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AP Was There: Harvard wins 1920 Rose Bowl, beats Oregon 7-6By The Associated PressOne hundred years ago, college football was still dominated by leather helmet-wearing Ivy Leaguers who played both offense and defense. The forward pass had been legalized about a dozen years earlier, but the outcomes were still...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Former Wisconsin Badgers football player Quintez Cephus has filed a petition to be readmitted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison after he was found not guilty of sexually assaulting two female students. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Wednesday that Cephus directed his attorneys on Tuesday to file the...

Ex-Mississippi State football player found dead in AlabamaBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.Birmingham police told news outlets that De'Runnya Wilson, 25, was found unresponsive inside...

Jury finds ex-Charlotte QB Olsen not guilty of rape changesCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) A jury has found former Charlotte 49ers quarterback Kevin Olsen not guilty on rape charges.News outlets report the jury returned its verdict Wednesday.Authorities had filed multiple charges against Olsen, including three counts of felony second-degree forcible...

AP Sports WriterJury still out on Notre Dame's 1-and-done ACC member statusBy HANK KURZ Jr.put the No. 2 Fighting Irish atop the Atlantic Coast Conference standings and gave the league two teams in the top four of the.Not everyone is thrilled, however, that Notre Dame is just dipping its...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=UNI's Fountain earns offensive MVP at Shrine GameBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Nothern Iowa wide receiver Daurice Fountain was already enjoying a breakout week during the practices at the 93rd annual East-West Shrine Game.But Fountain saved his best for last Saturday as he earned the game's Offensive...

Diaz finalizes football coaching staff at Miami for 2019CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Former Miami standouts DeMarcus Van Dyke and Joel Rodriguez have been promoted to new roles on Manny Diaz's staff with the Hurricanes.The Hurricanes hired Andy Vaughn as director of player personnel and promoted David Cooney to...

Former OSU football player arrested for assaulting officerDUBLIN, Ohio (AP) A former Ohio State and Chicago Bears offensive lineman has been charged with felony assault of a police officer.Charges against 33-year-old Kirk Barton were filed Monday after his arrest outside the Bogey Bar & Grill in Dublin.Police say...

AP College Football WriterCollege football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays?By RALPH D. RUSSOBack in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around.Conference...

AP Sports WriterCal RB Patrick Laird takes meteoric rise up depth chartBy JOSH DUBOWBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Patrick Laird has come a long way since arriving at California four years ago as a walk-on running back at the bottom of the depth chart for the Golden Bears.''I was seventh,''...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Holy Cross fire Gilmore, name Rock interim coachBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Tom Gilmore was fired as Holy Cross' coach Sunday, one day after the Crusaders were shut out for their fourth straight loss.The longest-tenured coach in the Patriot League was 72-81 (.471) in 14 seasons, including...

AP Sports WriterNew Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz predicts successBy DAVE SKRETTACOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Eli Drinkwitz was saying all the right things after being introduced as the new football coach at Missouri, laying out his vision for the once-proud program with unwavering confidence and bold proclamations.Then the former Appalachian...