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Associated PressRutgers, Boston College face off in 1st game since '04By MATT SUGAMPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Boston College and Rutgers will try to get back on track when they meet for the first time in 15 years.Both are coming off bad losses heading into Saturday's game at SHI Stadium.Rutgers...

AP Sports WriterFormer Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80By JOHN ZENORFormer Auburn coach Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died Monday. He was 80.Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said Dye died at a hospice...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Rhode Island players scoring with an FCS podcastBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - When the offense kept stalling and the punting unit was getting way too much work during Rhode Island's annual intrasquad game, long snapper Joe DeLeone joked with his punter that he was going to snap...

AP College Football WriterPurdue fires coach Hazell after 3-plus seasons and 9 winsBy RALPH D. RUSSODarrell Hazell never won consecutive games at Purdue and his latest failed attempt to string together a couple victories turned out to be his last.Purdue fired Hazell on Sunday midway through his fourth season...

Marshall RB Knox named C-USA MVP by league coachesBy The Associated PressMarshall sophomore running back Brenden Knox has been named Conference USA's most valuable player, as voted on by the league's 14 coaches.First-year Western Kentucky coach Tyson Helton has been selected by his peers as the league's top coach...

Redskins' Josh Norman named to Coastal' Hall of FameCONWAY, S.C. (AP) Washington cornerback Josh Norman is among the newest group named to Coastal Carolina's athletic hall of fame.The Coastal Carolina athletics department announced the new inductees to the George F. ''Buddy'' Sasser Hall of Fame on Tuesday.Norman was...

AP Sports WriterMarshall remembers worst US sports disaster 50 years laterBy JOHN RABYHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) After a plane crash killed most of Marshall University's football team in 1970, school administrators could have resorted to the simplest choice - dropping the losing sport altogether.They didn't. They couldn't bring themselves...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Will no fall sports in Ivy League be a trendsetter across Division I?By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Ivy League became the first Division I conference to eliminate its fall sports season due to the coronavirus pandemic, although a potential shift of competition to the...

AP College Football WriterFrustrated Huskers holding up in 'broken, messed up year'By ERIC OLSONNebraska coach Scott Frost let out a chuckle when he heard Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald told reporters the Cornhuskers would have a big advantage going into Saturday's game because they were coming off an open date.''Maybe...

Charleston Southern sets Denson's first schedule(STATS) - The Autry Denson era at Charleston Southern must tackle a difficult opening stretch in 2019.The Big South member will play a 12-game schedule, announced on Thursday.Dentry's debut will be a first-ever matchup at Southern Conference power Furman on Aug. 31. The Buccaneers...

AP Sports WriterNo. 17 USF focused on Houston, not national rankingBy FRED GOODALLTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Charlie Strong believes No. 17 South Florida can play with any team in the country.Just don't expect the coach to be vocal about it.At least not at this point in the season.The Bulls...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Can Smart take down Saban? Check back in a few yearsBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) When Kirby Smart returned to his alma mater, he already had a pretty good template for success.He might as well have been wearing a wrist band with the letters ''WWND.''What Would...