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AP Sports WriterAllen proving clutch at QB late in games for No. 17 ArkansasBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) It's not like Arkansas quarterback Austin Allen is boring or above showing emotion on the football field.Far from it, as evidenced by his self-described first two years of ''having fun''...

The Latest: Ex-coach recalls hearing of Sandusky complaintBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a former assistant football coach's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State (all times local):5:30 p.m.A former Penn State football coach says then-fellow assistant Mike McQueary told him several years before Jerry Sandusky's arrest in...

STATS Senior Writer=Newly ranked Tigers set for showdown with FBS neighborBy JEFF MEZYDLOThe same week Tennessee State cracked the STATS FCS Top 25, its biggest challenge of the season awaits.Sitting 25th in the poll, the Tigers make the three-mile trip to face Vanderbilt on Saturday."They'll throw a lot more...

Associated PressNo. 13 Florida State hoping bye week doesn't slow momentumBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) With a showdown against No. 4 Clemson on the horizon, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is using the bye week to see if his 13th-ranked Seminoles can sustain the momentum they have regained.Florida...

Associated PressEx-UVa football player says he was hazed, called 'retarded'By ALANNA DURKIN RICHERCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) A former University of Virginia football player has filed a federal lawsuit against the school alleging that he was forced to fight another member of the team to prove his ''manliness.''The lawsuit filed...

Associated PressPenn State former president calls aides' charges 'injustice'By MARK SCOLFOROBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Former Penn State President Graham Spanier testified Thursday that he issued a statement the day two of his top lieutenants were charged in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, calling the allegations against them...

AP Sports WriterStaying at 10, Big 12 now has to decide divisions - or notBy STEPHEN HAWKINSNow that the Big 12 has decided to stay at 10 schools, it's time for the conference to figure out whether to split up into football divisions and determine who will play in...

Associated PressTight end Gesicki becoming key cog for Penn State's offenseBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State tight end Mike Gesicki gets a quick pep talk from a teammate or two before every game.''Be Mike,'' they say.It's taken him some time to figure out exactly what that...

Alcorn State said in a release Wednesday that it was placed under two years' probation and must vacate wins that involved the ineligible student-athletes and pay a $5,000 fine. The violations involved a combined 26 student-athletes in football, men's basketball, men's and women's tennis, baseball, men's and women's cross country,...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS: 3 ranked games to sort out SEC West The SEC West could be all but decided Saturday. Seems like a strong statement, but with three games involving ranked teams it is possible for the leader of the division to exit this weekend with essentially a two-game lead on...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The bye week always seems to come at the right time for Southern California wide receiver Deontay Burnett. Burnett parlayed extra reps in practice as a freshman into strong performances when the Trojans were beset by injuries last season. Now Burnett gets extra time to prepare after...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Top heavy and offensively challenged. Aging and ripe to be toppled. That was how the Southeastern Conference looked earlier this season, and by its standards, probably still does to some. Halfway through the season, the SEC has only two teams in the top 10 but still can...