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AP Sports WriterMeyer back for No. 4 Ohio State after Day's nice acting jobBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) No more acting for Ryan Day after more than a passing performance. Urban Meyer is back full time as Ohio State's coach.Day can return his complete attention to being offensive...

Chattanooga fires football assistant after 'appalling' tweetCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Chattanooga has fired an offensive line coach following a social media post disparaging both the state of Georgia and Stacey Abrams as ''Fat Albert.''In the tweet caught by screen grabs, Chris Malone posted on Twitter on Tuesday night: ''Congratulations...

AP Sports WriterVanderbilt fires coach Derek Mason in his 7th seasonBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt fired coach Derek Mason on Sunday after losing the first eight games of his seventh season, and offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will serve as the interim coach.''While this was a difficult...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Barney Cotton choked up as he described the challenges that come with serving as Nebraska's interim head coach.He wants to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of maintaining a business-as-usual atmosphere in the wake of Bo Pelini's firing. He vows to make sure the players have...

Iowa tight end threatened with gun in hometown of OmahaOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of pulling a gun on Iowa tight end Noah Fant.Fant, a graduate of Omaha South High School, told police he was threatened Tuesday night while he...

Vanderbilt replaces Houston with visit from UConn in 2021NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt will host UConn on Oct. 2, 2021, as a replacement for a previously announced game with Houston.The game announced Wednesday will be the first between the Southeastern Conference program and UConn since 2011 when the Commodores...

AP Sports WriterArizona fires Sumlin following blowout loss to Arizona StateBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona fired football coach Kevin Sumlin following a blowout loss to rival Arizona State that extended a record losing streak.Sumlin was fired Saturday, less than 24 hours after a 70-7 loss to Arizona...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Senior linebacker Gionni Paul pulled the team together moments after Utah suffered its first loss of the season to unranked USC. He had one message for the now 13th-ranked Utes: It's not over.''I told them, somebody's going to lose a game,'' Paul said Monday....

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Bryant to host five in Perry's second seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Bryant will seek to build on coach James Perry's encouraging first season in an 11-game 2018 schedule, which was announced Tuesday.The Bulldogs went 6-5 overall and posted a 4-2 mark in the Northeast Conference -...

AP Sports WriterBig receivers making the big plays for No. 9 TexasBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Facing third-and-long, Lil'Jordan Humphrey caught a quick pass on a play designed to get Texas a few yards.Then came a load of Longhorns teammates. Next came the surge.With his legs churning and...

AP Sports WriterBituli takes unusual path to leading role on Vols’ defenseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) About the same time Tennessee senior linebacker Daniel Bituli got back to full strength, the Volunteers’ defense began playing much better.Bituli’s teammates say that???s no coincidence.“He quarterbacks the defense,” safety Nigel Warrior...

FCS a big part of HBCU Combine(Stats Perform) - The NFL has invited 51 players to participate in its inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Combine March 27-28 at the Miami Dolphins' training facility at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida.The event is for draft-eligible players who were...