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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...

AP Sports WriterAlabama's Rashaan Evans hoping for another big title gameBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama's Rashaan Evans has saved his best for the last game two years running.He twice sacked Clemson's Deshaun Watson in the national championship game two years ago as a backup linebacker with all...

AP Sports WriterTake Two: No. 8 BYU steps in to face No. 14 Coastal CarolinaBy PETE IACOBELLIDifferent opponent for No. 14 Coastal Carolina. Even bigger stakes in this Top 25 matchup between the Chanticleers and No. 8 BYU.In another COVID-induced schedule twist, Coastal Carolina (9-0, No. 18 CFP) and...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Gabe Marks grew up near the beach in Venice, California, before heading north to the chilly Palouse to start his record-setting receiving career at Washington State.When Marks returns to California with the Cougars (6-3, 4-2 Pac-12) on Saturday night, he'll have more than a chance...

AP College Football WriterFormer Arizona coach claims extortion by former assistantBy RALPH D. RUSSOFormer Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez says a claim by his former administrative assistant seeking $7.5 million for sexual harassment is a ''sensationalized tale'' created to extort him.His attorneys filed a response to the attorney general of...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Stanford left tackle Kyle Murphy thinks the bowl performances of two Big Ten teams demonstrated what's still wrong with the College Football Playoff.Television ratings were down for the playoff semifinals Thursday, but Murphy was clearly among those watching as Michigan State was dismantled by Alabama....

AP College Football WriterYoung buck and old head remake defense for No. 5 Ohio StateBy RALPH D. RUSSOTo fix a defense that statistically was the worst in Ohio State history, new coach Ryan Day went to the wedding planners' playbook: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.There are...

Associated PressUtah extends contract with Kyle Whittingham through 2023By JOHN COONSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah coach Kyle Whittingham signed a contract extension Monday that could keep him with the Utes through the 2023 season.Whittingham, the longest-tenured head football coach in the Pac-12, led Utah to a Pac-12 South...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly liked the athleticism of C.J. Prosise from the time he saw him dunk a basketball at a Virginia high school.''I said, `I don't know where he's going to play, but we've got to take him. He's just that good...

Texas Tech adds grad transfers from Utah, Penn State, CalLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Texas Tech has added three graduate transfers in running back Armand Shyne from Utah, defensive back Zech McPhearson out of Penn State and former California linebacker Evan Rambo.The signings of Shyne and Rambo on Wednesday came...

AP College Football WriterGetting tough: Frost wants Huskers' practices to be physicalBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Scott Frost often harkens to his playing days in the 1990s when the Tom Osborne-coached Nebraska teams used brute force to impose their will on overmatched opponents. Three national championships in four...

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,''...