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NCAA panel approves recommendation to continue stopping clock for first downs in Division III
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The game clock will continue to stop for first downs in Division III for at least another year after the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Committee approved a recommendation from the Football Rules Committee on Thursday. The biggest college football rule change for...
Vick, Fitzgerald and Suggs among stars on College Football Hall of Fame ballot for 1st time
Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year. The National Football Foundation released Monday a list of 78 players and nine coaches from major college...
Transfer portal tampering frustrates SEC coaches, but few - if any - ideas on how to stop it
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer lost some key contributors from the Gamecocks' eight-win team to the transfer portal this offseason. In a few cases, it seemed as if things moved pretty quickly. “It was strange based on conversations I’d had...
Jets' Breece Hall working way back after knee injury cut short promising rookie season
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Breece Hall still razzes Garrett Wilson about what could've been. In the New York Jets running back's mind, the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award absolutely would have been his. And then Hall blew out his left knee in October, had...
Saban says current track in college football will lead to less competitive balance
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships. Saban met with reporters Tuesday as the...
Column: Remembering Castleberry, others who paid ultimate price of war
ATLANTA (AP) — Clint Castleberry had one glorious season at Georgia Tech, a whirlwind of a player whose star burned bright. A newspaper scribe dubbed him “Jackrabbit” — a testimonial to his blinding speed on the gridiron. In an era when players lined up on...
Former UCF star QB McKenzie Milton joins Tennessee as offensive analyst
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, who came back from a gruesome leg injury in 2018 to play another season of college football for Florida State two years later, has been hired by Tennessee to be an offensive analyst. Milton was a two-time American...
Jets work out punter Matt Araiza after San Diego State investigation found no wrongdoing
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets hosted punter Matt Araiza for a workout at the team's facility Wednesday, six days after a San Diego State investigation found no wrongdoing by him in an alleged gang rape at an off-campus party in October 2021. Joe Linta, Araiza's agent,...
No. 2 pick Stroud competing for starting job with Houston Texans
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans aren’t simply handing C.J. Stroud the starting job despite drafting the quarterback second overall in this year’s draft. The Ohio State star worked with the second-team offense Tuesday while last year’s starter Davis Mills ran with the...
Former Auburn AD Jacobs retiring after nearly 4 decades in college athletics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jay Jacobs’ first job was at a funeral home owned by his grandparents in Lafayette, Alabama. At age 12, Jacobs mowed the lawn, trimmed hedges, picked weeds and occasionally rode along on ambulance calls. He even helped out at burials. “Last man to let...
