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AP Sports WriterNotre Dame loses another big game but gains some respectBy PAUL NEWBERRYATHENS, Ga. (AP) As the Notre Dame players trudged off the field, they received appreciative cheers from the Georgia fans at Sanford Stadium.Yes, the Fighting Irish lost another big game, but they gained a...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Missouri ValleyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of the larger FBS.Many of the games are played...

Colorado receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. decides to turn proBOULDER, Colo. (AP) Dynamic Colorado wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. will skip his final season and declare for the NFL draft.Shenault is a top prospect after a career with the Buffaloes that included plenty of big catches while facing plenty...

Reserve RB Feaster leaves Clemson for rival South CarolinaCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Running back Tavien Feaster is switching sides in the state's biggest rivalry, leaving Clemson to join South Carolina for his final college season.Feaster posted a picture of himself on Instagram in a Gamecocks jersey, sitting in front...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Takeaways: Michigan is B1G's best; Tide-Tigers IV?By RALPH D. RUSSOThere is no more reason to hedge on Jim Harbaugh's team.No. 6 Michigan is the Big Ten's best right now and will enter November as a very real College Football Playoff contender after it...

Associated PressTulsa hosts Navy after 2 losses on last-second field goalsBy JOHN TRANCHINATULSA, Okla. (AP) Tulsa will host Navy on Saturday after two straight defeats on last-second field goals.Tulsa (1-3, 0-0 The American) opens its conference schedule against the Midshipmen (3-0, 2-0), who are coming off a 42-32...

AP Sports WriterManning not worried about Giants offense after 1 gameBy TOM CANAVANEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Fourteen seasons in the NFL have taught Eli Manning not to make too much of one game.Sure, the New York Giants' offense was pathetic in a season-opening 19-3 loss to the Dallas...

Associated PressEx-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat strokeBy JILL BLEEDLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Offensive lineman Mitch Petrus, a walk-on at Arkansas who went on to a three-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, has died. He was 32.Pulaski County...

Kansas intent on changing football culture under LongLARENCE, Kan. (AP) Jeff Long didn't waste time making clear his focus as Kansas' new athletic director.''I'd like to say one message to the KU family specifically about our football team,'' Long said. ''It's time to break the cycle.''Long was introduced...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A young South Alabama program battled Bowling Green down to the last minute, and coach Joey Jones had the wounds to prove it.With cuts on his nose and chin from a sideline mishap with one of his own players, Jones couldn't be too disappointed in...

AP Sports WriterMaryland takes responsibility for mistakes in player deathBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) The University of Maryland acknowledged Tuesday that the football player who collapsed during practice and subsequently died did not receive proper medical care and the school must accept ''legal and moral responsibility for...

Associated PressUndefeated Navy, Memphis meet in American showdownBy CLAY BAILEYMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Navy and Memphis are two of the three undefeated teams in the American Athletic Conference.The Midshipmen will take their triple-option offense to Memphis Thursday night and the winner will join SMU as the American's last perfect...