario Verduzco and defensive coordinator Marcus Yokeley.Steckel was hired Sunday to his first head coaching job after 14 years under Missouri's Gary Pinkel. He also added former Missouri player Kenji Jackson...

Associated PressBison: 1-game spring 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...

Authorities: Small plane crashes in Louisiana, killing 5By JANELLE COGAN and SUDHIN THANAWALAATLANTA (AP) A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into the parking lot of a post office in Louisiana shortly after takeoff on Saturday, killing the daughter-in-law of one of the...

AP College Football WriterHoping for clarity, NCAA adjusts transfer waiver guidelinesBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA has adjusted some of the guidelines used to determine when waivers can be granted to athletes seeking immediate eligibility when they switch schools.The adjustments approved by the Division I council Wednesday will require schools...

AMES, Iowa (AP) A somewhat promising start has given way to a troubling reality for Iowa State in Big 12 play.If that sounds familiar to Cyclones fans, it should.The Cyclones (2-3, 1-1 Big 12) beat lowly Kansas to start league play and then allowed Texas Tech to pile...

AP Sports WriterPurdue seeks bowl win over Arizona to cap Brohm's 1st seasonBy JOSH DUBOWSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Purdue's first bowl win in six years would give the Boilermakers a winning record and a perfect capper to coach Jeff Brohm's first season.Brohm helped engineer an impressive turnaround at...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wagner's Senat seeks to end NEC draft droughtBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - While Northeast Conference football has improved all the decade long - with stronger scheduling and some of the most competitive races in the FCS - it hasn't had an NFL draft pick.The last NEC draft...

AP Sports WriterJudge recommends dismissing suit against former MSU coachBy NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) A federal judge has recommended that a former Michigan State football staff member's claims against former Spartans football coach Mark Dantonio, former athletic director Mark Hollis and former school President Lou Anna Simon should be...

AP Sports WriterJurors acquit ex-Tennessee football players in rape trialBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Jurors have acquitted two former University of Tennessee football players, nearly 3 + years after they were indicted on aggravated rape charges.A jury of seven women and five men deliberated for almost 1 +...

STATS Writer=No. 2 North Dakota State, No. 8 Youngstown State ready for showdownBy TAYLOR BECHTOLD(STATS) - Chris Klieman can easily recall the last time his Bison traveled to Youngstown State, because it was one of the most physical contests he's been a part of throughout his tenure at North...

Bowl season to start on a Friday; 15 games between CFP gamesBy The Associated PressCollege football's bowl season will begin on a Friday this season and several minor bowls have been pushed back on the calendar to fill 15 days between the playoff semifinals and national championship.ESPN released Thursday...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) After leading Syracuse to a comeback victory in his first college start, freshman quarterback Eric Dungey sat unassumingly in the bowels of the Carrier Dome awaiting his turn to answer questions amid the happy postgame celebration.Unfazed in the game. Unfazed at all the attention.And in...