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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Three straight losses have dealt Syracuse a good dose of reality. Now the Orange faces a familiar foe intent on keeping that midseason skid going.And for the first time in six years, Pittsburgh will visit the Carrier Dome as a ranked team after breaking into...

Chattanooga, Eastern Illinois set two-game series(STATS) - Chattanooga and Eastern Illinois will play a home-and-home series in the 2019 and 2022 seasons.The two programs have never met previously. They will meet on Aug. 31, 2019 in a season opener at Chattanooga. In 2022, they will play a return game...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Central Arkansas favored in experienced Southland ConferenceBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Much of the football talk in the Southland Conference on Wednesday was on … football?Yes, for a change this summer it was despite the uncertainty of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Former Oklahoma All-American DE Jimbo Elrod killed in crashCHANDLER, Okla. (AP) James ''Jimbo'' Elrod, an All-American defensive end who played on Oklahoma's 1974 and 1975 national championship teams, died in a car wreck Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. He was 62.The single-vehicle crash happened at about 3:45...

Wisconsin QB Hornibrook sidelined for bowl game, Coan startsMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin will start Jack Coan at quarterback in the Pinstripe Bowl against Miami with Alex Hornibrook sidelined by a recurrence of concussion symptoms.Coach Paul Chryst said Thursday that Hornibrook, a third-year starter, took part in more than...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia's first fall practice launches 5-way QB competitionBy CHARLES ODUMGeorgia's long-awaited return to practice is the opening to a five-way quarterback competition that could be impacted by JT Daniels' continued rehabilitation from a knee injury.Junior cornerback Eric Stokes and other players were eager to see the contenders,...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Takeaways: Separating contenders and pretendersBy RALPH D. RUSSOHighlighted by three games matching top-15 teams, this was the first weekend of the season to seriously separate College Football Playoff contenders and pretenders.Feel free to take a seat at the adults' table No. 8 Auburn...

Quarterback David Cornwell leaves Nevada programRENO, Nev. (AP) Nevada quarterback David Cornwell, a transfer from Alabama, has left the Wolf Pack.Cornwell was the first player to commit to first-year Nevada coach Jay Norvell last December and he entered fall training camp as the starter.But Cornwell didn't make his...

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...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS draft roundtable - Part VBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Tony Romo went from winning the 2002 Walter Payton Award as a senior at Eastern Illinois to being undrafted the next spring. Newly elected Hall of Famer Kurt Warner was undrafted out of Northern Iowa.Sleeper prospects are...

Clemson QB Bryant out of the game with injuryCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant came out of the game after Travis Etienne's 1-yard, third-quarter touchdown run for the second-ranked Tigers against Wake Forest on Saturday.Bryant went into the team's medical tent on the sidelines after trainers were...

AP Sports WriterOregon looks to rebound against Oregon State in Civil WarBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) The No. 14 Oregon Ducks not only have to steel themselves for motivated Oregon State, they have to guard against letting the disappointment of Arizona State defeat them again.Oregon was cruising...