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AP Sports WriterJustin Herbert, Troy Dye are back to complete Oregon's riseBy ANNE M. PETERSONEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Expectations are high for the Oregon Ducks this season, from both outside the team and from within.Quarterback Justin Herbert opted to stay at Oregon rather than bolt early for the NFL...

AP Sports WriterWhite, No. 18 Memphis take show on road to South FloridaBy FRED GOODALLTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Brady White is playing the best football of his career and taking No. 18 Memphis along for the ride.The graduate transfer quarterback's elevated play has been one of the keys to...

AP Sports WriterWashington looks for 2-0 start hosting improved ArizonaBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) Jimmy Lake is determined as a head coach to play with a certain style that he believes creates a winning program.When it was finally unveiled last week in Lake's debut as Washington's coach, it was...

WACO, Texas (AP) Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads didn't need long to express the challenge of stopping second-ranked Baylor's big-play offense.''I would say dang-near impossible,'' Rhoads said.The Cyclones (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) on Saturday finish their trifecta of playing the nation's top three offenses in a three-week span....

AP Sports WriterACC teams, players tossed in state of flux by Irma's wrathBy HANK KURZ Jr.The Atlantic Coast Conference has been tossed into a state of flux by Hurricane Irma.Games have been postponed, practices suspended and players throughout the conference have been left wondering about their families' welfare as...

AP Sports WriterCollege football coaches facing tough adversary: uncertaintyBy HANK KURZ Jr.College football coaches are facing the daunting challenge of getting their players to maintain the required focus to prepare for season-openers when the prevailing question swirling around the sport is when, or if, the season will even be...

AP Sports WriterNo. 20 BYU continues Pac-12 tour facing No. 11 WashingtonBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) Chris Petersen got a firsthand look at BYU's Tanner Mangum many years ago when the quarterback was a high school star in Idaho and Petersen was still in charge at Boise State.When Petersen...

Associated PressLeach relishes chance to test himself at Mississippi StateBy PAUL JONESSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) The opportunity to coach in a talent-rich area helped persuade Mike Leach make the decision to leave Washington State and accept the Mississippi State job, giving him the chance to test himself in the...

AP College Football WriterSacrifice and stress: How players handled season of COVID-19By RALPH D. RUSSOThe Saturday night after winning an afternoon home game is one of the best times to be a college football player.Family and loved ones usually await with congratulatory hugs. Then there is a nice dinner...

Illinois transfer TE Ford to sit 2019 after NCAA decisionCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois tight end Luke Ford, a transfer from Georgia, will not be eligible to play this season after the NCAA upheld the denial of his request for a waiver.The NCAA initially denied Ford's request in April,...

Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He was 85.Majors died at his home in Knoxville, according...

Noland steps up at QB for Iowa StateAMES, Iowa (AP) Zeb Noland always understood his responsibility as Iowa State's backup quarterback.Be prepared, because you never when you'll become the starter.It has happened to Noland twice and he has responded both times, most recently with a career-best performance in...