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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Remove Alabama receiver Daniel Geddes' crimson No. 37 jersey, and it would be difficult to distinguish him from any other student on campus.It is on the Crimson Tide football team that he stands out - if you can even find his 5-foot-6, 165-pound frame among...

AP Sports WriterCalifornia hires Justin Wilcox as new head coachBy JOSH DUBOWBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California changed directions with its football program Saturday, hiring longtime college defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox as head coach to replace the offensive-minded Sonny Dykes.Dykes was fired last Sunday after four seasons of sometimes dynamic...

AP Sports WriterSouth Carolina upperclassmen out to prove a pointBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Elliott Fry hasn't given up on a successful final season, even if most of what he's heard and read since last year has told him he should.The South Carolina senior kicker, who's 42 points...

WACO, Texas (AP) Baylor University President Ken Starr is proposing an independent investigation of the athletic department's handling of the sexual assault complaint against defensive end Sam Ukwuachu.Starr proposed the hiring of outside counsel after reviewing the results of the internal inquiry of sexual assault case, for which...

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...

Baylor assistant fired; charged with soliciting prostituteWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor University fired a newly hired assistant strength and conditioning coach after he was arrested on a prostitution solicitation charge, the latest legal development at a school wracked a by a sexual assault scandal.Brandon Washington was fired Saturday after...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Just when it seemed Oregon's defense was peaking at the perfect time, with Jameis Winston and Florida State on the horizon, an injury took away the Ducks' best defensive back.Second-ranked Oregon (12-1) will face the third-seeded Seminoles (13-0) on Jan. 1 in the College Football...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Remove Alabama receiver Daniel Geddes' crimson No. 37 jersey, and it would be difficult to distinguish him from any other student on campus.It is on the Crimson Tide football team that he stands out - if you can even find his 5-foot-6, 165-pound frame among...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: E. Carolina's Zay Jones nears receptions recordBy ERIC OLSONEast Carolina's Zay Jones has the nation's top four games for receptions after making 19 catches in a win over UConn, and he's on track to break the Bowl Subdivision career receptions record.Jones passed former Oklahoma...

AP Sports WriterKirk Ferentz re-signs with Iowa through 2025 seasonBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa has signed coach Kirk Ferentz to a six-year contract extension through the 2025 season.Ferentz, who is in his 18th season leading the Hawkeyes, will see his salary jump to $4.5...

WACO, Texas (AP) Baylor officials insist it is a fluke that Nos. 61 and 58 are side-by-side in the Bears' new football team photo.TCU fans may find that hard to believe after the Frogs' 61-58 loss at Baylor last season.In the front row of the Bears' photo taken...

Attorneys: Briles drops libel suit against Baylor officialsWACO, Texas (AP) Former Baylor football coach Art Briles has dropped the defamation lawsuit filed against four university officials he accused of making false statements against him, according to attorneys in the case.Briles in December sued the three regents and a...