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AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Alabama returns to the field against grieving KentuckyBy JOHN ZENORAlabama has merely had to cope with a longer-than-expected stretch in between games. Kentucky has endured an entirely different sort of ordeal.The top-ranked Crimson Tide is set to return to the field Saturday after a...

Bucknell to open 2019 season at Temple(STATS) - Bucknell and Temple have signed a contract to open the 2019 season against each other in Philadelphia.The first meeting between the two former rivals since 1970 will be played Aug. 31, 2019, at Lincoln Financial Field.Bucknell and Temple, former members of...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: Southland ConferenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Southland Conference teams are involved in 10...

AP College Football WriterPortal scouting: Searching for transfers in college footballBy RALPH D. RUSSOJustin Crouse, director of player personnel for Memphis, makes his first check of the transfer portal around 8 a.m. each day, searching for new names in the NCAA's database of football players looking for a new...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 football coaches pitch uniform start to seasonBy RALPH D. RUSSOAs Pac-12 football coaches pitched an NCAA-mandated uniform start to the season, some of the latest plans to fight the coronavirus in California further muddled how college teams will return to play in the West.Washington coach...

WVU safety Pitts joins Robinson in NCAA transfer portalMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Safety Derrek Pitts is looking to transfer from West Virginia following a similar move by All-Big 12 safety Kenny Robinson.West Virginia football spokesman Mike Montoro confirmed Wednesday that Pitts has joined Robinson in putting put his name...

Associated PressFormer Ohio State football coach Earle Bruce dies at 87By MITCH STACY and RUSTY MILLERCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Earle Bruce embraced the difficult task of following his mentor, Woody Hayes, as Ohio State's head football coach. In his later years, he became a much-loved patriarch of the program...

3rd ex-Wheaton football player pleads guilty in hazing caseWHEATON, Ill. (AP) A third former member of a Christian college football team in suburban Chicago who faced felony charges in a 2016 hazing incident has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.Samuel TeBos of Allendale, Michigan, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor...

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said 1,000-yard rusher Mike Davis was "sort of doubtful" to play against East Carolina this week because of bruised ribs. Running back Mike Davis is doubtful for South Carolina this week with bruised ribs. Davis re-aggravated the injury in the ninth-ranked Gamecocks' 52-28 loss to No....

AP Sports WriterDucks claim Pac-12 North, but otherwise uncertainty aboundsBy ANNE M. PETERSONOregon has locked up the Pac-12 North, but much remains uncertain for the conference - even for the sixth-ranked Ducks.Coach Mario Cristobal's team has a shot at a College Football Playoff berth, but it will need help...

AP Sports WriterJury: Univ. of Iowa discriminated against athletic officialBy LUKE MEREDITHDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A jury on Thursday awarded more than $1.4 million to a former University of Iowa athletic administrator, ruling that the university had discriminated against her because of her gender and sexual orientation.Jane Meyer...

Associated PressWashington State offense missing in recent Apple Cup gamesBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSThroughout his tenure at Washington State, Mike Leach’s offense has found a way to torment the rest of the Pac-12. With one exception.The Air Raid has been grounded when facing Washington in the Apple Cup.Washington State has...