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AP Sports WriterBIG TEN SPOTLIGHT: True freshmen getting on-job trainingBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Seven weeks into the season and Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor seems to be adapting just fine to college football.At Illinois, a bumper crop of first-year players are getting on-the-job training about the...

AP Sports WriterAuburn's Kerryon Johnson outshining more heralded SEC backsBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Kerryon Johnson wasn't the most heralded tailback in the Southeastern Conference coming into this season, or even on his own team.The running back for No. 10 Auburn has been the most prolific when healthy,...

Pitt QB Max Browne done for the year after shoulder surgeryPITTSBURGH (AP) Max Browne's college football career is over.The Pittsburgh quarterback has undergone surgery on his right shoulder and is out for the rest of the season. Browne was injured in the third quarter of a loss to...

AP Sports WriterTennessee to start redshirt freshman Guarantano at QBBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee will start redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano at quarterback in place of Quinten Dormady as the Volunteers seek to bounce back from their first shutout loss since 1994.Vols coach Butch Jones said Wednesday that...

STATS FCS Senior Editor='GameDay' hoopla aside, JMU focused on a victoryBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Academic studies, the football program's success, playing time, such factors contributed toward defensive tackle Cornell Urquhart's commitment to play at James Madison while he was a high school senior.If only he knew then what was...

STATS FCS Senior Editor='GameDay' hoopla aside, JMU focused on a victoryBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Academic studies, the football program's success, playing time, such factors contributed toward defensive tackle Cornell Urquhart's commitment to play at James Madison while he was a high school senior.If only he knew then what was...

Division III Albright cuts player for kneeling during anthemREADING, Pa. (AP) A backup quarterback for Division III Albright College in Pennsylvania has been cut for kneeling during the national anthem.Sophomore Gyree Durante took a knee before Saturday's game. He says he was ''taught you fight for what you...

Associated PressDarnold, USC still galvanized by loss at Utah last seasonBy DAN GREENSPANLOS ANGELES (AP) Ask any Southern California player about last season's 31-27 loss at Utah, it is now remembered with a degree of fondness that seems counterintuitive given the dramatic defeat.But in giving up a touchdown...

Auburn hires firm to investigate alleged academic fraudAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired a law firm to review allegations that a part-time academic staffer took an online test for a football player.ESPN's Outside the Lines reported Wednesday that a mentor took the final exam for a player from...

AP Sports WriterWinless Baylor still laying foundation for Rhule's rebuildBy STEPHEN HAWKINSBaylor coach Matt Rhule wants all those people sending him texts, telling him to hang in there and asking if he is OK, to know that he is doing great.While Rhule certainly doesn't like that the young Bears...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia, Alabama, Auburn reminding SEC that defense mattersBy TERESA M. WALKERGeorgia coach Kirby Smart isn't happy that his Bulldogs finally allowed not one, but two touchdowns against a Southeastern Conference opponent.In their third league game.Smart calls that a wake-up call for his fourth-ranked Bulldogs.''Our defense needed that,''...

AP Sports WriterTexas freshman QB Shane Ehlinger crushing defendersBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Deep into overtime against Kansas State, Texas freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger burst into the middle of the line and veered right. A Wildcats defender in his sight, Ehlinger lowered his shoulder, threw a forearm and...