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AP College Football WriterPushback against delaying 10th college football assistantBy RALPH D. RUSSOTwo top college football administrators oppose delaying until the end of next season the expansion of FBS coaching staffs to 10 members.Winter is hiring season for assistant coaches in college football. Programs usually have their staffs in...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Mississippi State junior running back Josh Robinson has decided to turn pro after Wednesday night's Orange Bowl game against Georgia Tech.Robinson announced his decision on social media, posting a photo that called him a ''2015 NFL Draft Candidate.'' The caption below the photo said,...

Tar Heels add LSU grad transfer Brandon Harris to rosterCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina says it has added quarterback Brandon Harris as a graduate transfer from LSU.UNC officials announced Friday that Harris signed his scholarship paperwork and is expected to join the Tar Heels this summer after...

HONOLULU (AP) - Despite starting its season with three straight losses, Fresno State made it to a bowl game for the 14th time in the last 16 seasons.Winning is another matter.The Bulldogs lost their sixth consecutive postseason game Wednesday night when they didn't have an answer for Rice quarterback...

2nd Ex-Texas Tech player arrested on felony burglary chargeLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Jail records show that a second Texas Tech football player who was kicked off the team last month has been charged with burglary.Records show 18-year-old Trace Keaton Ellison was arrested Wednesday on a charge of burglary of...

Father of Texas Tech QB arrested for public intoxicationFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Police say the father of Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested on a charge of public intoxication during the Red Raiders' game at TCU over the weekend.Officer Tamara Valle of the Fort Worth Police Department...

2 Penn St. ex-administrators plead guilty in abuse caseHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Two former Penn State University administrators have pleaded guilty in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case, more than five years after the scandal broke.Ex-Athletic Director Tim Curley and former university Vice President Gary Schultz each pleaded guilty...

AP Sports WriterMalzahn: Auburn QB battle unlikely to be settled in springBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn's quarterback competition during the spring will likely be minus injured incumbent Sean White, which means coach Gus Malzahn expects the battle to continue until fall camp.The Tigers came into spring practice...

AP College Football WriterUSC looking to move up in Pac-12 South against ArizonaBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A season of expectations fell flat quickly for Southern California, from an opening blowout loss to Alabama to a 0-2 start in the Pac-12.Look at the Trojans now.Finally starting to live...

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...

Florida QB Luke Del Rio to have surgery on throwing shoulderGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida quarterback Luke Del Rio is to have surgery on his throwing shoulder Wednesday.Coach Jim McElwain says ''it's not major,'' adding that Del Rio is getting his right shoulder ''cleaned out.''Del Rio had surgery on...

Associated PressLawyer says he told Penn State official to report SanduskyBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State's former top lawyer said in a deposition made public Thursday he advised the university's vice president in 2001 to notify a state agency of a complaint from an assistant football coach...