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AP College Football WriterAP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSUBy RALPH D. RUSSOWhat figures to be an award-winning week for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is underway.Burrow was named The Associated Press college football player of the year on Thursday in a landslide vote, making...

AP Sports WriterSWAC banking on Celebration Bowl for money, prestigeBy JOHN ZENORBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Southwestern Athletic Conference is all-in when it comes to the Celebration Bowl, banking on it to put the league on better financial footing.The SWAC is dropping its championship game in a money-saving move....

Alabama, Wisconsin set for home-and-home in 2024, 2025TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama and Wisconsin will meet in 2024 and 2025 in a home-and-home series.The schools announced Monday the teams will play in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sept. 14, 2024. They'll meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sept. 13, 2025.Wisconsin and Alabama...

Lock breaks records as Mizzou beats Missouri State 72-43COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Drew Lock had a record-setting day for Missouri, throwing for 521 yards and seven touchdowns as the Tigers beat Missouri State 72-43 on Saturday in the season opener.The previous passing touchdown record was five, shared by Chase...

AP College Football WriterGetting tough: Frost wants Huskers' practices to be physicalBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Scott Frost often harkens to his playing days in the 1990s when the Tom Osborne-coached Nebraska teams used brute force to impose their will on overmatched opponents. Three national championships in four...

AP College Football WriterNew league not trying to replace college footballBy RALPH D. RUSSOPhil Savage, the former NFL executive who has been a radio analyst for Alabama football for nine years, says the fledging Alliance of American Football league will fill a void in player development but it is...

AP Sports WriterTua vs. Drew: Star QBs share stage for Missouri-AlabamaBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) It's the Southeastern Conference's top young gun versus the elder statesman.No. 1 Alabama's quarterback Tua Tagovailoa , the high-flying sophomore star, takes on Missouri and its own prolific passer Drew Lock Saturday night.It's...

AP Sports WriterNo. 8 Michigan QB Shea Patterson returning for senior seasonBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) No. 8 Michigan will be short-handed against No. 10 Florida in the Peach Bowl.Just not at quarterback.Shea Patterson is returning for his senior season at Michigan instead of entering the NFL...

AP Sports WriterNo. 17 LSU takes burgeoning pass attack to struggling MizzouBy BRETT MARTELMyles Brennan needed just two games to begin posting historically significant passing numbers at LSU, leaving little doubt about his ability to succeed Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow.New Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz needed just two games...

AP Sports WriterAt 3-3, Texas A&M and Fisher stuck in neutralBy JIM VERTUNOCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M's $75 million plan with Jimbo Fisher is stuck in neutral.The Aggies are 3-3 and out of the Top 25 for the first time this season after losing 47-28 at home...

Associated PressPenn State settles suit over alleged Sandusky abuse in 2007By MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State has settled a lawsuit by a man who claimed former university assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a car in 2007, when the man was about 14 years old.The...

AP Sports WriterMIAC ousts original member St. Thomas for being too strongBy DAVE CAMPBELLThe Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has decided to oust St. Thomas, the largest school in the NCAA Division III league and the most successful in recent years in sports.The MIAC announced Wednesday the Tommies will be...