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AP College Football WriterPick Six: Pivotal players who could help decide Big 12 titleBy RALPH D. RUSSOAs Charlie Strong has learned in two years as Texas coach, the Big 12 is not a conference for a team trying to find an offensive identity. In a league filled with fast-paced...

Associated PressClose-knit Nittany Lions confident and ready to keep rollingBy TRAVIS JOHNSONSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Nearly three years ago, James Franklin was charged with lifting a roster full of Bill O'Brien holdovers and dotted with veterans from the Joe Paterno era out of the darkest period in Penn...

AP Sports WriterLSU's Miles tries to put a hopeful spin on first-game flopBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Les Miles is back in damage-control mode while he tries to fix LSU's offense.The embattled 12th-year coach can only hope he gets the Tigers' problems straightened out soon. His team...

Former Florida coach McElwain sells home, takes another lossGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Coach Jim McElwain took another loss three months after he left Florida.McElwain sold his 11,000-square-foot home in Gainesville in late January for $1.4 million, $400,000 less than he paid for it in May 2015. The house was...

AP Sports WriterTech companies, like college athletes, eager to cash inBy ERIC OLSONImagine a major-college quarterback with a sizable social media following who posts entertaining and informative updates about his life on and off the field.Now imagine a restaurant hiring him as its pitchman and paying him $500 or...

Fresno State fires coach DeRuyter after 3 years of declineFRESNO, Calif. (AP) Fresno State fired coach Tim DeRuyter on Sunday after the Bulldogs dropped to 1-7 in his fifth season.After winning the Mountain West title in each of his first two seasons at Fresno State, DeRuyter's teams struggled...

No. 7 Oregon faces No. 11 Wisconsin in 106th Rose BowlBy The Associated PressRose Bowl: Oregon (11-2) vs Wisconsin (10-3), Wednesday at 5:10 p.m. EST (ESPN).Line: Wisconsin by 2 1/2.Series record: Wisconsin leads 3-2.WHAT'S AT STAKEThe 106th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All is mostly for bragging rights...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS team of the week: UT Martin making itself known againBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - They may be a bunch of "no-names," but the UT Martin Skyhawks are making themselves known to their opponents.The STATS FCS Team of the Week earned their biggest win yet on Saturday,...

AP Sports WriterYoung Virginia Tech defense shows signs of growing painsBy HANK KURZ Jr.When the Virginia Tech offense gave up a touchdown against Notre Dame, Hokies defensive coordinator Bud Foster said his defense reacted as though they had come up short.Late in the first half of Virginia Tech's 45-23...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=FCS fall schedule and resultsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Schedule and results of the 19 FCS college football programs that announced nonconference games this fall (all 13 conferences postponed their league competition due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic):---=BIG SOUTH CONFERENCECampbell (0-4): 27-26 loss at...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Michigan has versatile ground game with balanced backsBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Jim Harbaugh likes to spread the wealth when No. 2 Michigan runs the ball.Four running backs, a pair of receivers, a fullback and do-it-all Jabrill Peppers are each averaging more than...

AP College Football WriterPatterson eligible for Mich., good news for other transfersBy RALPH D. RUSSOQuarterback Shea Patterson is eligible to play for Michigan this year after the NCAA granted the Mississippi transfer's request to waive the usually required redshirt season at his new school.Michigan and Ole Miss released a...