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LSU cracks top 10, Oregon slips and Michigan falls

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LSU jumped back into the top 10 in the first Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the regular season on Tuesday, Oregon slipped out of the top five and Michigan fell out of the rankings altogether after it needed a second-chance Hail Mary try at home to beat Western Michigan. Ohio State remained No. 1 by a wide margin entering its showdown with No. 4 Texas on Saturday. The Buckeyes received 46 first-place votes from the voting panel of 69 writers and broadcasters. The other 23 first-place votes were divided among six teams. Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas and Indiana each ...

NFL PREVIEW: Seattle’s title defense starts in stacked NFC West

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A steady Sam Darnold and a stellar defense helped the Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl last season. Can they repeat? They’re not even favored to win their own division. The Seahawks have a tough challenge trying to stay on top in the NFC West, let alone the entire NFL. They have to go through the stacked Los Angeles Rams, who just added Aaron Donald, and talented San Francisco 49ers. Seattle raises its championship banner and kicks off the NFL season against New England in a Super Bowl rematch on Sept. 9. It’ll be just the second time the league opens the season on a ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Comets can't hang with West Fork

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN SHEFFIELD — The BCLUW football team fell to 0-2 with Friday’s 61-6 loss to eighth-ranked West Fork. The host Warhawks (2-0) outscored the Comets 40-0 after the first quarter to capture the victory. West Fork, polled eighth by Radio Iowa, piled up 371 of its 452 yards of offense on the ground, getting 117 yards and two touchdowns from Blaine Schulz. BCLUW was led by Elliot McIntyre’s 109 rushing yards, including an 80-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Ethan Shadlow added 21 yards and Eathan Petermeier picked up 14 more for the Comets. McIntyre was ...

Raynor delivers first win for Rogers, ISU

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMES — Jaylen Raynor threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Iowa State opened the season with a 38-10 win over Southeast Missouri State on Saturday. It was the first win at Iowa State for new coach Jimmy Rogers, who was hired in December after Matt Campbell left to take the head coaching job at Penn State. Rogers had to almost entirely rebuild the Cyclones’ roster, and one of the players he brought in was Raynor. “I would tell you that I thought we would play better,” Rogers said. “There are certain aspects of the game we have to play ...

Bobcats blanked in Apgar Quad

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN The Marshalltown volleyball team had a rough night against a trio of ranked opponents during the Apgar Quad on Thursday night inside the Roundhouse. The Bobcats suffered three straight-set defeats on their home court, falling 25-4, 25-18 to Class 5A No. 2 Dallas Center-Grimes, 25-18, 25-16 to 4A No. 14 Waverly-Shell Rock, and 25-13, 25-8 to 3A No. 4 Solon. Marshalltown was led on the night by senior setter Lauren O’Neal, who totaled 26 assists at the center of the offense. She added four kills, 13 digs and 19-for-22 serving with two aces. Brooklyn Smith led the ...

No. 22 Hawkeyes handle Huskies

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IOWA CITY — Kamari Moulton ran for a career-high 183 yards and two touchdowns and No. 22 Iowa’s defense shut down Northern Illinois in a 40-0 victory Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Moulton, Iowa’s leading rusher last season, passed his previous career high of 114 yards in ...