Baylor's Briles get tough first test
 History is against Art Briles. The new Baylor head coach inherits a program that has been the worst in the Big 12 since the league started. Five of the last six Bears coaches - dating all the way back to 1969 - lost their first game. The present doesn't seem to be of much he... |
Oregon QB Costa out for season with knee injury
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon quarterback Nate Costa will be out for the season after surgeons repairing a torn meniscus in his left knee also found a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The sophomore injured the knee in a noncontact drill in the week before the Wednesda... |
Glennon to start for Va. Tech, Taylor redshirting
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Sean Glennon will be Virginia Tech's starting quarterback this year while sophomore Tyrod Taylor redshirts. "For the long term and for the good of the program, this is in our best interest," Hokies coach Frank Beamer said Tuesday. Cory Holt w... |
Georgia loses freshman LB White for season
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia freshman Charles White will miss the season due to an Achilles' tendon injury that is cutting into the Bulldogs' depth at linebacker. White, from Columbia, S.C., was expected to play on special teams and as a backup at linebacker, coach M... |
NCAA turns down Cincinnati QB Ben Mauk again
 CINCINNATI (AP) -- Quarterback Ben Mauk lost his latest appeal to the NCAA for another year of eligibility on Wednesday, leaving him with one final chance to play for Cincinnati. After a couple of days of mixed signals, the NCAA told the former Bearcats' quarterback... |
Indiana's Middleton, 3 others suspended for opener
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana defensive end Greg Middleton, who led the nation with 16 sacks last season, and three other players have been suspended for one game for undisclosed disciplinary reasons. Middleton was first-team All-Big Ten and a third-team All-Ame... |
Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll
 NEW YORK (AP) -- By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 - to start the 2008 college football season. Seeking its first national championship in 28 years, Georgia is on top... |
ECU, Holtz agree to new six-year contract
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Skip Holtz and East Carolina agreed to a new contract Tuesday that will last through the 2013 season. Athletic director Terry Holland said the contract contains changes to his incentive and bonus structure and should encourage Holtz "to stay... |
Miami suspends Marve, 6 others for season opener
 CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Miami has suspended seven players for the season opener against Charleston Southern, including quarterback Robert Marve. The school confirmed Sunday that Marve, a redshirt freshman who was expected to start, will sit out Thursday's game. F... |
Coach K to 'live the moment' after Olympic success
 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Mike Krzyzewski always maintained that leading the U.S. Olympic basketball team would make him a changed coach. Sure enough, Coach K was there on the sideline in Beijing and he stopped himself from saying something he otherwise might have. "Most... |
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