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NCAA recommends 1 live-contact football practice per weekBy The Associated PressThe NCAA football oversight committee recommended Division I football programs hold only one ''live-contact'' practice per week.The current guidelines, which are not enforceable rules, allow two live practices per week. The new guidelines announced Wednesday will take effect this...

NCAA Division I Council rejects proposed June signing periodNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A proposed June signing period for college football recruits has been rejected by the NCAA's Division I Council, but a possible December signing period remains very much in play.The council modified a wide-ranging reforms proposal for flexibility...

Stanford to open 2017 season in Australia against RiceSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) Stanford will open the upcoming football season in Australia against Rice.Stanford announced Monday that the schools had gotten approval to move the game that had been scheduled to be played in Houston to Sydney. The game will...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS draft roundtable - Part IBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Finding the next Carson Wentz is an almost impossible task for NFL teams because the former FCS standout - and last year's No. 2 overall pick - was such an anomaly in the way he commanded attention.But...

STATS Senior Writer=Special season might restore greatness at Youngstown StateBy JEFF MEZYDLOFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - The somber mood that was evident outside the Youngstown State locker room might have told the tale of their championship-game setback, but it certainly didn't define the season that was.Through ups and downs, triumphs...

Way back when, a 5-foot-6, 145-pound kicker nicknamed ''Flea'' trotted over to the sideline and told the big guy wearing a jacket and tie, holding his trademark pipe and looking anxious, ''Coach, this one's for you.''With that, Jeff Davis kicked a dramatic 19-yard field goal on the last play...

Texas A&M safety Donovan Wilson ejected for targetingTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Texas A&M strong safety Donovan Wilson has been ejected for targeting.Wilson appeared to deliver a hit to Alabama tailback Damien Harris's head on an interception return in the second quarter. Harris was trying to tackle linebacker Claude George...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Even Dan Enos had concerns about Arkansas' wide receivers during the spring.After an offseason of work, the Razorbacks' first-year offensive coordinator now believes the much-maligned group is ready to serve as playmakers for an offense desperately in need of just that - especially following the...

Cancer treatment for La. Tech's Dancy deemed successfulRUSTON, La. (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Jaqwis Dancy says he's been informed that cancer treatments he's been receiving since last fall have been successful.Diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma last October, Dancy says ''it felt amazing'' to hear on Thursday...

UNC OL Ferranto to miss season with torn muscleCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with a torn pectoral muscle.Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday said Ferranto injured his left pectoral muscle during a training workout on Monday, and had surgery...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Barney Cotton choked up as he described the challenges that come with serving as Nebraska's interim head coach.He wants to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of maintaining a business-as-usual atmosphere in the wake of Bo Pelini's firing. He vows to make sure the players have...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops says three key offensive players - quarterback Trevor Knight, running back Samaje Perine and wide receiver Sterling Shepard - should be ready to play when the Sooners face No. 18 Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl.Stoops said Wednesday that Knight has...