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FCS nonconference schedule this fall(Stats Perform) - Schedule and results of the 15 FCS college football programs that have announced nonconference games this fall (all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic):---=BIG SOUTH CONFERENCECampbell: at Georgia Southern (Sept. 12), at Coastal Carolina (Sept....

Kentucky dismisses safety Walker following drug arrestLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has dismissed safety Marcus Walker following his arrest for trafficking cocaine and marijuana.A release from the school Tuesday had no other comment on Walker besides listing career statistics of 17 tackles in 21 games. The...

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...

K-State defensive coordinator retires amid staff shakeupMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State defensive coordinator Tom Hayes is retiring after more than four decades in coaching, including stints with nine different Division I schools and two NFL franchises.Wildcats coach Bill Snyder announced Hayes' decision in a statement Friday.Hayes will remain...

South Carolina RB Lloyd out for year with knee injuryCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina has lost one of its most anticipated offensive newcomers for the season after tailback MarShawn Lloyd tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at practice.Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said it was a...

AP Sports WriterHoosiers quarterbacks ready for another summer competitionBy MICHAEL MAROTBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Peyton Ramsey learned one key lesson from the two previous quarterback competitions at Indiana: Forget the comparisons.Now the Hoosiers incumbent starter plans to take advantage of his experience.''The first couple of years, I'd go back...

AP Sports WriterFootball parity dominating the ACC - except at ClemsonBy JOHN KEKISClemson coach Dabo Swinney breathed a big sigh of relief when his Tigers remained unbeaten - barely - in a come-from-behind victory over Syracuse.The winning touchdown in a 27-23 triumph just over a week ago was scored...

AP College Football WriterPurdue fires coach Hazell after 3-plus seasons and 9 winsBy RALPH D. RUSSOPurdue has fired coach Darrell Hazell midway through his fourth season, ending his tenure with the worst winning percentage of any Boilermakers coach in 95 years.Hazell was 9-33 overall (.220) since taking over in...

UCF championship license plate part of transportation billTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Fans of UCF's football team are close to having a Florida license plate celebrating the Knights' 2017 undefeated season and claim as national champions.The license plate, which has the school's logo and says National Champions, was part of...

Boston College's Dillon voted ACC preseason player of yearGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Boston College running back AJ Dillon is the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason player of the year.In voting results released Tuesday, Dillon received 45 of 148 votes from media members at last week's media days to edge Clemson...

Tennessee officially announces members of Pruitt's staffKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The 10 assistants and the strength coach on new Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt's staff will make a combined annual total of nearly $6.5 million.Tennessee officially announced Pruitt's assistants Thursday, though Pruitt already had mentioned most of them during...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma's Riley, UCLA's Kelly to match wits on offenseBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley gets a chance to match wits with UCLA's Chip Kelly on Saturday in a game pitting two of the game's more gifted offensive coaches.Riley took over as coach last year,...