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East Tennessee State puts football coach on paid leaveJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) East Tennessee State placed recently hired football coach Randy Sanders on paid administrative leave Monday while it investigates a ''potential violation of university policy.''No other details were provided in the one-sentence statement.Sanders was hired Dec. 17...

The Latest: Oregon's Herbert focused on conference titleLOS ANGELES (AP) The Latest on Pac-12 media day (all times local):3:15 p.m.Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert remembers watching as a boy as Jeremiah Masoli, Darron Thomas and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota led the Ducks to conference titles.After deciding to return...

College Football WriterFormer Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at 94By RALPH D. RUSSOAra Parseghian reached the pinnacle of his profession at Notre Dame and endured the most painful personal losses as a father and grandfather.He walked away from coaching at the age of 51 after winning two national...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Stats Perform Week 4 HonorsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - A smaller weekly schedule in FCS college football this fall hasn't slowed the outstanding performances.The Stats Perform team and players of the week for Week 4 games ending on Sept. 26:FCS TEAM OF THE WEEKEastern Kentucky:...

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...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 Big Sky spring outlookBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - An outstanding season in the Big Sky Conference last year deserves an encore.National runner-up Eastern Washington, Weber State and UC Davis shared the title in the largest FCS conference and all three reached the national quarterfinals.They finished in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Best of the FCS in SeptemberBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - A September to remember? Indeed, FCS.With nine FCS teams beating FBS opponents and conference races kicking off with plenty of surprises, the first month of the season (adding in the late August games) whet the appetite for...

UC Davis, Washington set first-ever meeting(STATS) - UC Davis and Washington will meet for the first time on Sept. 6, 2025 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, the two schools announced Tuesday.Like UC Davis coach Dan Hawkins, Washington's Chris Petersen is a graduate of UC Davis. Peterson was Hawkins' offensive...

No. 16 UCF puts 15-game winning streak on line against FAUORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Florida Atlantic entered the season with aspirations of playing its way into the debate about who is worthy of berths in the College Football Playoff.While that is unlikely - the Owls have already suffered one...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: Gators' Trask ahead of Burrow pace for TD passesBy ERIC OLSONJoe Burrow set the Football Bowl Subdivision record with 60 touchdown passes last year, an incredible feat accomplished in a 15-game national championship season for LSU.The way Florida's Kyle Trask is going, 60 would...

AP Sports WriterPac-12: Voluntary workouts can resume on campus on June 15By TIM BOOTHThe Pac-12 Conference will allow voluntary workouts on campus for all sports beginning June 15, subject to the decision of each individual school and where allowed by local and state guidelines, the conference announced Tuesday.The decision...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=If NDSU or James Madison isn't the FCS champ, then who?By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Some might say you're living in an alternate universe if you're not picking North Dakota State or James Madison to win the FCS national championship this season.The two have become the dominant...