NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt officials say the Atlantic Coast Conference has filed a formal complaint for one of its members with the Southeastern Conference involving the Commodores' football team. Vice Chancellor David Williams issued a statement Wednesday saying that Vanderbilt
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia has added former Pittsburgh interim coach Keith Patterson to its defensive coaching staff. Patterson served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach with the Panthers last season and took over interim coaching duties for the Compass
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has finally found a 12th game to replace West Virginia on its 2012 football schedule. Athletic Director Randy Spetman said Wednesday that Savannah State from the Football Championship Subdivision would visit Tallahassee on Sept. 8
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn coach Gene Chizik has laid out his defensive coaching assignments. Chizik said Tuesday that new hire Willie Martinez will coach secondary, as he did at his previous stops such as Georgia and Oklahoma. Safeties coach Tommy
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) Buster Faulkner has been elevated to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Middle Tennessee State University. Faulkner handled play calling for the final seven games last season after Willie Simmons resigned. Meanwhile Tuesday, coach Rick Stockstill said
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) UAB coach Garrick McGee has hired John Peterson as offensive line coach and elevated Jeff Brohm to offensive coordinator. McGee announced the staff changes Tuesday. Peterson spent the past eight years as an assistant coach at Ohio
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Barely two months into the job, coach Bill O'Brien is setting a new tone for offseason workouts at Penn State. Heavy metal music blared for portions of a recent pre-dawn outdoor conditioning drill, a rarity in
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia State is studying a possible move to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, just two seasons after launching its program. The Panthers currently compete in the Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Colonial Athletic
PITTSBURGH (AP) New Pitt football coach Paul Chryst says he's spent the first two months on the job getting to know his players while trying to chart a future for a program in need of some stability. Chryst said Tuesday
FARGO, N.D. (AP) North Dakota State athletic officials say they have signed a running back from Kansas to a national letter of intent. Hutchinson Community College transfer Deveon Dinwiddie (DEE'-vee-on DIN'-wit-ee) will have three years of eligibility with the national
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) The son of retired NFL running back Fred Taylor has decided to attend Florida, a potentially significant recruiting boost for the Gators. Kelvin Taylor, who broke Emmitt Smith's state high school rushing record as a junior last
Mississippi will pay five assistant football coaches a total of more than $850,000 next season. Contract details were released by the university after a request by The Associated Press. Linebackers coach Tom Allen will make $200,000 next year, running backs
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) Montana State football coach Rob Ash has named Kevin McGiven the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. McGiven is familiar with the Big Sky Conference, having been an assistant at Weber State from 2006-2008. The Wildcats beat
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired former Georgia defensive coordinator Willie Martinez as a defensive assistant. Martinez has been Oklahoma's secondary coach the past two seasons after spending nine years at Georgia, where he was defensive coordinator from 2005-09 while
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas is moving its Thanksgiving-weekend game against LSU from Little Rock to its Fayetteville campus this fall, citing the desire to play in a bigger stadium and the need to avoid a three- or four-week road
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Former Penn State assistant coach Jay Paterno said he was nominated to run for a seat on the university's Board of Trustees, though he never declared his candidacy and cannot run anyway because of election guidelines.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied Mike Leach's appeal in his wrongful termination lawsuit against Texas Tech. The ruling from the state's highest civil court rejected Leach's appeal without comment more than two years after the
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) New Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien received a rousing ovation when he and his coaching staff were introduced at halftime of the men's basketball game against Iowa. Wearing a blue Penn State sweat shirt, O'Brien
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Authorities say Florida freshman tight end A.C. Leonard was arrested on a simple domestic battery charge. Gainesville police say 20-year-old Leonard got into an argument with his girlfriend Wednesday night. According to a police report, Leonard shoved
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) The Georgia Dome will host games on back-to-back days as part of the 2012 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Officials announced Thursday that North Carolina State and Tennessee will meet on Aug. 31 in a game broadcast by ESPNU.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Steve Spurrier and University of South Carolina officials will appear before the NCAA Committee on Infractions in Los Angeles on Friday. The NCAA says the school received $55,000 in improper benefits for athletes mostly football players who
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Wide receivers coach Tee Martin is leaving Kentucky to take a similar position at Southern California. Kentucky coach Joker Phillips says in a statement that he wishes Martin well and appreciates the contributions Martin made over the
STORRS, Conn. (AP) Connecticut safety Jerome Junior has been suspended from the team and is no longer enrolled at the school. The university said Thursday that Junior was suspended for a violation of team rules, but did not divulge any
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett plans to attend a memorial service for former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno at a church in Harrisburg. Corbett's office says the governor doesn't plan to make remarks at the Wednesday afternoon
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson and head football coach Dabo Swinney rewarded several football assistants with raises totaling $450,000. The compensation committee of the Clemson board of trustees approved the proposal of athletic director Terry Don Phillips on Wednesday. More than
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