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Muschamp says 2 linebackers leaving South Carolina programCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina coach Will Muschamp says two reserve linebackers are leaving the Gamecocks football program.Muschamp said Friday that sophomore Jalen Dread and freshman Sherrod Pittman have chosen to leave.Dread, a 5-foot-10, 220-pounder from Foley, Alabama, played 10 games,...

Air Force DB carted off field after hit in Hawaii gameAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) Air Force defensive back Jesse Washington was strapped to a stretcher and taken off the field on a cart after being tackled during an interception return Saturday against Hawaii.The senior was on the...

The Latest: Ex-coach recalls hearing of Sandusky complaintBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a former assistant football coach's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State (all times local):5:30 p.m.A former Penn State football coach says then-fellow assistant Mike McQueary told him several years before Jerry Sandusky's arrest in...

AP Sports WriterStanford, Arizona looking to regain momentumBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Stanford and Arizona both had designs on winning their respective divisions heading into the Pac-12 season.A string of injuries in both programs have changed their courses a bit. The division titles are all but out of...

Auburn names Porter assistant coach, recruiting coordinatorAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired Larry Porter to coach tight ends and H-backs and to serve as recruiting coordinator.Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announced Saturday that Porter had been hired to replace Scott Fountain. Porter spent the past three years as North...

DALLAS (AP) - Illinois needed to win its last two games to become bowl eligible, then had to wait another week before finding out if there would be more football.Louisiana Tech knew after winning six of seven at the end of the regular season that it was going to...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=FCS title is purple reign of James MadisonBy CRAIG HALEYFRISCO, Texas (STATS) - James Madison played all season as if it knew something the rest of the FCS didn't know, but on Saturday, there was no denying who's the best team in the nation.Sorry, Fargo, it's...

Former Notre Dame quarterback Bob Williams dies at age 86SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Bob Williams, the starting quarterback when Notre Dame finished 10-0 and won the national championship in 1949, has died. He was 86.The university announced his death Wednesday and said Williams died at a retirement home...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Arizona State and Duke have a lot of unfinished business - and a lot of similarities - heading into the 81st Sun Bowl.The Blue Devils (9-3) are playing in a bowl for the third consecutive season, but they're still looking for their first postseason...

UAB running back declared brain dead after shootingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Police in Florida are searching for clues after a Saturday night shooting on Interstate 95 in South Florida that left University of Alabama Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant dead and injured a passenger in his car.Police...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2016 FCS vs. FBS: Ohio Valley ConferenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Cinderella is allowed out more often than in the month of March. During college football season, FCS programs are adept at drawing national attention as they seek upsets of the larger FBS.Many of the games are...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was cleared of the accusations he faced at a student code of conduct hearing involving an alleged sexual assault two years ago, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday.Former Florida Supreme Court judge Major Harding wrote in...