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STATS FCS Senior Editor=Mayock sees value in drafting QB LaulettaBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen - these are the franchise-type quarterbacks plastered everywhere across the top of the NFL draft, which kicks off with the first round Thursday night.Teams not in the sweepstakes...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS 2018: Ohio Valley Conference PreviewBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The road to the Ohio Valley Conference title really goes through Jacksonville State, and it's not just because the Gamecocks have won 32 straight games against their rivals.The conference's dominating power has the luxury of playing home...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Mark Hudspeth took over as coach at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2011, the Ragin' Cajuns have finished each season the same way.Back in the Big Easy again, the Cajuns (8-4) will try to extend their run of consecutive New Orleans Bowl victories to four Saturday morning...

AP Sports WriterDevon Allen out for the season after ACL injuryBy ANNE M. PETERSONOregon receiver and Olympic hurdler Devon Allen will miss the rest of the season because of a left knee injury, the team confirmed Monday night.Allen injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee during the fourth...

AP Sports WriterSwift wants more creative play-calling from No. 10 GeorgiaBy CHARLES ODUMATHENS, Ga. (AP) D'Andre Swift is still looking for No. 10 Georgia's offense to play its first complete game.He suggests some changes may be necessary to make that happen.Swift, the leader of the Bulldogs' running attack,...

The Latest: Lawyers want fraternity death charges droppedBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a preliminary hearing for Penn State fraternity members charged after a pledge died (all times local):5 p.m.Members of a Penn State fraternity fighting charges they're to blame for a pledge's death are hoping a judge...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25 Podcast: Crunching numbers and projecting 2019By RALPH D. RUSSOThe 2019 college football season is seven and a half months away. Time to start projecting.On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast , Bill Connelly of SB Nation joins AP's Ralph Russo to...

AP news guide: New disclosures in Sandusky child sex scandalBy The Associated PressCourt documents released Tuesday reveal more details about a claim that famed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno knew as early as 1976 that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been accused of sexually abusing boys. Here's...

Al Pacino to star as Penn State's Joe Paterno in HBO biopicNEW YORK (AP) Al Pacino will star as late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming HBO biopic directed by Barry Levinson.HBO says the film will focus on Paterno dealing with the fallout from the...

AP Sports WriterClemson's Carman vs. Ohio State's Young an intriguing battleBy DAVID BRANDTSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Jackson Carman had a few good options when deciding where to play college football, including Ohio State.Unlike many highly-rated recruits from Ohio, the offensive lineman decided to leave the Buckeye State.Now Carman's the...

AP College Football WriterUSC welcomes back Reggie Bush after 10-year NCAA banBy RALPH D. RUSSOSouthern California is welcoming back Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush to the school he helped win two national titles, ending a 10-year NCAA-mandated disassociation.The former star running back had been prohibited from interacting in an...

AP Sports WriterLingering knee issue still bothering Ohio State's FieldsBy JOHN MARSHALLSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields may not be fully healthy when the second-ranked Buckeyes face No. 3 Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.Fields said Tuesday his left knee is only 80 to 85% heading into...