College Football

Before working at Penn State where he has coached one of college football's top defenses, Diaz was the head coach at Miami for three seasons. He succeeds Mike Elko, who left Duke for Texas A&M.

For almost 100 years, the Hogan family of Chapel Hill has been raising a local celebrity. Rameses, a Dorset ram, serves as the live mascot at UNC football games. WUNC reporter and Tar Heel super fan Will Michaels tagged along for the recent game against Duke.

It became apparent on the opening weekend when Duke, under reigning ACC Coach of the Year Mike Elko, pummeled ACC bully Clemson 28-7 on national TV.

The association granted a waiver for immediate eligibility to the transfer receiver. That reversed its position after the university fought for months to get Walker on the field.

Riley Leonard scored on a 44-yard go-ahead touchdown. It was Duke's first win against Clemson since 2004 and ended a 28-game losing streak against top-10 opponents.

Stanford and Cal are the ninth and 10th schools to inform the Pac-12 that this school year will be their last in the conference, eight of those departures have come in the last two weeks.

The 21st-ranked Tar Heels are picked to finish third in the league. Getting near the top of new division-less league will require a step forward defensively.

Before he became the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Phillips was the director of athletics at Northwestern. Three lawsuits against the school have named him as a defendant.

Athletic director Nina King also announced the salary pool for assistant coaches and support staff would be increased.

Dick Sheridan, who turned around the North Carolina State football program while leading the Wolfpack to six bowl appearances in seven seasons as their coach, has died. He was 81.