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Texas suspended quarterback Case McCoy and linebacker Jordan Hicks on Friday and sent them home on the eve of the Alamo Bowl, hours after police said they were investigating a report of a sexual assault at a San Antonio hotel. Coach Mack Brown did not identify the players, but he referred to a television report that police were investigating two unidentified Texas players in the alleged assault. McCoy, the younger brother of former UT standout and current NFL quarterback Colt McCoy, is a backup to David Ash this season.

Having your quarterback sacked 11 times in a single game usually means changes are in store, especially if your team is preparing for a meaningless game. The Jets on Thursday said rookie Greg McElroy has a concussion and will be replaced Sunday by former starter Mark Sanchez in New York's season finale at Buffalo. The Bills, by the way, are also playing out the string. Jets coach Rex Ryan walked into his news conference before Thursday's practice and opened with: "You're not going to believe this.

Penn State's offensive cocaptains, quarterback Matt McGloin and running back Michael Zordich, have accepted invitations to play in all-star games. McGloin will play in the Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge in Allen, Texas, on Feb. 2. Zordich will play in the NFL Players Association Collegiate Bowl in Carson, Calif., on Jan. 19. In a stellar senior season, McGloin completed 270 of 446 passes for 3,266 yards and 24 touchdowns. He won the Burlsworth Trophy, presented to the nation's top player who began his career as a walk-on.

Free-agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski has passed a physical, clearing the way for a 1-year deal with the Texas Rangers. A person familiar with the deal said Pierzynski had a physical Friday and everything was OK. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Rangers had not added Pierzynski to their 40-man roster. With the Major League Baseball office closed for Christmas, the roster move won't be made until at least later this week. The Rangers don't have an open spot on their 40-man roster after claiming lefthanded reliever Jeff Beliveau on waivers from the Chicago Cubs earlier in the day. The deal for Pierzynski comes after the Rangers lost catcher Mike Napoli in free agency.

HARROLD, Texas - In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school - mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons. In remote Harrold, the nearest sheriff's office is 30 minutes away, and people tend to know - and trust - one another. So the school board voted to let teachers bring guns to school. "We don't have money for a security guard, but this is a better solution," Superintendent David Thweatt said.

HARROLD, Texas - In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school - mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons. In remote Harrold, the nearest sheriff's office is 30 minutes away, and people tend to know - and trust - one another. So the school board voted to let teachers bring guns to school. "We don't have money for a security guard, but this is a better solution," Superintendent David Thweatt said.

TEXAS TECH hired one of its own Wednesday, bringing back former Red Raiders quarterback Kliff Kingsbury to become the head coach. Kingsbury was offered the job in the afternoon and Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced the news with a video posted on Twitter not long after. "Wreck 'em Tech," Kingsbury said in the video, giving the school's Guns Up sign when the camera panned to him. Kingsbury was the offensive coordinator at Texas A & M, coaching Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, this year and was the first in a string of record-setting quarterbacks for the Red Raiders under former coach Mike Leach.

NEW YORK - Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman. Just a few days after turning 20, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday. Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third in the voting. In a Heisman race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class barrier and kept Te'o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win it. Manziel drew 474 first-place votes and 2,029 points from the panel of media members and former winners.

Jack Brooks, 89, who hounded government bureaucrats, drafted President Richard Nixon's articles of impeachment, and supported civil rights bills in a congressional career spanning 42 years, died Tuesday. Mr. Brooks died at Baptist Hospital of Beaumont after a sudden illness, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department said. He was among the last links to an era when Democrats dominated Texas politics. First elected to the House in his far southeast Texas district in 1952, Mr. Brooks was returned to office 20 more times.