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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day smiles as he talks to reporters during the Big Ten Conference NCAA college football media days Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The Latest: Ohio St DE emulates Hayes: 'The team up north'

Jul. 18, 2019 01:12 PM EDT

Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead speaks during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Arkansas, Mississippi State hope transfers boost QB play

By David Brandt Jul. 17, 2019 06:21 PM EDT

Alabama head coach Nick Saban, left, visits Radio Row during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
The Latest: Muschamp says this is his best Gamecocks team

Jul. 17, 2019 12:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow attends warmups before the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game against UCF in Glendale, Ariz. This year, a group of talented and experienced quarterbacks could help the Southeastern Conference produce a little more drama. Georgia’s Jake Fromm, LSU’s Burrow, Florida’s Feleipe Franks and Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond are among the biggest reasons all those teams feel they have a realistic chance of knocking Alabama off its title perch. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Talented group of QBs hope to give SEC hierarchy a jolt

By David Brandt Jul. 15, 2019 02:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead chews on a sharpie while watching the video board during the second half of their NCAA college football game against Texas A&M, in Starkville, Miss. Moorhead has received a contract extension through the 2022 season that will pay an average base salary of $3.2 million. The school announced the extension on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle, File)
Mississippi State extends Moorhead's contract through 2022

By David Brandt May. 21, 2019 02:57 PM EDT

Mississippi State adds Penn State transfer QB Tommy Stevens

May. 17, 2019 12:17 PM EDT
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State has added Penn State transfer quarterback Tommy Stevens to its football team. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound...

Pennsylvania's attorney general, Josh Shapiro, listens to a question at a news conference in his office's headquarters, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pa. Shapiro announced that his office will appeal a federal judge's decision to vacate the child-endangerment conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Former Penn State president richly paid as he fought charges

By Mark Scolforo May. 01, 2019 05:38 PM EDT

Pennsylvania's attorney general, Josh Shapiro, listens to a question at a news conference in his office headquarters, Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pa. Shapiro announced that his office will appeal a federal judge's decision to vacate the child-endangerment conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
The Latest: Ex-Penn State head paid as he fought charges

May. 01, 2019 05:34 PM EDT

Virginia adds 2 graduate transfer receivers to football team

Apr. 30, 2019 03:19 PM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall says the Cavaliers have added two graduate transfer wide receivers. Mendenhall says Dejon...

Witness at NCAA trial says he paid football recruits

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 24, 2019 01:59 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A key prosecution witness at a trial highlighting corruption in college basketball testified for a second day Wednesday about money he paid to...

Tyler Shough puts on a show at Oregon's spring game

By Anne M. Peterson Apr. 20, 2019 08:54 PM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — While Justin Herbert was his usual steady self at quarterback for Oregon, the Ducks' spring game gave redshirt freshman Tyler Shough a chance to...

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, Michigan defensive back Ambry Thomas, right, intercepts a pass from Rutgers quarterback Artur Sitkowski which was intended for wide receiver Bo Melton, left, during the second half of an NCAA college football game, in Piscataway, N.J. Thomas' career highlight is returning a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown against Notre Dame. Now, in 2019, he gets his opportunity at corner, where he was a four-star recruit and one of the nation’s top prospects in 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
14 Big Ten football players poised to break out in the fall

By Eric Olson Apr. 19, 2019 11:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2017, file photo, Purdue quarterback Elijah Sindelar, left, throws against Arizona during the first half of the Foster Farms Bowl NCAA college football game in Santa Clara, Calif. Sindelar, set to take over for David Blaugh, put a scare into the Boilermakers when he hyperextended his left knee during spring football practice. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
7 Big Ten teams will extend QB competitions into preseason

By Eric Olson Apr. 19, 2019 11:16 AM EDT

Texas Tech adds grad transfers from Utah, Penn State, Cal

Apr. 17, 2019 06:42 PM EDT
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has added three graduate transfers in running back Armand Shyne from Utah, defensive back Zech McPhearson out of Penn State and...

Penn State QB competition on hold as Stevens gets healthy

By Travis Johnson Apr. 13, 2019 04:31 PM EDT
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Tommy Stevens knows all about waiting his turn, so the fact that Penn State's prospective starting quarterback couldn't do much during...

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert (10) throws during an NCAA college football game against Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz. As a soon-to-be senior, Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert knows this about spring football: It's a process and it's rarely smooth. A Eugene native, Herbert will be joined this coming season by his younger brother Patrick a tight end out of Thousand Oaks, California, who was among 10 early enrollees who are taking part in spring practice with the Ducks.(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Justin Herbert gives Ducks some continuity amid new faces

By Anne M. Peterson Apr. 09, 2019 07:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2011 file photo a sign for The Second Mile charity is seen outside the organization's headquarters in State College, Pa. Penn State stands to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from the defunct charity for children founded by Jerry Sandusky to settle claims that were never fleshed out in a civil lawsuit. (AP Photo/Genaro C. Armas)
Penn State to collect $733K from Sandusky's defunct charity

By Mark Scolforo Mar. 20, 2019 01:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2012, file photo, then-Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor David Williams II talks about improvements being made to athletic facilities at the school, in Nashville, Tenn. David Williams II, the first black athletic director in Southeastern Conference history, has died. He was 71. Vanderbilt officials said Williams died Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A retirement party for Williams had been scheduled for Friday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
David Williams, 1st SEC black athletic director, dies at 71

By Teresa M. Walker Feb. 08, 2019 03:52 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2017, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh adjusts his cap on the field during warmups before an NCAA college football game against Ohio State in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan finished the football recruiting cycle with the top-ranked class in the Big Ten for the first time since 2007, and four other conference programs were ranked in the top 25. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)
Michigan lands Big Ten's top class for first time since 2007

By Eric Olson Feb. 06, 2019 04:44 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2015, file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for an appeal hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be re-sentenced for a 45-count child molestation conviction. Superior Court on Tuesday said Sandusky was improperly sentenced using mandatory minimums. The 75-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years in state prison for sexual abuse of 10 boys. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Ex-Penn State assistant coach Sandusky gets new sentencing

By Mark Scolforo Feb. 05, 2019 03:25 PM EST