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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Jim McElwain feels like his teams been too up and down in two seasons.Significant victory one week, pedestrian performance the next.It hasnt happened too often, but McElwain has seen it enough to know he doesnt want it to become a trend. So he challenged his players this week to show theyve grown, ready to better handle success.The 13th-ranked Gators (8-2), coming off a 16-10 upset at LSU that clinched a second straight Eastern Division title for Florida, play at No. 15 Florida State (8-3) on Saturday night.Its a rivalry game with a revenge subplot -- the Seminoles have won three in a row, including a 27-2 drubbing in Gainesville last year -- but its also a chance for the Gators to prove theyve changed their inconsistent ways.Lets call it the way it is, McElwain said. Im not sure weve had a decent win like this was and actually followed it up, you know what I mean? But whether you go win the game or not, its about the effort and the emotion and the way you attack the week of preparation. But thats part of the growth of an organization and a program.So heres another opportunity for us to learn, and weve got a lot of good, young players thatre playing their tails off. Now, can they keep putting it back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back? The sign of consistency is what helps you be successful in whatever youre doing.McElwain didnt offer any examples of his teams past shortcomings. He didnt have to. Theyre obvious.Florida beat Georgia in a rivalry game late last month and then got shellacked the following week at Arkansas, a 31-10 loss that had outsiders wondering if the Gators would win again this season.Last season, the Gators hammered the Bulldogs and then kicked a late field goal the following week to edge Vanderbilt 9-7 and clinch the East. They rebounded the next week at South Carolina, then needed overtime to put away Florida Atlantic at home.So its easy to see why McElwain would be leery with the Seminoles up next .We got to stay hungry, quarterback Austin Appleby said. You cant exhale at all. We got an unbelievable opponent in front of us. We got everything, our goals that we set in the beginning of the season are right there for us. Our destiny is in our hands. We win and we can accomplish anything we want. We know that.We found a win, but we still have a lot of things that we need to build on. As long as we keep bringing that attitude, keep bringing that great focus, we will be OK.The Gators still have an outside shot at making the College Football Playoff. Of course, they need to beat FSU on Saturday and top-ranked Alabama in the SEC title game just to make it a possibility.Thats no easy task. But if they find some consistency week to week, and continue playing great defense and turnover-free football, McElwain believes anything is possible for this team.You learn from failure, all of us do, he said. We learned that youve got to come to play. We arent that good to be able to just show up, and I think weve done that the last couple weeks. I think weve showed up. Youve ... If you dwell on it, its going to be there forever instead of, `What did I learn from it?I thought our guys learned some things from it. And its no different than probably when you were growing up and your mom had a kettle on the stove and you wondered what that red burner was and you probably went over there and touched it and realized, `You know what, that didnt feel very good. So lets not do that again. Those are the lessons we learn in whatever we do.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Yeezy Outlet . 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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NCAAs decision to pull seven championships out of North Carolina ratchets up the pressure on this college sports-crazy state to repeal its law on bathroom use by transgender people.Unlike the recent one-time cancellations by the NBA and various rock stars, the move by college sports governing body could make moderate and conservative voters question whether the price tag for the law has finally become too high.Economic development officials said the effect of the NCAAs action goes well beyond the projected $20 million in lost revenue from the cancellation of the 2016-17 basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, lacrosse and golf events.College sports is part of the fabric of North Carolina. Its part of the culture. I can say with confidence that theres no other state in the country that loves its college sports more than North Carolina. Thats why it hits so hard and feels so personal, said Scott Dupree, executive director of the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance, which was coordinating four of the events being moved.The law passed in March requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and state government buildings that correspond to the gender on their birth certificate. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide antidiscrimination protections.The Obama administration is suing the state over the measure, calling it discriminatory. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and GOP leaders are defending it as a means of protecting the privacy and safety of women and girls.On Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers urged McCrory and leaders of the GOP-controlled legislature to call a special session to repeal the law.This General Assembly and its extremist leadership are playing with peoples livelihoods and the well-being of communities all across our state, said Sen. Mike Woodard of Durham.But with weeks to go before Election Day, legislators in campaign mode and no regularly scheduled session until January, chances are slim the Republicans will act. GOP legislative leaders, who have veto-proof majorities in both chambers, are committed to costly court fights over the law and contend passing it was the right thing to do.GOP House Speaker Tim Moore didnt respond to messages seeking comment, and the office of Republican Senate leader Phil Berger said he was traveling and unavailable.McCrory, who is locked in a tight race for re-election, issued a statement decrying the NCAA decision and saying the legal system will ultimately decide the issue.The issue of redefining gender and basic norms of privacy will be resolved in the near future in the United States court system for not only North Carolina, but the entire nation, he said.But in the meantime, Michael Bitzer, a political scientist at Catawba College, said it will be hard for moderate voters who are passionate about sports to ignore the laws repercussions.The blowback may be building up even more with this decision, he said.Mac McCorkle, a Duke University professorr and former Democratic consultant, said the NCAAs announcement reinforces the idea that McCrory has allowed the situation to get out of control.dddddddddddd.Put aside the liberal and conservative arguments about the pros and cons, McCorkle said. Its a mess. Its a continuing mess and governors are held responsible for messes.McCorkle said the removal of mens basketball tournament games from Greensboro hits hard because college basketball is the civic religion in the state thats home to UNC, Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest.The Greensboro area was expected to receive a $14.5 million infusion from the tournament, as well as $1.6 million from the soccer championships in December that are being moved, said Henri Fourrier, CEO of the Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. The soccer, baseball, lacrosse and tennis events taken from Cary will deprive the area of about $2 million, Dupree said.Greensboro, Cary, Raleigh and other North Carolina cities are seeking to host scores of other NCAA events over the next six years that could be worth tens of millions of dollars.The NCAA hasnt decided what to do about any North Carolina events beyond the current academic year. But NCAA President Mark Emmert said Tuesday: It would have been impossible to conduct championship events in the state with that law in place that lived up to the values and expectations of the member universities and colleges.The Atlantic Coast Conference, which has its football championship scheduled for December in Charlotte, could be next to act. The championship game, held in Charlotte since 2010, is the last marquee college sporting event left in North Carolina during the 2016-17 season.The conference has a regularly scheduled meeting this week in South Carolina, and ACC Commissioner John Swofford said the bathroom law is on the agenda.Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a Christian conservative and strong defender of the law, called the NCAAs decision shameful extortion.Previously, musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam canceled concerts, while the NBA decided to move next years All-Star Game out of Charlotte. The game was expected to generate $100 million.Everybody should be concerned about lost revenue, but I dont put a price tag on our women and girls of any kind, Forest said. He added: Its just unbelievable to me to think that these entities would think that its OK to invade the privacy or security of a woman or a girl in a shower or a locker room.Brandon Smith, who works in risk management for a Charlotte-based bank, said he was against the law when it passed. Once the financial aspect is taken into account, the state will change its stance, he said. Its a matter of time.---Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Ralph D. Russo in New York; Aaron Beard in Hillsborough; Joedy McCreary in Raleigh; and Tom Foreman Jr. in Charlotte. ' ' '