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Associated PressNew Mexico coach Gonzales relishes chance to restore programBy GLEN ROSALESALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Danny Gonzales said Wednesday that taking the New Mexico head coaching job came down to having an opportunity to return home and a chance to turn around the program he grew up around.''I had...

AP College Football WriterFrantic college football week from Kelly back to Fisher outBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege football news moved faster this week than Oregon's offense in Chip Kelly's hey-day with the Ducks, and the blur started with Kelly himself deciding to return to the Pac-12.In a span of a...

AP Sports WriterJohnson lifts No. 16 Minnesota over No. 9 Auburn in OutbackBy FRED GOODALLTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Tyler Johnson had 12 receptions for 204 yards and two touchdowns Wednesday to become Minnesota’s career receiving leader and propel the 16th-ranked Gophers to a 31-24 victory over No. 9 Auburn...

AP Sports WriterLewis' FG gives No. 11 Oregon 37-35 win over Washington StBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Camden Lewis kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired and No. 11 Oregon extended its winning streak to seven games with a 37-35 victory over Washington State on Saturday...

Former Arkansas football great Loyd Phillips has died at 75.FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Former Arkansas defensive lineman Loyd Philips, an Outland Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, has died from complications of a stroke, the school announced.The school said Phillips died Sunday. He was 75.A three-time...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Penn State University is challenging a jury's $7.3 million award to a former assistant football coach in his defamation case against the university. In court filings, attorneys for the school say Mike McQueary failed to prove the university defamed him after it became public that his testimony...

Associated PressJonah Jackson returns to Rutgers, going from worst to firstBy MATT SUGAMPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Seconds after the game between No. 2 Ohio State and Rutgers ended, there was a meeting of offensive linemen near midfield.It was a bunch of guys wearing Rutgers jerseys mobbing Buckeyes offensive lineman...

Baylor AD Mack Rhoades gets new 10-year contractWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades has been given a new 10-year contract only days after an extension for football coach Matt Rhule.University President Linda Livingstone announced Wednesday the new contract for Rhoades. It goes through July 2029, and...

Spouse of broadcaster killed in Louisiana plane crash suesLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) The husband of a broadcast journalist who was killed in a Louisiana plane crash along with four others has filed a lawsuit against the aircraft's owners and insurers, as well as the pilot's estate.Steven Ensminger Jr., the...

AP Sports WriterS Joe Ferguson makes name for himself at No. 6 WisconsinBy GENARO C. ARMASMADISON, Wis. (AP) Joe Ferguson is making a name for himself at No. 6 Wisconsin.It has nothing to do with being athletic director Barry Alvarez's grandson.The senior safety has turned into a key...

Associated PressNew coach Lovie Smith bars Illini from scootersBy DAVID MERCERCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) When he got to campus back in March, Lovie Smith counted 50 or 60 players who owned scooters.You can still see a handful of the compact, two-wheeled vehicles parked by Illinois' indoor training facility.But by...

Associated Press5 years after Sandusky conviction, many unresolved issuesBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) It's been five years since ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. His appeal is just one of many issues related to the scandal that are...