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• Buckeyes' Pryor set to face Michigan (AP)

  Ohio State tight end Rory Nicol didn't think there was anything special about rivalries -- until the opening kickoff of his first game against Michigan. "I was a freshman and Ernest Shazor knocked me into, probably, the third week of my junior year," he said, wincing at the thought. Nicol's story may provide some insight as Ohio State's touted freshman quarterback, Terrelle Pryor, prepares for his...

• Muschamp to replace Brown, but when? (AP)

  Texas coach Mack Brown insists Will Muschamp's elevation to head-coach-in-waiting doesn't start the tick-tock on the countdown to his retirement. Actually, it does. Not because fans are pushing him out the door, but because any time Muschamp's name is mentioned, it's sure to be followed by "you know, the guy who's been promised Mack Brown's job when he leaves." "When?" just became a perpetual...

• Ball State survives scare, moves to 11-0 (AP)

  Ball State found itself in an unfamiliar situation at halftime, deadlocked for the first time after 30 minutes all season. The No. 14 Cardinals and Central Michigan were still tied midway through the fourth quarter when MiQuale Lewis stepped up, carrying six times for 63 yards and setting up Nate Davis' fourth touchdown pass of the game in Ball State's 31-24 victory on Wednesday night.

• Miami looks to move closer to ACC title (AP)

  Look who's back in the rankings and trying to nail down a championship. Yep, it's the Miami Hurricanes, who have reason to be proud of themselves even if this sort of thing was once the norm in south Florida. Trying to break away from the pack in the convoluted Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 23 Miami can move a step closer to locking down a division title with a win over Georgia Tech on Thursday...

• Stoops set to meet ex-assistant Leach (AP)

  To compare Bob Stoops and Mike Leach at first seems like a study in opposites. One is the son of a football coach who built his reputation on a stingy, aggressive defense and puts forth a straight-laced persona that rarely cracks. The other started out admiring the game from the stands, got his law degree before rising in the coaching ranks and then constructed the most productive offense of the...

• Irish still drawing interest from bowls (AP)

  Despite some struggles down the stretch, Notre Dame is still drawing interest from the Cotton, Gator and Sun bowls heading into its final two games. "The great thing about the system the way it is now is you can really afford to wait until the whole season is over before making a decision," Cotton Bowl president Rick Baker said.

• Michigan T Schilling out vs. Ohio State? (AP)

  Michigan tackle Stephen Schilling is questionable for Saturday game against No. 10 Ohio State because of a sprained knee. Coach Rich Rodriguez said Wednesday that running back Sam McGuffie is expected to play after attending a funeral, and quarterback Steven Threet has practiced with shoulder injury and is being evaluated as a backup possibility behind Nick Sheridan.

• ESPN to air BCS games from 2011-14 (AP)

  Bowl Championship Series games are moving to ESPN, the latest high-profile sporting event to migrate from over-the-air television to cable. BCS coordinator John Swofford is confident that fewer and fewer viewers make a distinction between the traditional broadcast networks such as Fox, the current home of the BCS, and cable channels such as ESPN, which will start airing the games in January 2011.

• College bowl slate could be maxed out (AP)

  

  After years of relentless expansion, college football's nearly monthlong holiday party -- the bowl season -- finally seems to have maxed out. Those involved in the bowl business say that, with the national economy flailing, events which are as much about tourism and corporate sponsorship as football now are staring at a set of challenges that will level off the number of second-tier bowls if not...

  
  
• Bush plans to attend Army-Navy game (AP)

  President George W. Bush plans to take in the next chapter of one of college football's most-storied rivalries, going next month to watch the annual Army-Navy football game. The 109th meeting between the two teams takes place Dec. 6 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Navy leads the series 52-49-7.