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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) This week's events at the University of Missouri seemed to unfold rapidly, with little warning. But some students, faculty and alumni say the protests and sudden resignation of the president and chancellor are the culmination of years of racial tension on the state's flagship campus.The...

LOS ANGELES (AP) False starts are going to happen when playing on the road, but No. 18 UCLA is still taking issue with what caused those penalties at Oregon State.Quarterback Josh Rosen told reporters that Beavers defenders were simulating the UCLA snap count and yelling out cadences in...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school.President Tim Wolfe, a former business...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois fired athletic director Mike Thomas on Monday as it released the final report from its investigation into mistreatment of football and women's basketball players.The report found no wrongdoing by Thomas, according to interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson. She praised Thomas for dealing with the string...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri. All times local.9: 15 p.m.Two graduate student groups at the University of Missouri are calling for walkouts in solidarity with protesters who want the system president to resign.The Steering...

The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. There is still plenty of time for things to get messy.The first Saturday after the College Football Playoff rankings debuted separated some of the contenders from pretenders and provided a distinct pecking order for the teams vying to play for the national...

The once-in-a-lifetime play has become a weekly occurrence this college football season.Game-winning botched punt? Check.Game-winning blocked field return? Check.Eight-lateral, game-winning kickoff return touchdown? Check.Now add to the list of Twitter-busting crazy plays, Arkansas' game-saving backward pass. Hog Mary? Maybe?It seems so long ago that this mayhem started in Michigan...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State defensive lineman Keith Joseph Jr. and his father, former Bulldogs linebacker Keith Joseph Sr., were killed in a car accident Friday night.The school said they died in a one-car accident Friday night en route to Pascagoula High School's home game. The 18-year-old Joseph...

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer doesn't expect Minnesota will come into Ohio Stadium flat on Saturday night after an emotional stretch last week.''We have the tendency to get everyone's best swing,'' Meyer said of his defending national champions and top-ranked Buckeyes (8-0, 4-0 Big Ten, No. 3 CFP).Minnesota (4-4,...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State's once-stocked backfield has gotten much thinner.The school announced Thursday night that top rusher Matt Dayes will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury suffered during last weekend's loss to No. 3 Clemson. Dayes is scheduled to have surgery Friday,...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A woman accused of running a red light and purposely driving around a barricade and over a police motorcycle before crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade was formally charged Wednesday with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault.Payne...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Colorado linebacker Kenneth Olugbode hiked up the right leg of his sweatpants to the knee and revealed a pair of three-inch scars that could've ended his season, possibly even his career.On the fifth play against Oregon a month ago, the junior was hit in the...