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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Tom Izzo's basketball team is undefeated, ranked No. 1 in the nation, and right now has to settle for second billing on its own campus.That's how high the bar has been raised at Michigan State.It's the football Spartans who are tantalizingly close to a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania's state government pension system is about to send Jerry Sandusky a $211,000 check to cover payments going back to when it illegally stopped his retirement benefits after he was sentenced for child molestation.The State Employees' Retirement System sent a letter to Sandusky's lawyer last...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Akron claimed its first-ever victory in a college football bowl game by defeating Utah State 23-21 on Tuesday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, with Robert Stein kicking three field goals.In the day's other bowl game, Toleldo beat Temple in a rain-affected Boca Raton Bowl.Akron's...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Arkansas followed a season-opening victory with three straight losses and was spiraling down the drain when Bret Bielema picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.A familiar voice answered.It wasn't the first time the Razorbacks' coach had called up Kansas State counterpart Bill Snyder...

Clemson's Dabo Swinney is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Tigers to an unbeaten regular season and the longest run as the No. 1 team in the country in school history.Swinney received 35 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel....

MIAMI (AP) South Florida coach Willie Taggart has signed a three-year extension that puts him in line to stay with the Bulls through 2020.The school announced the deal Monday morning, hours before the Bulls' matchup against No. 25 Western Kentucky in the Miami Beach Bowl. That game was...

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Georgia Southern has hired Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as coach.Summers, from Tifton, Georgia, will replace Willie Fritz, who left Georgia Southern to become Tulane's coach. Fritz was formally introduced as Tulane's coach Tuesday.Summers served as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern in 2006...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon set NCAA records with his 87th career touchdown and 522nd point Saturday night in the New Orleans Bowl against Arkansas State.Dixon entered the game with 83 TDs, two behind Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who has scored all 85 of...

LAS VEGAS (AP) BYU has hired former Cougars running back Kalani Sitake as its football coach.BYU announced the move Saturday after its 35-28 loss to No. 20 Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. Sitake replaced Bronco Mendenhall, who returned to coach the bowl games after taking the Virginia...

(STATS) - North Dakota State's "Drive for Five" took the cruising lane on the Road to Frisco.The four-time defending FCS champion Bison are headed back to another national title game after crushing Richmond 33-7 in Friday night's semifinal at the Fargodome.The third-seeded Bison (12-2), who have won 19 straight...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Ohio and Appalachian State made sure they didn't get snubbed when this season's bowl bids went out.The two teams ride three-game winning streaks into Saturday's Camellia Bowl a year after both teams were postseason eligible but didn't receive invitations. They left no doubt this time...

There's no question marching bands and cheerleading squads add to the atmosphere at college football games, especially during bowl season.Heading out to a bowl game with the team is one of the perks to being at school with a winning program. Some bowl organizers require schools to bring along...