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TOKYO -- A top IOC official renewed his demand Thursday that Japanese organizers further reduce their $18 billion budget ceiling for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying the figure could scare off cities considering bids for future games.IOC vice president John Coates, who heads the coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics, was referring to the announcement by local organizers this week of a 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) cap on the overall cost.Coates told the coordination meeting in Tokyo on Thursday that the International Olympic Committee has not accepted the figure. He said all cities seeking to host future games are watching Tokyo and officials should avoid making a wrong impression about what it costs to host the Olympics, according to Kyodo News.Coates said he expected significant further savings to be made.Japanese organizers have yet to compile a total cost estimate, though their first official budget is expected by the end of the year.Tokyos Olympic costs have soared amid Japans reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the year Tokyo launched its bid for the games. The city secured the games in 2013.A Tokyo government panel has also accused local organizers of allowing big public works spending for the Olympics without a long-term vision for legacy use. The panel has said the cost of the Olympics could exceed $30 billion -- four times the initial estimate -- unless drastic cuts are made.The IOC also has come under pressure to reduce costs in order to lure cities to bid for future games. The $51 billion price tag associated with the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi led numerous cities to drop out of bidding for the 2022 and 2024 Olympics. The IOC is now encouraging cities to make maximum use of existing and temporary facilities.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has spearheaded the cost-cutting effort, proposing a review of the three costly venues.Koike agreed Tuesday to keep the rowing, canoe sprint and swimming venues at their planned sites in Tokyo, rather than moving them to existing venues outside the capital, while securing commitments for substantial cost reductions.A decision on a possible switch of the volleyball venue was delayed until late December.Yoshiro Mori, head of Tokyos Olympic organizing committee, said he wanted to see volleyball held in Tokyos Ariake Arena as planned, instead of Yokohama -- considered as an alternate option -- so the venue can serve as a long-term legacy.---Follow Mari Yamaguchi on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchiFind her work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mari-yamaguchi Lavonte David Buccaneers Jersey . 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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney loves to talk, and whats good about that for the college football public is -- everything. Hes not afraid to say what he thinks, and hes not always politic. As a result, all of us have a much better idea of what college football is really like.Take Swinneys discussion this week of his players who are going to leave early for the NFL. Its obvious and easily understood why quarterback Deshaun Watson, wide receivers?Mike Williams and Artavis Scott, and running back Wayne Gallman are leaving. But most coaches would consider such midseason talk a distraction, or perhaps harbor hope of convincing their stars to stick around. Swinney sees whats best for the player, makes the decision and keeps moving. Its refreshing. And rare.1. I looked at the final College Football Playoff ranking in 2014, and I was amazed by what I saw: a lot of unfamiliar names. Only three teams from the top 16 two years ago are in this weeks CFP rankings: No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Ohio State and No. 18 Florida State. Seven of those 16 teams currently have losing records, and another five are 5-4. Maybe there has been another two-year span with such rapid turnover at the top. Nothing comes to mind. College football has earned the reputation of being an oligarchy, with a few teams taking turns at the top. Ask Oregon, Arizona, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, UCLA and Missouri how easy it is to keep winning.2. Illinois is taking its Northwestern home games from Chicagos Soldier Field back to Champaign, Syracuse has no more games scheduled at MetLife Stadium, and it says here those are good things. Rutgers tried playing in the Meadowlands for years and decided it would be better to expand its own stadium. NFL cities, with rare exceptions (Washington in Seattle; USC and UCLA in Los Angeles), are only somewhat interested in college football. To move a game three or four hours away and pretend its still a home game is self-delusional, especially the part about building a fan base. It might be different if you win a lot. But if you win a lot, you dont move your home games three or four hours away.3. Mississippi State had lost four games by seven points or fewer, one loss more painful than the next, before the upset of then-No. 4 Texas A&M, 35-28, last Saturday. Bulldogs head coach Dan Mullen, on the Championship Drive podcast (recorded Wednesday and available Thursday), said he appreciated the determination he saw in his young team. A lot of teams [in the Bulldogs position] would sit and wait for something bad to happen, Mullen said. It will certainly give them some confidence in close games that we can make the play to win the game.4. Pittsburgh hired Pat Narduzzzi two years ago because of his chops as a defensive coordinator at Michigan State under Mark Dantonio.dddddddddddd But the last thing the Panthers are doing this season is playing defense. Pitt has allowed at least 30 points to seven opponents, one fewer than Narduzzis past four Spartan teams combined. Pitt began this season with eight returning starters on defense, but injuries have taken a toll. Offenses are able to focus on playmaking senior end Ejuan Price, he of the short pants. Its amazing that the Panthers (5-4) have won three of those seven 30-plus games. No. 2 Clemson, with quarterback Deshaun Watson, is poised to make it eight on Saturday (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET).5. Speaking of defensive coordinators turned head coaches, Kirby Smart can undo a seasons worth of disappointments if Georgia figures out a way to upset No. 9 Auburn between the hedges Saturday. The Bulldogs, like the Panthers, are 5-4. But they have faltered as much because of an ineffective offense that includes freshman starter Jacob Eason. In fact, Smarts defense has allowed 30 points only twice, once because of that Hail Mary by Tennessee. Georgia has intercepted 10 passes thrown at least 15 yards downfield, which ESPN Stats & Info tells us, is tied for the most in the FBS.6. Mitch Trubisky, the Ohio product who got away from Urban Meyer and Ohio State, the quarterback whom Larry Fedora has groomed at North Carolina, is getting a long look from NFL scouts. Blue Devils head coach David Cutcliffe, a quarterback guru from way back, explained on the ACC weekly teleconference why Trubisky is a hot commodity. His accuracy is incredible, Cutcliffe said. All quarterbacking starts before the ball is ever snapped. Command of their offense, the tempo they can play at, his readiness, his consistency. Hes very strong. He can make every throw. He gets really good pre-snap reads. He gets the ball out quickly.7. Nine of the top 15 teams in the College Football Playoff rankings have two losses. Thats much different than in each of the past two seasons, when after Week 10 only one team in the top 15 had two losses. In both seasons, Week 11 proved to be a line of demarcation. Two years ago, six teams suffered their second loss in Week 11; last season, four teams did. What to make of all this? A) Conference schedules in November are designed to find champions. B) Weve been lucky this season that the best have played the best. Seven of the nine two-loss teams this season have a loss against one current top-five team (No. 7 Wisconsin has two). Strength of schedule is being rewarded. ' ' '