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AP Sports WriterBig 12 now guaranteed title game rematch; last 1 was costlyBy STEPHEN HAWKINSThe last Big 12 championship game rematch 10 years ago cost the league a national title shot.Back then it was Oklahoma knocking off then-No. 1 Missouri.When the Big 12's title game is revived Saturday after...

AP College Football WriterAs AAC strives for Power 6, CFP rankings show long way to goBy RALPH D. RUSSOAll the helmet stickers and slogans touting the American Athletic Conference as part of a so-called Power Six are not working on the College Football Playoff selection committee.Central Florida, one of...

AP College Football WriterAP source: Oregon St hires former Beavers QB Smith as coachBy RALPH D. RUSSOJonathan Smith is returning to where he started.Washington's co-offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith has been hired by Oregon State to be the Beavers' new head coach, a person with direct knowledge of the decision...

Associated PressFootball player with 1 kidney sues Mississippi universityBy MICHAEL KUNZELMANBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A student athlete born with only one kidney sued the University of Southern Mississippi on Wednesday, claiming school officials pulled him off the football team after learning of his medical condition.Deven Hammond's lawsuit accuses...

AP Sports WriterYoung Oklahoma coach Riley faces veteran TCU coach PattersonBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley won't slow down to reflect.That's just now how he operates.The youngest coach in the FBS has won more games in his first year than any of Oklahoma's greats; he...

AP College Football WriterAP source: Oregon St hires former Beavers QB Smith as coachBy RALPH D. RUSSOOregon State will hire Washington co-offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith to be its new head coach, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.The person spoke to the AP on...

AP College Football WriterAP source: Oregon St hires former Beavers QB Smith as coachBy RALPH D. RUSSOA person with direct knowledge of the decision says Oregon State has hired Washington co-offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith to be its new head coach.The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on...

Mississippi school sued by football player with 1 kidneyBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A federal lawsuit claims the University of Southern Mississippi discriminated against a student athlete who says the school wouldn't clear him to play football because he only has one kidney.The lawsuit filed Wednesday says 20-year-old Deven...

No. 7 Miami loses WR Ahmmon Richards for rest of seasonCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) No. 7 Miami has taken another big injury hit, losing wide receiver Ahmmon Richards for the remainder of the season after he injured his left knee in practice Wednesday.Richards has a meniscus injury. That...

AP Sports WriterBadgers star Jonathan Taylor on verge of freshman rush markBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Jonathan Taylor's most important carry of the year may have come before No. 3 Wisconsin took a regular-season snap.The setting: a scrimmage in the second week of training camp. Taylor busted...

AP Sports WriterFlorida hires Mississippi State's Mullen as football coachBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida has hired Mississippi State's Dan Mullen as its next football coach, bringing back the guy who helped turned Tim Tebow into a star.The Gators announced the deal Sunday, after Mullen told his team...

No. 7 Miami loses TE Chris Herndon to knee injuryCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) No. 7 Miami has lost tight end Christopher Herndon IV for the rest of the season to an injured medial collateral ligament in his left knee.Herndon will have surgery this week, and has played his...