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AP Sports WriterFlorida hires Mississippi State's Mullen as football coachBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida has hired Mississippi State's Dan Mullen as its next football coach, bringing back the guy who helped turned Tim Tebow into a star.The Gators announced the deal Sunday, after Mullen told his team...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Brian Jenkins has agreed to become Alabama State's new coach following a successful run at Bethune-Cookman.Interim Athletic Director Melvin Hines announced the Jenkins' hiring on Tuesday. Jenkins posted a 46-14 record in five seasons with the Wildcats.He led Bethune-Cookman to at least a share of...

The fans at Hard Rock Stadium will be treated to a game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Miami-FL Hurricanes when they take their seats on Saturday. Kent State at Miami (Ohio) 139 N CAROLINA -7 60 140 MIAMI -7 64.5 When: 2:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 15, 2016 Where: Fred Yager...

AP Sports WriterWest Virginia gets challenge of playing Army in Liberty BowlBy TERESA M. WALKERCount West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game.He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=STATS FCS All-America Team blankets the nationBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The best in FCS college football have risen up all season.National powers North Dakota State and James Madison led the way Thursday on a particularly widespread STATS FCS All-America Team.The team boasted 100 players from 66...

AP Sports WriterWashington facing different challenge against ArizonaBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Washington was pushed around in its last game, a bruising 23-13 loss to big, powerful Stanford.The Huskies face a different kind of challenge Saturday night in the desert. Arizona is not oversized nor bruising. The Wildcats...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Southland Conference draft class impressesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - That former Sam Houston State quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe has won the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award for two straight seasons underscores the Southland Conference's reputation as an offensive conference.But the prospects for next week's NFL draft indicate defensive...

AP Sports WriterFixed Frogs: Reagor, TCU healthy after impressive recoveryBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) When TCU won its final two games to get bowl eligible last year, Jalen Reagor extended his record touchdown receiving streak while also running for a score in each game.Reagor, who also took...

Virginia Tech will show solidarity with Las Vegas victimsBLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Virginia Tech will wear a decal on its helmets Saturday at Boston College to show solidarity with the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas.The No. 16 Hokies play the Eagles at 7:15 p.m.In a release,...

AP Sports WriterSummit League invites St. Thomas to go Division IBy DAVE CAMPBELLST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) St. Thomas is seeking to become Minnesota's second NCAA Division I institution.The university that will soon to be ousted from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference due to its recent dominance of smaller...

AP Sports WriterHerm Edwards breathing life into Arizona State programBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State's hiring of Herm Edwards was met with more than one raised eyebrow.Edwards had not coached since being fired by the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs in 2008, spent the past nine years in...

AP College Football WriterWhich new FBS head coaches are most likely to succeed?By RALPH D. RUSSOGrading the hires of new college football coaches is an offseason tradition and an exercise in educated guess work.Still, college football writers do it every year, ticking off fans of teams that receive poor...