Auburn freshman football player Jakell Mitchell killed in shooting

An Auburn freshman football player was shot and killed early Sunday morning at an apartment complex near the Auburn campus, according to AL.com.

Jakell Mitchell, who was expected to compete for a starting job in 2015, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the East Alabama Medical Center in Auburn, where he was pronounced dead. Police are treating the death as a homocide. No suspects or motives have been identified.

Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs acknowledged the death on his Twitter account.

The Auburn Family is grieving the loss of a teammate & friend Jakell Mitchell. We are praying for his family. pic.twitter.com/ZC5PP2nJ6u

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Changes for the Big 12, greatest bowl games

College football regular season activity is in the novels, so we chose to fire up the Tweetbag to handle the burning issues in your head this year, from top professional possibilities to the most effective teams in the sport.

don’t hesitate to file your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them replied every week. Without further ado, allow the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Playoffs enlarged to 8 teams next year or 6 teams (top 2 getting a Bye)? Or not for at least a couple more years?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Changes for the Big 12, greatest bowl games

Mississippi State"s Dan Mullen was not bullish on playoff opportunities

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen was not convinced his Bulldogs would’ve made the College Football Playoff even if they’d defeated Mississippi on Saturday.

Well, he sort of believed that, anyhow.

Mississippi State was ranked fourth in this week’s College Football Playoff positions, but after Saturday’s loss Mullen told CBSSports.com, "I did not believe we were getting in the playoff anyway."

Mullen subsequently talked more about it — and did not look almost as certain.

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Mississippi State"s Dan Mullen was not bullish on playoff opportunities

Ohio State"s J.T. Barrett carted off with harm vs. Michigan

Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett was carted off the field with an injury early in the fourth quarter of the Buckeyes’ 42-28 win over longtime opponent Michigan.

Barrett was injured on a second-and-1 run on the initial play of the fourth quarter. His lower left leg was put in a air form before he was taken off in a handcart. Columbus Dispatch reporter Tim May tweeted that sources told him Barrett has a right ankle dislocation and likely broken bone. Barrett additionally was promptly taken to the hospital after suffering the harm, per May.

Sportsmanship. pic.twitter.com/2q8sw7OlsN

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Ohio State"s J.T. Barrett carted off with harm vs. Michigan

Mississippi State"s Justin Cox arrested, suspended indefinitely

Mississippi State defensive back Justin Cox has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest on suspicion of burglary of a dwelling and aggravated domestic violence.

The off-campus incident occurred early Friday morning at an apartment complex, where Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department officers responded to a call at about 3 a.m. and discovered a female victim with a head injury, according to the Starkville Daily News. Cox was arrested at the scene and booked into the Oktibbeha County Jail, per the report.

Cox, a junior college transfer in his second year at MSU, has appeared in nine games this season, making 21 tackles, an interception and four pass breakups. It remains unclear who might fill in for Cox when the Bulldogs host Vanderbilt on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network).

Mississippi State remains in contention for an SEC title and a College Football Playoff berth. The Bulldogs must beat Vanderbilt and rival Ole Miss next week, plus get help in the form of an Auburn win over Alabama, to reach the SEC Championship Game. MSU is currently ranked No. 4 in the CFP rankings.

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Mississippi State"s Justin Cox arrested, suspended indefinitely

Dante Fowler tweets he"s leaving Florida with Will Muschamp

For the second year in a row, a Florida Gator has gotten the season of NFL draft entry declarations by underclassmen off to an early start.

Florida defensive end Dante Fowler filed social media notice of his intention to enter the 2015 NFL Draft Tuesday night. The junior noted on Twitter that he entered the Florida program at the same time as outgoing coach Will Muschamp and will fittingly make his exit with the dismissed coach as well.

I came in with champ. I’m leaving with Him.

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Dante Fowler tweets he"s leaving Florida with Will Muschamp

Tuesday Tweetbag: Is Mike Gundy a candidate for Florida job?

Week 12’s college football action is in the books, so we decided to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to tackle the burning topics on your mind this season, from top pro prospects to the best teams in the sport.

Feel free to submit your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, let the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Why do my fellow OSU fans seem so eager for Gundy to move on?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Is Mike Gundy a candidate for Florida job?

Tuesday Tweetbag: Mike Gundy leaving Oklahoma State for Florida?

Week 12’s college football action is in the books, so we decided to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to tackle the burning topics on your mind this season, from top pro prospects to the best teams in the sport.

Feel free to submit your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, let the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Why do my fellow OSU fans seem so eager for Gundy to move on?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Mike Gundy leaving Oklahoma State for Florida?

Scout projects Shaq Thompson as first- or second-rounder

If the latest word in the NFL scouting community about Washington twoway standout Shaq Thompson is on target, the junior can be prepared to learn his name early in the NFL draft.

The question is, how early?

Thompson jobs as a first- or second-round draft pick if he decides to leave UW following the season and enter the 2015 NFL Draft as an underclassman, an NFL scout told Sports Illustrated.

» Scout’s Take: Thompson will gain from two way skill

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Scout projects Shaq Thompson as first- or second-rounder

Tuesday Tweetbag: CFB Playoff talk, UNC punishments and more

Week 9 college football activity is in the novels, so we chose to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to handle the burning issues in your head this year about everything from top professional possibilities to the most effective teams in the sport.

Feel liberated to file your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, allow the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer opportunity a 2 loss team makes the playoff? 30%? 5%? .0005%?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: CFB Playoff talk, UNC punishments and more

Texas ADVERTISING: Longhorns establish to cover stipend of $10,000 per sportsman

Texas football players might soon find themselves with a somewhat thicker wallet.

No, not thanks to Longhorns supporters, but as the school could be establish to supply a significant stipend in addition to what it is that they receive now.

Athletic director Steve Patterson, speaking in a forum in Washington D.C. on faculty sports, said the school is set to spend almost $6 million a year for a cost of attendance stipend for each student athlete and to comply with the recent O’Bannon opinion that’s still making its way through the court system.

That breaks down to about $10,000 per player at the school across all sports, nearly the maximum possible new rules would permit.

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Texas ADVERTISING: Longhorns establish to cover stipend of $10,000 per sportsman

Tuesday Tweetbag: Heisman candidates, CFB Playoff scenarios

Week 8 college football activity is in the novels, so we chose to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to handle the burning issues in your head this year about everything from top professional possibilities to the most effective teams in the sport.

Feel liberated to file your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, allow the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Will Rakeem Cato even be described as a Heisman candidate? Or he’s doomed for playing at an under-the-radar school?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Heisman candidates, CFB Playoff scenarios

Trindon Holliday signals with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Return specialist Trindon Holliday has signed together with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, based on NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, per a source told of the offer. Holliday was formerly using the New York Giants this year, who released him on Oct. 6 without him appearing in a match.

Holliday is the sole player in NFL history to score on a punt return plus a kickoff return in the exact same postseason match. The fifth-year master did so in January 2013 as an associate of the Denver Broncos against the Baltimore Ravens. His 90-yard score can also be the longest postseason punt return in league history.

Though the 5-foot-5 Holliday is among the very realized at what he does, he also has a tendency to fumble and lacks versatility as he’s just a return guy.

The Buccaneers are likely to officially announce the signing as early as Tuesday, according to Rick Stroud of The Tampa Bay Times. The team must create a corresponding roster move to make room in the roll.

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Trindon Holliday signals with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Mark Richt tweet shows Todd Gurley will not play vs. Arkansas

Georgia coach Mark Richt early Thursday morning suggested that suspended Bulldogs tailback Todd Gurley wouldn’t play Saturday against Arkansas.

I am going to attempt to clear up Todd’s standing. & quot;we’ll tell you whether his standing changes. Not expecting it to alter this week."

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Mark Richt tweet shows Todd Gurley will not play vs. Arkansas

Tuesday Tweetbag: Strength of schedule debate, Pac-12 parity

Week 7 college football action is in the books, so we decided to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to tackle the burning topics on your mind this season about everything from top pro prospects to the best teams in the sport.

Feel free to submit your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, let the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Can someone vote FSU > Ole MIss & still argue SOS matter?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Strength of schedule debate, Pac-12 parity

Tuesday Tweetbag: Top team in Mississippi, Arizona title hopes

Week 6 college football action is in the books, so we decided to fire up the Tuesday Tweetbag to tackle the burning topics on your mind this season about everything from top pro prospects to the best teams in the sport.

Feel free to submit your questions to @BryanDFischer on Twitter each Monday or early Tuesday morning to get them answered every week. Without further ado, let the smorgasbord of questions commence.

@BryanDFischer Ole Miss or Miss State, Who’s better?

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Tuesday Tweetbag: Top team in Mississippi, Arizona title hopes

Utah upsets UCLA in rough night for Brett Hundley

UCLA played with fire all season long.

On Saturday night at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins finally were burned.

Utah helped close out a day of crazy college football upsets by shocking UCLA, 30-28, even though the Utes were without starting quarterback Travis Wilson most of the night.

The 6-foot-6 Wilson was reportedly benched early in the game in favor of backup Kendal Thompson, who certainly provided a spark for the Utes’ offense. He finished the game 10-of-13 passing for just 95 yards and a touchdown, but it was his dual-threat nature that either extended plays or allowed him to pick up key yards on the ground.

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Utah upsets UCLA in rough night for Brett Hundley

Everett Golson throws game-winner to take down Stanford

Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson committed two turnovers and completed fewer than half his passes, but he did hit on his final throw of the game Saturday and that enabled the Irish to edge Stanford 17-14 on a cold, rainy and windy day.

Golson hit tight end Ben Koyack for a 23-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-and-11 play with 1:01 left for the winning score, which helped Notre Dame improve to 5-0.

Golson was just 20-of-43 in the air — his first game completing less than half his passes in 13 outings, since early in the 2012 season — but the completions went for 241 yards and two touchdowns. Stanford came in allowing a nation’s-low 74.0 passing yards per game; the Cardinal also had surrendered just one touchdown pass in its first four games.

Golson was helped tremendously by his defense and — truth be told — by a middling Stanford offense. Stanford finished with just 205 total yards, including only 47 through the air. Part of that was good defense by the Irish, part uninspiring play-calling by Stanford. The Cardinal has scored just 44 points in three games against Power Five opponents (including the Irish).

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Everett Golson throws game-winner to take down Stanford

Son of former NFL star Bryan Cox shines for Florida in road win

Bryan Cox Jr. picked quite a day to play a lot like his father did during his NFL career.

The son of former All-Pro linebacker Bryan Cox came up with three sacks to lead a 10-9 win in a road game at rival Tennessee that threatened to send the Florida Gators’ season into an early tailspin.

Bryan Cox Sr., of course, had an impressive 12-year NFL career playing for the Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears and New York Jets, among others. The three-time All-Pro, currently the Atlanta Falcons‘ defensive line coach, amassed 51.5 career sacks, but as a college player at Western Illinois and a fifth-round draft pick, he never found himself on the center of a stage quite like his son was on Saturday.

Bryan Cox Jr.’s first sack of the season came at a big third-down moment, as he dropped Volunteers quarterback Justin Worley for a loss of 13 to force a punt in the second quarter. Cox, a redshirt sophomore who had two career sacks entering the game, sacked Worley again on third down in the third quarter to force a field goal attempt, and his third sack set up a 3rd-and-9 and helped force one of eight Tennessee punts.

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Son of former NFL star Bryan Cox shines for Florida in road win

Jim Kelly to be honored at Miami as Grand Marshal

Jim Kelly is so closely associated with the Buffalo Bills franchise that one has to be of a certain age to remember his days of gridiron glory down at Miami.

Well, one can prepare to relive those illustrious Hurricanes teams of the early 1980s after the school announced on Wednesday that the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and recent cancer survivor would be the Homecoming Grand Marshal and serve as an honorary captain the week of the North Carolina at Miami game.

"The University of Miami was and remains an important part of my life," Kelly said in a release. "My family and I are honored and we look forward to being Grand Marshal of the Homecoming Parade and Honorary Captain for the Homecoming game."

Kelly was diagnosed with cancer back in 2013 and later had part of his jaw removed. He underwent aggressive chemotherapy and said in early September that he was finally cancer free.

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Jim Kelly to be honored at Miami as Grand Marshal