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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Abilene Christian, Stephen F. Austin to meet at Global Life ParkBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The first FCS "conference" matchup has been scheduled for this fall.Abilene Christian and Stephen F. Austin have set an Oct. 24 game at Global Life Park, the Texas Rangers' former...

Vanderbilt renovating football stadium, other arenasNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt is making some improvements to its football stadium to address what athletic director Malcolm Turner says are ''very clear and obvious limitations'' until a plan is devised to upgrade all of the university's athletic facilities.Turner, who started Feb. 1,...

Assistant coach Boone won't return to UNC staff for 2020CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina assistant coach Scott Boone won't return next season.In a statement Thursday, team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said the outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator was no longer on Mack Brown's staff.''We appreciate all...

Associated PressNew Texas coach Sarkisian defends "The Eyes of Texas"By MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Fresh off a national title with Alabama, Steve Sarkisian plans big changes to Texas' football program.''The Eyes of Texas'' isn't one of them.At his introductory press conference Tuesday, Sarkisian defended the controversial school song...

AP Sports WriterSEC midseason awards: Saban, Ojulari, Jones among ''winners'By JOHN ZENORA season of league-only games in the Southeastern Conference isn't for the meek - or the mediocre.The SEC has reached (roughly) the halfway point of the 10-game season with four teams ranked in the top 10 - No....

7 Arkansas St. athletes positive for COVID-19, no symptomsJONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Seven Arkansas State athletes tested positive for COVID-19 and are self-isolating for 14 days, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse said Thursday.The seven athletes are from three sports, and all were asymptomatic. They learned the results Wednesday night.Damphousse said contact...

2019 FCS head coaching changes(STATS) - It's expected the head coaching carousel in FCS college football will spin less following the 2019 season than the way it did in the last two dizzying years.There were 24 different schools with a change atop their program between the start of the...

AP Sports WriterPlenty of coaching changes around SEC during offseasonBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) There has been plenty of coaching turnover in the Southeastern Conference this offseason, just not involving any head coaches.This will be the first year since 2006 that the SEC begins a season with no...

TCU's Patterson views SMU as 50-50 game despite dominanceDALLAS (AP) TCU coach Gary Patterson always views SMU as one of those 50-50 games, even though the No. 16 Horned Frogs have pretty much dominated the series since the end of the old Southwest Conference.''I call it that for...

Associated Press/ Report for AmericaMichigan considers extension for lawsuits naming late doctorBy ANNA LIZ NICHOLSLANSING, Mich. (AP) Two Michigan lawmakers sought Wednesday to expand the state's statute of limitations for some sexual assault cases to allow more time for accusers of the late sports doctor Robert Anderson to...

AP Was There: Harvard wins 1920 Rose Bowl, beats Oregon 7-6By The Associated PressOne hundred years ago, college football was still dominated by leather helmet-wearing Ivy Leaguers who played both offense and defense. The forward pass had been legalized about a dozen years earlier, but the outcomes were still...

Michigan football staffer suspected of drunken drivingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) A staff member for the Michigan football team was arrested this week on suspicion of drunken driving.Ann Arbor police say Fergus Connolly, the Wolverines' director of performance science, was arrested around noon Monday. The police were waiting for...