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Oklahoma has seven first-team selections on The Associated Press All-Big 12 team after winning its 10th league title. Big-play receiver Dede Westbrook, who has 1,465 yards receiving with 16 touchdowns that average 49 yards per score, was selected the Big 12 offensive player of the year with nine votes. That...

Florida AD: No buyout discussed with coach McElwain or repsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin says the school has not had any conversations with embattled coach Jim McElwain or his representatives regarding a contract buyout.Stricklin's statement Saturday was in response to a tweet from a sports...

AP Sports WriterHillinski's South Carolina teammates supporting freshman QBBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski is facing another first in in the start of his college career - forgetting about a bad performance and focusing on what's ahead this week.The Gamecocks' freshman, named the Southeastern...

NC State hires veteran assistant Kurt Roper as QBs coachRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired former Duke and Colorado offensive coordinator Kurt Roper as its quarterbacks coach.Coach Dave Doeren announced Roper's hiring Monday.The move returns Roper to the North Carolina Triangle. He spent six seasons in...

AP Sports WriterNew Vandy AD extends contracts for Mason, other coachesBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) New Vanderbilt athletic director Malcolm Turner has extended the contract of football coach Derek Mason after the Commodores reached their second bowl game in three seasons.Turner, who started Feb. 1, also announced...

AP Sports WriterBig 12's older QBs include a 5th-year, 1st-time starterBy STEPHEN HAWKINSOklahoma State coach Mike Gundy considers Taylor Cornelius something of a dinosaur, and not because his starting quarterback's 23rd birthday is coming up the day after the Cowboys play their third game of the season.Cornelius arrived on...

Associated PressTaggart Time: FSU draws 60,934 to wrap up spring practicesBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) When Willie Taggart was hired by Florida State last December, he described his philosophy in two words - lethal simplicity.The spring practices and Saturday's Garnet and Gold game showed the Seminoles have embraced...

AP Sports WriterOle Miss-LSU makes friends Kiffin, Orgeron first-time foesBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU coach Ed Orgeron and Mississippi's Lane Kiffin are old friends and colleagues who were nearly reunited when Orgeron sought to hire Kiffin as Tigers offensive coordinator several years ago.But Kiffin chose a...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Bo Wallace was on the cusp of prolonging No. 3 Mississippi's bid for an unbeaten season until LSU safety Ronald Martin got in the way. Wallace's pass was intercepted by Martin at the 1 with 2 seconds left, and the Rebels fell 10-7 to the 24th-ranked...

The WAKE FOREST and the NC STATE will both be gunning for a victory on 11/8/2018 at 7:30 PM when they meet in a game matchup. WAKE FOREST vs NC STATE When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 8, 2018 Where: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina ROT TEAM PS OU ML 109 WAKE FOREST -17 (-110) 66.5 (-110) 780 -1400 110 NC STATE TV: 7:30 PM LINE: -17 PREDICTION: NC STATE , WAKE...

Tennessee adds former Vols QB Tee Martin to football staffKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Two decades after playing quarterback on Tennessee's last national championship team, Tee Martin is returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach.Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt announced Saturday that Martin has joined his staff. Martin's specific...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=What FCS conferences are playing each otherBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Upsets of FBS programs early in the season are huge for the FCS, but the conference matchups are just as important, proving teams will cross intersectional lines and not shy away from facing each other.The 2018...