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New Texas AD Del Conte to get 7-year contractAUSTIN, Texas (AP) New Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte will have a seven-year contract starting at $1.3 million per year, according to contract details released Thursday.The University of Texas System Board of Regents is scheduled to approve Del Conte's...

FCS Selections in NFL Draft(STATS) - FCS players selected in the 2017 NFL Draft:Kansas City Chiefs (2nd round, 59th overall selection) - Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, VillanovaLos Angeles Rams (3rd, 69) - Cooper Kupp, WR, Eastern WashingtonNew England Patriots (3rd, 83) - Derek Rivers, DE/OLB, Youngstown StateArizona Cardinals (3rd, 98)...

UCF gives coach Scott Frost extension, $300,000 raiseBy Associated PressORLANDO, Fla. (AP) University of Central Florida has given football coach Scott Frost a one-year contract extension.The school announced Thursday that Frost's original contract will now run through the 2021 season and will include a $300,000 annual raise. The...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - FCS schools that have had a head coaching change since the start of the 2018 season (with former coach, date of change and new coach if applicable):Austin Peay: Will Healy (Dec. 4) - new coach Mark Hudspeth (Dec. 11)Brown: Phil Estes...

Associated PressCedric Benson, prolific rusher at UT who played in NFL, diesBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Former NFL and Texas running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.Benson's...

AP Sports WriterButch Jones out as Tennessee's football coachBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee fired coach Butch Jones on Sunday with two games left in a regular season in which the Volunteers started ranked but are now still winless in the Southeastern Conference.Vols athletic director John Currie said...

AP Sports WriterAir Force will play Army, Navy in football this seasonBy PAT GRAHAMThe Air Force Falcons are planning to play two football games this season against fellow service academies Army and Navy.The Falcons' abbreviated schedule will include hosting Navy on Oct. 3 at the Air Force Academy and...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2018 FCS vs. FBS: Missouri ValleyBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the only FCS league that lays claim to having at least one FBS win in every season this decade.It gets tougher with each year that FBS teams duck playing FCS national...

AP Sports WriterNo. 13 Penn State tops No. 15 Memphis 53-39 in Cotton BowlBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) All-America linebacker Micah Parsons led the big blitz for Penn State, and he had Brady White all wrapped up when the Memphis quarterback suddenly flipped away the ball - right...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia QB Newman opting out of season to prepare for draftBy CHARLES ODUMATHENS, Ga. (AP) Jamie Newman, the Wake Forest transfer who was the projected starting quarterback for No. 4 Georgia, is opting out of the season to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft.Newman announced his...

Rutgers fires coach Ash after 8 wins in 3-plus seasonsPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Rutgers has fired football coach Chris Ash four games into a season where the hapless Scarlet Knights are showing little progress.Athletic director Pat Hobb announced the firing less than 24 hours after Rutgers (1-3) was embarrassed...

BALTIMORE (AP) Former University of Maryland President H.C. ''Curley'' Byrd's name should come off of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium because he worked to maintain racial segregation and endorsed ''separate but equal'' education, the current president said Monday.Wallace D. Loh said in emails and letters to the...