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College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA.

Nearly 150 college teams face possible scholarship losses next season and 26 others are in danger of being banned from postseason play if they don't improve next year.

A peculiar area code ran across his caller ID when Jason Shirley's cell phone rang early Sunday afternoon.

The former Fresno State football player had been waiting anxiously for a certain call to come his way, with the second day of the NFL draft taking place.

FRESNO -- Linebackers that hit as hard as runaway trucks, cornerbacks who fly in from out of nowhere and linemen with cement hands. Ryan Mathews now understands the perils of being the starting tailback in a program with the motto: "Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere."

He just never expected this: A crush of adoring Fresno State fans chasing him down everywhere he goes -- the mall, school, community service events. Everywhere.

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