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AP College Football WriterHalf-empty stadiums won't stop number of bowls from going upBy ERIC OLSONSix bowls this season had their smallest crowds on record, with section after section of unoccupied seats a yawning indication of just how little buzz there can be for the long, long list of postseason...

AP Sports WriterNo. 12 Notre Dame will face stern test in No. 14 Michigan DBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) With all due respect to new Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson, the Wolverines may have the advantage without the ball in the season-opening showdown at No. 12 Notre Dame.With...

Associated PressInjury-plagued Missouri seeks 1st conference win vs KentuckyBy JADE WASHBURNCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri coach Barry Odom considers his role to be that of a teacher. He is still learning things in his inaugural season at the helm of his alma mater.Saturday's game against Kentucky will be his...

Jon Reschke leaves Michigan State after regrettable commentEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State linebacker Jon Reschke has left the team.Reschke released a statement Friday, saying he made an insensitive and totally regrettable comment involving a former teammate more than a month ago. Reschke says he and coach Mark...

Hinton to return to Wake Forest for final season, to play WRWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest says Kendall Hinton will return for his final season and is expected to play only at wide receiver.Coach Dave Clawson on Thursday announced that Hinton would be back for his redshirt senior...

Indiana State extends Mallory through 2023(STATS) - Indiana State and coach Curt Mallory have agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2023 season, the school announced Tuesday.The Sycamores were 0-11 in Mallory's first season in 2017, but they were the most-improved team in the FCS last season while...

Clemson No. 1, Alabama No. 2 in preseason coaches' pollBy The Associated PressClemson is No. 1 in the USA Today preseason coaches' poll for the first time, followed by Alabama at No. 2. The defending champion Tigers received 59 of a possible 65 first-place votes and the Crimson Tide...

AP Sports WriterUnsightly Swamp: Florida's next coach inherits daunting taskBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida's next coach will have quite a mess to clean up - on both sides of the ball.The Gators don't have a capable quarterback on the roster and now have the program's worst scoring...

Associated PressVanderbilt K Fuller becomes first woman to play in Power 5By JOSEPH WALLJASPERCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Sarah Fuller was playing around with a teammate a couple months ago when she kicked a soccer ball through the uprights from 45 yards away. She joked about being able to kick...

Associated PressPenn State to collect $733K from Sandusky's defunct charityBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State will collect hundreds of thousands of dollars left over from the defunct charity for youth founded by convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, settling claims from a threatened civil lawsuit.The university and the...

AP College Football WriterNCAA denies Notre Dame appeal of vacated wins from 2011-12By RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA denied Tuesday Notre Dame's appeal of a decision to vacate 21 football victories because of academic misconduct, including all 12 wins from the school's 2012 national championship game run.In a letter to...

Former USC football assistant coach John Jackson dies at 81LOS ANGELES (AP) John Jackson, who coached star tailbacks Marcus Allen and Charles White during their Heisman Trophy-winning seasons at Southern California, has died. He was 81.The university said Friday that Jackson died of complications following intestinal surgery on...