College Football

Pruett denies involvement in NCAA violations

AP - 48 minutes ago

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former Marshall football coach Bob Pruett has denied allegations he was involved in an academic scandal and a jobs program for athletes that drew NCAA violations in 2001.

  • Va. Tech suspends receiver for policy violation AP - Mon Aug 18, 11:12 AM ET

    BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech suspended receiver Zach Luckett indefinitely Monday for a violation of team policy.

  • In this Aug. 4, 2008 file photo, Georgia head coach Mark Richt makes comments during a news conference at the University of Georgia before the first day of football practice in Athens, Ga. Seeking its first national championship in 28 years, Georgia is on top of The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
    Bulldogs! Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll AP - Sun Aug 17, 5:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Seeking its first national championship in 28 years, Georgia is on top of The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time.

  • Freshman Collins dies after Huntingdon's practice AP - Sat Aug 16, 5:31 PM ET

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Sam Collins, a freshman defensive lineman for Huntingdon College, has died following the second practice of the preseason.

  • QB Mauk sues NCAA on eligibility AP - Thu Aug 14, 9:21 PM ET

    CINCINNATI - Quarterback Ben Mauk has launched a legal Hail Mary in an effort to keep his college football career alive.

  • Georgia loses left tackle Sturdivant for season AP - Tue Aug 12, 8:17 PM ET

    ATHENS, Ga. - Trinton Sturdivant's devastating knee injury hung heavily over Georgia coach Mark Richt on Tuesday.

  • Louisville WR Guy on mend from gunshot wound AP - Sat Aug 9, 2:35 PM ET

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trent Guy can still hear the shots echoing through the parking garage moments after he left a local nightclub last month.

  • 2 Ohio State football players suspended 2 games AP - Fri Aug 8, 3:51 PM ET

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State suspended cornerback Donald Washington and backup safety Jamario O'Neal for the first two games of the season for violating team policy.

  • Sooners hope bone marrow screening will save lives AP - Wed Aug 6, 6:01 PM ET

    NORMAN, Okla. - Along with trying to win a third straight Big 12 championship and righting recent BCS struggles, the Oklahoma Sooners left their media day Wednesday with another goal in mind: Saving lives.

  • QB Pulley dismissed from Kentucky football team AP - Tue Aug 5, 11:00 AM ET

    LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks says quarterback Curtis Pulley has been kicked off the team for violating team rules.

  • Georgia junior linebacker Darius Dewberry, center, catches a breather along with defensive ends Jeremy Lomax, left, and Roderick Battle during the first day of practice Monday Aug. 4, 2008, in Athens, Ga. Dewberry was suspended for two games after admitting to causing property damage to a hospital in Athens. (AP Photo/John Amis)
    Dewberry added to long list of suspended Bulldogs AP - Mon Aug 4, 8:04 PM ET

    ATHENS, Ga. - High expectations for Georgia were overshadowed by off-field troubles as the Bulldogs held their first practice Monday.

  • Ex-Notre Dame assistant coach Yonto dies at 83 AP - Mon Aug 4, 3:10 PM ET

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Longtime Notre Dame assistant football coach Joe Yonto, who worked under Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine and Lou Holtz, died Monday. He was 83.

  • Clemson, South Carolina start football camp AP - Fri Aug 1, 9:48 PM ET

    CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson took the practice field Friday with one of the country's best freshmen and some of the largest expectations to hit Tigertown since its national championship nearly three decades.

  • Stoops boots incoming freshman off Oklahoma's team AP - Fri Aug 1, 4:42 PM ET

    NORMAN, Okla. - An incoming freshman player at Oklahoma was dismissed from the football team Friday by coach Bob Stoops after a video of him rapping about guns and shooting people appeared on the Internet.

  • Garcia to rejoin Gamecocks Friday AP - Thu Jul 31, 2:04 PM ET

    COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina will have redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Garcia back for the start of practice.

  • In this May 4, 2007 file photo, Penn State football player Chris Baker walks to the Centre County courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. for a preliminary hearing over his role in an off-campus fracas. Baker and Phil Taylor, who were involved in off-field fights last year, have been kicked off the team by Penn State coach Joe Paterno, a team spokesman announced Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
    Penn State DTs Baker, Taylor kicked off team AP - Wed Jul 30, 5:38 PM ET

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State defensive tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor, who were involved in off-field fights last year, have been kicked off the team by coach Joe Paterno.

  • This undated mug shot, provided by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department, shows South Carolina freshman receiver Dion Lecorn. An attorney for Lecorn says the simple possession of marijuana charge against his client was dismissed Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Lexington County Sherriff's Dept.)
    Drug charge dismissed against Gamecocks receiver AP - Mon Jul 28, 8:13 PM ET

    CAYCE, S.C. - An attorney for South Carolina freshman receiver Dion Lecorn says the simple possession of marijuana charge against his client has been dismissed. Attorney Lowell Bernstein says the case was dismissed Monday for lack of evidence.

  • Osborne: Pelini priority is re-energizing Huskers AP - Fri Jul 25, 4:04 PM ET

    LINCOLN, Neb. - For a man who coached some of the most dominant teams in college football history, Tom Osborne has modest expectations for the 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers.

  • SEC intrigue: Fulmer and the subpoena AP - Thu Jul 24, 10:11 PM ET

    HOOVER, Ala. - Lawyers for a former Alabama football booster said they staked out the Southeastern Conference football media event Thursday and served Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer with a subpoena to testify about a lawsuit against the NCAA.

  • Clemson head football coach Tommy Bowden prepares to do a radio interview during ACC Media Day in Greensboro, Ga., Monday, July 21, 2008. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
    A Bowden is picked to win ACC, but it's not Bobby AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:42 PM ET

    GREENSBORO, Ga. - For the 17th straight year, a Bowden-coached team is the preseason favorite in the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the first time in that span, it isn't Florida State.