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AP Sports WriterEarly signing period creates more challenges for new coachesBy STEVE MEGARGEEAn active coaching carousel has added more uncertainty to this week's early signing period and its impact on this year's recruiting cycle.A new policy allows high school seniors to sign national letters of intent Wednesday through Friday...

Bernard Clark leaving Albany for head job at Robert MorrisALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Bernard Clark, associate head coach and defensive coordinator for the University at Albany, has been hired as head coach at Robert Morris.Clark will be introduced as the Northeast Conference school's third coach at a news conference...

Associated PressJerry Kill, longtime coach and Rutgers assistant, retiresBy JIM HAGUEPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Jerry Kill, a longtime coach who spent last season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rutgers, has retired for health reasons, the school announced Tuesday.Kill, 56, stepped down as Minnesota's coach in 2015...

Northwestern QB Clayton Thorson returning for senior seasonEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson plans to return for his senior season.Thorson announced Tuesday he will be back next year and hopes to win a Big Ten championship.Thorson is Northwestern's career leader with 26 victories as a starter and...

AP Sports WriterAP Source: Lane Kiffin, FAU agree on deal through 2027By TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) A person familiar with the negotiations says Lane Kiffin and Florida Atlantic have agreed on a six-year extension through 2027.The person says the additional length of the deal is the only...

AP Sports WriterIowa junior CB Josh Jackson undecided on futureBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Next week's Pinstripe Bowl in New York could be Iowa junior cornerback Josh Jackson's last game as a Hawkeye.Jackson said Tuesday that he is ''50-50'' on whether he will come back for his...

Michigan confirms Patterson's transfer from Ole MissANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan has confirmed that quarterback Shea Patterson is joining the program as a transfer from Mississippi.Patterson had previously said he'd be joining the Wolverines. His move comes after Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh went through three starting quarterbacks this...

Saban: Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses out indefinitelyTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Another Alabama linebacker has gone down to injury.Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Tuesday that freshman inside linebacker Dylan Moses is out indefinitely after sustaining a foot injury in Monday's practice.The fourth-ranked Tide is already without starting linebacker Shaun...

AP College Football WriterFrost, Smart, Swinney voted AP coach of year finalistsBy RALPH D. RUSSOUCF's Scott Frost, Georgia's Kirby Smart and Clemson's Dabo Swinney are the finalists for The Associated Press Coach of the Year award.The winner will be announced Monday.Frost led the Knights to an unbeaten regular season...

Reports: Sanders to be named ETSU coach(STATS) - Being a head coach hasn't been a part of Randy Sanders' distinguished resume, but he appears to be headed home to change that.Multiple reports say ETSU will be naming Sanders as its coach. He would succeed Carl Torbush, who retired on...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Title clash of FCS titans: James Madison vs. North Dakota StateBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The FCS championship game matchup so many have anticipated has come to fruition.Top-ranked James Madison gets to defend its 2016 national title against North Dakota State, whose run of five straight national...

AP Sports WriterOregon's Willie Taggart era: a lone season of what-ifsBy ANNE M. PETERSONWillie Taggart's lone season at Oregon may well be remembered for what-ifs.The most prominent among them: What if quarterback Justin Herbert had been healthy? But also: What if Taggart had decided to stay?What's known is that...