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Ga. Tech adds 1 year to Johnson's pact (AP)
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson agreed Friday to a one-year extension of his contract, which now runs through 2016. Johnson initially signed a seven-year contract worth about $11 million when he came from Navy before the 2008 season. The school gave ...
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Irish, UConn seek to end losing streaks (AP)
Notre Dame and Connecticut keep coming up a play short. They do it in dramatically different styles, but the common theme heading into their game on Saturday is this: Their seasons could be drastically different if someone could have come up with a ...
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No. 14 Stanford confident for Big Game (AP)
When Toby Gerhart arrived at Stanford in 2006 there was more talk about whether the Cardinal should field a major college football team than about the farfetched possibility of going to the Rose Bowl. Stanford went 1-11 in Gerhart's freshman year ...
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Oregon, Arizona seek control of Pac-10 (AP)
Oregon linebacker Casey Matthews has a vivid memory from the Ducks' last trip to Arizona Stadium -- a 34-24 loss to Arizona in 2007. "Their fans rushing the field," Matthews said this week. "We were ranked No. 2 in the nation and we ...
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No. 3 Texas faces Kansas team in turmoil (AP)
When Colt McCoy started his first game at Texas in 2006, the second pass of his career was a sign of things to come: a 60-yard touchdown in a rout of North Texas. He still calls it one of his fondest memories at Royal-Memorial Stadium. On Saturday ...
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McClain, Spikes again Butkus finalists (AP)
Alabama's Rolando McClain, Florida's Brandon Spikes and Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon are once again finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker. South Carolina's Eric Norwood and Texas' Sergia Kindle also are ...
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^TCU not wanting to repeat past (AP)
The last time TCU played at Wyoming, the Horned Frogs lost. The last time they were 10-0, they lost. Be assured that coach Gary Patterson has reminded his team of that 2007 trip to Laramie, Wyo., where the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs play on Saturday. ...
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Ohio State-Michigan series has slipped (AP)
The Game has lost a lot of luster. Ohio State has beaten Michigan five straight times, its best winning streak and the longest in the series since the 1920s. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten) have already clinched at least a share of their ...
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Tennessee State coach Webster resigns (AP)
James Webster Jr. has resigned as Tennessee State's football coach after five seasons. Webster announced his resignation Thursday after a season-ending 21-10 win over Eastern Illinois. The Tigers finished 4-7 this year and Webster compiled a 25-31 ...
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3rd-string QB rallies No. 12 Okla. State (AP)
Third-string quarterback Brandon Weeden threw for 168 yards and two touchdowns in the second half, leading No. 12 Oklahoma State back from an 11-point deficit for a 31-28 win against Colorado on Thursday night. With starter Zac Robinson injured and ...
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OSU QB Cate starts for injured Robinson (AP)
Junior Alex Cate made his first career start at quarterback for No. 12 Oklahoma State on Thursday against Colorado in place of injured starter Zac Robinson. Cate had thrown only five passes in his career at Oklahoma State before being called on to ...
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Georgia mascot Uga VII dies (AP)
Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia's football team for almost two seasons, died Thursday of heart-related causes, the dog's owner said. The 56-pound dog, nicknamed "Loran's Best," was known as a ...
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Oregon, Arizona eye Rose Bowl berth (AP)
The desert has been inhospitable to the Ducks in recent years. In Oregon's past two trips to Tucson, the team lost its starting quarterback to injury. And in 2007, the Ducks lost more than that. Oregon again visits Arizona this Saturday with both ...
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Irish class of 2006 didn't match hype (AP)
This year's seniors won't leave Notre Dame with the same accolades bestowed when they signed with the school and coach Charlie Weis predicted they would lay the foundation for the Fighting Irish to remain among the elite teams for years to come. The ...
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Big 12 offenses sputter without star QBs (AP)
Colt McCoy remembers the Year of the Quarterback in the Big 12 last season. It's no mystery to him why the league's offenses haven't been able to keep up the blistering scoring pace this year. "Graham and Chase graduated and Sam got hurt," ...
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Stanford has Luck on its side vs. Cal (AP)
Jim Harbaugh's first recruiting trip as Stanford's football coach was to Texas to visit Andrew Luck even though it would be more than a year before the quarterback could arrive on campus. Harbaugh visited three other quarterbacks on that trip but ...
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No. 6 Boise State tries to move to 11-0 (AP)
Utah State coach Gary Andersen sees a lot to admire in Boise State. The sixth-ranked Broncos are poised for their seventh Western Athletic Conference title in eight years and possibly a second trip to the Bowl Championship Series. Andersen has spent ...
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Cincinnati QB Collaros could face jail (AP)
A judge warned University of Cincinnati sophomore quarterback Zach Collaros on Thursday that he could spend the bowl season in jail if he doesn't get his act together after being accused of showing a fake ID at a bar. Hamilton County Municipal Court ...
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McCoy looking to set QB record for wins (AP)
Colt McCoy left the tiny town of Tuscola with dreams of being Texas' next great quarterback. Lingering below the self-confidence were words that stung his heart. Too small. Too slow. Weak arm. Those were his friends saying that. Great small-town ...
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Fla. governor wants Bowden back as coach (AP)
Embattled Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has a high-profile alumnus on his side -- Gov. Charlie Crist. The Republican governor said Wednesday the Seminoles coach has been great for the school and the 80-year-old Bowden deserves respect. Some of ...
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Rodriguez: Process to log hours fixed (AP)
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez says the process of filing forms that log hours players devote to football was corrected as soon as he learned it wasn't happening. Rodriguez declined further comment Wednesday because of an ongoing NCAA investigation. An ...
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Arizona looks to slow No. 11 Oregon (AP)
After Arizona conceded 55 points to Oregon last year, the Wildcats' coaches might be tempted to destroy the game film. Instead, they're studying it with their players, hoping to find clues to stopping the 11th-ranked Ducks when they visit ...
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Cowboys say goodbye to seniors Thursday (AP)
When Oklahoma State's current senior class arrived on campus, it was with the promise of better days. All that existed at the time were blueprints and drawings of what would be built during a renovation of Boone Pickens Stadium and the dreams of what ...
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Black coaches concerned over diversity (AP)
The Black Coaches and Administrators says it is concerned that only nine of the 120 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision have coaches of color. The BCA's new report card, issued Wednesday, gives A's to 11 of 32 schools that hired football coaches ...
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Clemson closes in on ACC title game (AP)
Clemson's Dabo Swinney got where he is by dreaming big. With his 18th-ranked Tigers so close to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, Clemson's first-year coach won't let the players' hopes for success get in the way of what's important. Swinney ...
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Fresno RB Matthews out with concussion (AP)
Fresno State will be without the nation's leading rusher, Ryan Mathews, for Saturday's game against Louisiana Tech. Coach Pat Hill said Tuesday that Mathews will miss the game after sustaining a concussion last week against Nevada. Hill says he ...
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Oliver fourth Vols player to be charged (AP)
A fourth Tennessee football player has been charged with breaking the law in the last two weeks. Nyshier Oliver is facing a charge of shoplifting. The 18-year-old freshman defensive back was cited at 1:45 p.m. on Nov. 7, a few hours before the ...
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Miami QB Harris hurting but will play (AP)
Jacory Harris walked into the Miami football meeting room Tuesday, his hands stuffed into the front pocket of his green hooded sweatshirt. He stood behind a lectern for 16 minutes, taking questions. Coyly, Harris kept his hands -- and whatever brace ...
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TCU's Patterson won't lobby for votes (AP)
TCU coach Gary Patterson has no plans to lobby for votes and a spot in the national championship game if his team ends the regular season undefeated. Patterson says all his fourth-ranked Horned Frogs (10-0) can do is prove themselves on the field. He ...
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Glanville resigns as Portland St. coach (AP)
Jerry Glanville has resigned after three years as head coach of the Portland State Vikings. This past season, Portland State went 2-9 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference. Over Glanville's tenure the Vikings went 9-24. Glanville, who coached in ...
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Kansas probing Mangino personnel matter (AP)
Kansas is conducting an internal investigation into a personnel matter involving football coach Mark Mangino. Athletic director Lew Perkins issued a brief statement Tuesday confirming the review. Perkins met with the entire football team Monday night. ...
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Woods honorary Stanford captain vs. Cal (AP)
Tiger Woods will be an honorary captain for Stanford when the 14th-ranked Cardinal take on rival California in the Big Game on Saturday. Coach Jim Harbaugh says it will be an honor to share the sidelines with "the greatest competitor of our ...
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LSU's Miles hopes QB Jefferson will play (AP)
LSU coach Les Miles says Jordan Jefferson is expected to practice all week and the Tigers are hopeful the quarterback will be able to play at Mississippi after missing the last game with a sprained right ankle. Jefferson sat out last week's 24-16 ...
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Ohio St. ends key stretch vs. Michigan (AP)
Ohio State had to beat Penn State to stay in the Big Ten race. The next week the Buckeyes needed to beat Iowa to win the conference and go to the Rose Bowl. With those missions accomplished the last two weeks, the ninth-ranked Buckeyes now face ...
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Boise State TE Brockel out for season (AP)
Boise State tight end Richie Brockel is expected to miss the rest of the season with a foot injury. Brockel, who has eight catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns this season, injured his left foot in the sixth-ranked Broncos' 63-25 blowout over rival ...
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Vols dismiss 2 freshmen following arrest (AP)
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin has dismissed two of three freshmen players charged last week in an attempted armed robbery outside a Knoxville convenience store. Kiffin says wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson and defensive back Mike Edwards have been ...
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Va. Tech, Cincy to play at FedEx in 2012 (AP)
Virginia Tech has secured yet another game in the D.C. suburbs, agreeing to play Cincinnati at the Washington Redskins stadium in 2012. The game will mark the Hokies' third trip to FedEx Field, following a meeting with Southern California in 2004 and ...
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UNLV fires coach Sanford (AP)
UNLV has fired football coach Mike Sanford after five losing seasons, a 15-43 record and no bowl appearances. In a statement released Monday, university president Neal Smatresk and interim athletic director Jerry Koloskie said Sanford will coach the ...
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Lindsay's 172 yards lift East Carolina (AP)
Dominique Lindsay ran for a career-high 172 yards, Darryl Freeney had a career-best 152 yards receiving and East Carolina maintained its lead in Conference USA's East Division with a 44-17 victory over Tulsa on Sunday night. In a rematch of last ...
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San Jose State coach Tomey to retire (AP)
San Jose State football coach Dick Tomey will retire after the season. The school said late Sunday that Tomey would hold a formal news conference Monday to discuss his decision. The Spartans, 1-8 after Saturday's 24-9 loss to Utah State, have ...
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No. 4 TCU still perfect after big win (AP)
TCU has easily proven itself as the best in the Mountain West with lopsided victories over the league's other Top 25 teams -- at BYU and now Utah, last year's BCS buster. The No. 4 Horned Frogs are 10-0 for only the second time since their undefeated ...
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Surging Oregon not focused on Blount (AP)
Late into the LeGarrette Blount waiting game, the crowd at Autzen Stadium got impatient. "We want Blount! We want Blount!" they chanted in the fourth quarter of Oregon's 44-21 victory over Arizona State. Blount would never get in the game, ...
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Pitt turns corner with win over Irish (AP)
Whenever Pitt seemed ready to turn the corner and return to national prominence in the last five years, the last 10, even the last 25, a game like this always seemed to ruin it. No longer. By learning how not to lose the kind of games that perplexed ...
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Boise St. QB Moore Heisman hopeful? (AP)
Kellen Moore grew up in sparsely populated central Washington. Now he is out here in Idaho, still way off Broadway. No wonder he has never been to New York. That may change next month. Boise State's ruthlessly quiet gunslinger can't do much more to ...
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Stanford, Harbaugh close on extension (AP)
Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby says the school is close to completing a contract extension with football coach Jim Harbaugh. Bowlsby said in an e-mail Sunday that a formal announcement of the new deal is expected to come shortly. The sides ...
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No. 7 Ga. Tech savors ACC division title (AP)
Georgia Tech's players slapped a few high-fives with the fans who stuck around an emptying stadium. In one end zone, a banner was unfurled to read: "Tampa Bound." After clinching the ACC Coastal Division, they allowed themselves to savor the ...
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No. 1 Florida finishes perfect in SEC (AP)
Make no mistake about it, No. 1 Florida's run to the top is nothing like last year's. Florida ran over teams a season ago to win its second national title in three years. This time, the Gators (10-0) are doing it as much on mental toughness as on ...
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Texas KR Monroe charged with DWI (AP)
Texas freshman kick returner D.J. Monroe has been charged with drunken driving after a overnight arrest. Monroe was arrested on Interstate 35 and taken to the Hays County jail, said Lt. Ler oy Opiela of the Hays County Sheriff's office. He was ...
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Blount back, James powers No. 14 Oregon (AP)
As LeGarrette Blount awaited his first chance to play since his suspension, LaMichael James ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns for the No. 14 Ducks in a 44-21 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night. Blount was dressed and ready to go, pacing ...
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No. 8 Pitt outlasts Irish's late surge (AP)
Jonathan Baldwin made two exceptional catches that allowed No. 8 Pittsburgh to open up an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter before Notre Dame rallied behind two touchdowns by star Golden Tate, and the Panthers held on for a 27-22 victory Saturday ...
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