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AP College Football WriterWhere are top QBs going? What competition awaits in college?By RALPH D. RUSSOIn the past three years Georgia has signed a five-star quarterback who started as a freshman, a four-star quarterback who started as a freshman and led the Bulldogs to the national championship game and...

AP Sports WriterBig 12 moves ahead with fall sports beginning in SeptemberBy DAVE SKRETTAThe Big 12 Conference reaffirmed its decision to press on with college football and other fall sports Wednesday, joining the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences in taking the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.The move came one...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Senior Bowl: Stetson's Parham a small-school findBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - If the measuring stick was touchdown celebrations, Donald Parham may not be NFL material.The former Stetson tight end is not part of the Fun Bunch, doesn't own a pair of Billy's white shoes and has never...

Associated PressLongtime football coach Lou Holtz to get Medal of FreedomBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEWASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to longtime football coach Lou Holtz.Trump made the announcement at the White House as Holtz...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Gabe Marks idolized Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree when he was growing up.So when he got the opportunity to play for Crabtree's former coach Mike Leach at Washington State, he was on board quickly.''He (Crabtree) was the best college receiver ever,'' Marks said. ''When I...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Richmond's Huesman has back-to-back challenge vs. BearkatsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Russ Huesman was expecting to walk the Richmond campus and introduce himself when he returned as the new head coach in December.Richmond's defensive coordinator from 2004-08, Huesman left the CAA Football program to become Chattanooga's head...

Tennessee hires Kevin Steele as defensive assistant coachKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt has hired Kevin Steele as a defensive assistant coach, bringing him back to the program where the former Auburn defensive coordinator started his coaching career.Pruitt announced the hiring Tuesday.Steele was coordinator at Auburn the...

AP College Football WriterAP All-America teams dominated by LSU, Ohio StateBy RALPH D. RUSSONo. 1 LSU and No. 2 Ohio State each placed three players on The Associated Press All-America first team released Monday.Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow of LSU highlights the first-team offense and Heisman finalist Chase Young...

AP Sports WriterCharges dismissed for UNC player accused of sexual batteryBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Charges have been dismissed against a North Carolina football player for misdemeanor sexual battery and assault on a female student.Allen Artis was charged in September and attorneys on both sides said last...

AP Sports WriterQB Devon Modster to lead Cal into OregonBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) The California Golden Bears have faith in quarterback Devon Modster, not just out of necessity with Chase Garbers out, but because they've seen firsthand what he can do.Modster was UCLA's quarterback two seasons...

With bowl season upon us, let's check in on the national leaders in the major statistical categories.LSU's Leonard Fournette ranks first in rushing with 158.3 yards a game, the lowest average for a leader since Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey was at 148.4 in 2012. Heisman Trophy front-runner Derrick Henry of...

AP Sports WriterMaryland set to begin Locksley era versus neighboring HowardBy DAVID GINSBURGCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) It's time for Michael Locksley to find out what kind of football team he's got in his first year as Maryland's head coach.''I was hired about nine months ago, and I've said...