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Rivals.com: Maryland lands 5-star wideout Diggs
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The recruiting saga for Olney (Md.) Good Counsel wide receiver Stefon Diggs is finally over as he announced his decision on Friday evening in front of media and a raucous crowd at a local pub in College Park on the campus of the University of Maryland.
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Wake Forest brings on 2 new football assistants
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Wake Forest has added two assistants to its football staff.
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Sandusky seeks local jury, visits with grandkids
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's request for greater freedom of movement - and for visits from his young grandchildren - while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges was taken under advisement by a judge Friday, but prosecutors countered that Sandusky's home isn't a safe place for children.
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Notre Dame unveils changes to coaching staff
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- The Notre Dame coaching staff has a few new faces for the players to get used to.
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Charges dropped against ex-Pitt coach Haywood
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- An Indiana judge has dismissed a domestic battery charge against former Notre Dame offensive coordinator Michael Haywood, who served briefly as Pittsburgh's head football coach before the case led to his firing.
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Stewart Mandel: Playoff implementation could spark more aggressive scheduling
A four-team playoff would bring numerous changes. Among the best possible adjustments: more aggressive scheduling from the nation's elite teams. Stewart Mandel explains.
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Trustees approve Ohio State's compliance office
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State University trustees have approved the creation of a new office responsible for monitoring compliance with rules and regulations in the wake of its football program's NCAA infractions scandal.
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Brandon: Night game unlikely at Michigan in 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says the school isn't likely to set up another night football game at home next season.
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NCAA proposes moving kickoffs to 35-yard line
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The NCAA football rules committee has proposed moving kickoffs from the 30-yard line to the 35 and to limit the running start by players on the kicking team to 5 yards as a way of keeping players safer.
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Consultants suggest Ohio St. forms ethics office
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Consultants are recommending that Ohio State hire a vice president to oversee a new office and committee that would monitor ethics and rules compliance across the university system.
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Third allegation surfaces against ex-Wisconsin AD
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin says a third allegation of misconduct has surfaced against a former top athletic official.
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Andy Staples: Larry Fedora, North Carolina working smart and hard to meet goals
Larry Fedora is no stranger to hard work. Good thing, because he's going to have to work plenty hard and smart to overcome the obstacles at North Carolina, says Andy Staples.
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Texas A&M drops one game, adds two for 2012
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Texas A&M has revamped its 2012 football schedule, dropping McNeese State and adding Louisiana Tech and South Carolina State.
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SEC's Slive: BCS changes at least couple years away
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Mike Slive helped propose the plus-one plan to find a national champion in football and says actual change remains a couple years away even if everyone can agree on changes to the Bowl Championship Series.
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Sandusky seeks State College-area jury for trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky's lawyer filed court paperwork Wednesday arguing that jurors in his child sex abuse trial should be chosen from the community where he lives and suggesting that a trial delay might be the best way to address the intense publicity generated by the case.
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North Dakota will use Fighting Sioux nickname
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The University of North Dakota will resume using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname despite threats from the NCAA, the school's president said Wednesday, marking the latest twist in a years-long fight about a name that some consider offensive.
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Stewart Mandel: Would a four-team playoff really be less controversial than the BCS?
With Big Ten ADs offering up a proposal, a plus-one seems more inevitable than ever. But will it actually be better than the BCS? History says yes ... usually. Stewart Mandel explains.
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Memphis will join Big East for all sports in 2013
At long last, Memphis is part of the Big East.
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Supporters have names to restore Fighting Sioux
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Is it the return of the Fighting Sioux? Supporters of the University of North Dakota's nickname turned in more than 17,000 signatures Tuesday night to cap a petition drive to force a statewide vote on a moniker the NCAA says is insulting to American Indians.
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