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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Georgia senior quarterback Hutson Mason has left the Belk Bowl in the second quarter with an undisclosed injury.His return is uncertain, according to the Georgia public relations department.Mason took a hard shot to his midsection midway through the second quarter and was slow to get...

AP Sports WriterUSC transfer QB Browne gets early start at PittBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Max Browne spent four years at Southern California constantly competing for the starting quarterback job, with mixed results at best. The big-armed 21-year-old will get one last shot 2,500 miles away.Sure, it's not quite...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Georgia senior quarterback Hutson Mason has left the Belk Bowl in the second quarter with an undisclosed injury.His return is uncertain, according to the Georgia public relations department.Mason took a hard shot to his midsection midway through the second quarter and was slow to get...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A young South Alabama program battled Bowling Green down to the last minute, and coach Joey Jones had the wounds to prove it.With cuts on his nose and chin from a sideline mishap with one of his own players, Jones couldn't be too disappointed in...

Ex-Penn State leader must trim lawsuit against FBI directorBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) A judge has ordered Penn State's former president to pare down his defamation lawsuit against former FBI director Louis Freeh.Graham Spanier (SPAN'-yer) is suing Freeh over the 2012 report he issued on Penn State's handling of the...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Three-peat: Montana leads FCS in attendance averageBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Montana Grizzlies finished with what program history would say is a subpar record this past season, but attendance at Washington-Grizzly Stadium was still booming.The Big Sky Conference program led the FCS in average attendance for...

Southeast Missouri seeks to rebound in 2017(STATS) - Southeast Missouri will open the 2017 season at Kansas and play five home games as part of its 11-game schedule which was announced Thursday.The Redhawks are seeking to improve on a 3-8 season under coach Tom Matukewicz.They will face Kansas for...

New lawsuit against Baylor alleges 52 rapes in 4 yearsWACO, Texas (AP) A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players.The lawsuit by...

AP College Football WriterPushback against delaying 10th college football assistantBy RALPH D. RUSSOTwo top college football administrators oppose delaying until the end of next season the expansion of FBS coaching staffs to 10 members.Winter is hiring season for assistant coaches in college football. Programs usually have their staffs in...

Bethune-Cookman, Hurricanes to open 2017 season (STATS) - Bethune-Cookman will kick off its 2017 schedule at the University of Miami - the second season-opening matchup between the two Florida programs in three years.The game is scheduled for Sept. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium.Miami has a 3-0 series lead,...

Associated PressFlorida State's Fisher turns focus away from officialsBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher was more reserved on Monday in his opinions about officiating.Fisher didn't hold back in criticizing the Atlantic Coast Conference crew following the Seminoles 37-34 loss to No. 3 Clemson. After...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State linebacker Matthew Thomas has been ruled ineligible by the school and will miss the season.Thomas is a former five-star recruit from Miami, but injuries and suspensions have cost him most of his first two college seasons. The sophomore was still recovering from a...