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- More than $100 million at stake if other Power 5 schools eliminate non-conference games
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 04:20 PMThe Big 10 and Pac-12 moved to conference-only schedules, resulting in more than $45 million in lost revenue. Will the SEC, Big 12 and ACC follow?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Medical experts: Plan for conference-only football has merit, is step in right direction
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 07:35 AMThe Big Ten's move to a conference-only schedule has merit, medical experts say, even if the plan doesn't address ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lou Holtz makes Normandy reference to decry idea of no college football
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 02:59 PMLou Holtz referenced World War II in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on why he is in favor of college football being played this fall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: The SEC needs to follow the Big Ten's lead and play a conference-only schedule
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 06:52 AMThe Big Ten is making the best of a bad situation by altering schedule to play only in conference. The SEC should do the same as COVID-19 cases rise.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MAC commissioner shocked at timing of Big Ten's decision to drop non-conference foes
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 09:15 PMThe Mid-American Conference plans to compete in as many nonconference games as possible after the Big Ten announced it was cutting its football schedules.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 08:26 PMThe Big Ten will play conference-only schedules "based on medical advice" under the caveat that the league is "able to participate in fall sports."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: Big Ten cancels nonconference games to save itself, signaling beginning of the end of 2020 season
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 06:53 PMThe Big Ten's decision to cancel nonconference games to protect itself amid the COVID-19 pandemic will crush smaller schools who lack resources.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: Jim Harbaugh's message about wearing masks is one we need to follow to be part of 'solution'
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 07:48 AMJim Harbaugh says his players are setting an example in the time of a pandemic. He's right. We need to follow it if we want football this fall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: Ivy League's decision to cancel fall football sure to influence other conferences
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 05:53 PMIf past is prologue, we will soon be hearing that the rest of the college sports world is considering canceling all fall sports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian recovering from heart surgery
Tuesday - 07/07/2020 - 05:42 PMSteve Sarkisian underwent a procedure to correct a "congenital cardiovascular anomaly" before it came an issue, the school said.
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- No fans in fall or stall college football until spring? Clemson polls supporters about season
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 08:35 AMClemson Athletics solicits input from fans with survey focusing on COVID-19 implications. Responses are confidential.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Notre Dame football schedule takes more hits with Pac-12 joining Big Ten ditching non-league games
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 08:04 PMNotre Dame's Oct. 10 home game with Stanford and its Nov. 28 regular-season finale at USC will be deleted.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pac-12 joins Big Ten with conference-only football, other sports for the fall
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 07:40 PMThe Pac-12 joined the Big Ten in scheduling conference-only games for its fall teams, foreshadowing similar decisions to come across the Power Five.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren: 'We may not have sports in the fall'
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 06:21 AMBig Ten commissioner Kevin Warren discussed the conference's decision to remove non-conference games from fall sports, if they are played.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top college football matchups we won't see in 2020 after Big Ten's decision to go conference only
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 07:18 PMNotre Dame-Wisconsin and Ohio State-Oregon among games canceled after Big Ten announces football teams will play only conference opponents this fall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - College Football Playoff committee will 'Choose the best four teams based on protocol'
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 08:19 PMThe College Football Playoff committee will use the same protocol in its rankings even if Bowl Subdivision leagues play only conference opponents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What's next for college sports after a particularly ominous day?
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 10:05 AMPrograms eliminated, fall sports canceled and workouts halted leave many wondering what new challenges are still on the horizon for college sports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ohio State shuts down college sports workouts after receiving results of COVID-19 testing
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 07:51 PMSeven teams are affected by the shut down: football, men's and women's basketball, field hockey, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh isn't ready to press the cancel button on college football season
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 12:53 PMMichigan coach Jim Harbaugh says COVID-19 "is part of our society" and "there's no expert view right now ... that sports is going to make that worse."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma, Texas hope Red River game can go on despite state fair cancellation
Tuesday - 07/07/2020 - 01:37 PM"Our hope remains that we can play the OU-Texas game at the Cotton Bowl," Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said; Texas says no impact.
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- SEC athletics directors will meet Monday to discuss football season
Saturday - 07/11/2020 - 02:09 PMThe SEC athletics directors will meet in Birmingham on Monday to discuss plans for the 2020 football season but numerous options remain on the table.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pac-12 decision to play conference-only schedule comes at a heavy price for USC-Alabama game
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 09:06 PMA football game between Alabama and Southern California that had been set for AT&T Stadium was to provide Alabama with a $6 million participation fee.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - QB Caleb Williams, five-star Oklahoma commit, has plan to become No. 1 pick in NFL draft
Friday - 07/10/2020 - 03:03 PMCaleb Williams has a plan that starts with finishing high school and ends with going No. 1 in NFL draft. He says Oklahoma will help him get there.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley 'especially disappointed' with Big Ten's conference-only decision for fall sports
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 07:15 PMChuck Grassley tweeted his criticism of the Big Ten three days after he announced he will not attend this year's RNC, citing coronavirus concerns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Ten football: Non-conference opponents feel 'dramatic' loss of revenue in millions of dollars
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 07:52 PMBig Ten football teams had been scheduled to play 33 non-conference games at home, meaning millions will be lost in payouts to visiting teams.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Opinion: After a jarring 24 hours in college sports, football season is in big trouble
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 08:11 PMOhio State's Gene Smith is "very concerned" about playing sports in the fall. Of our behavior during pandemic, "we are one of the worst in the world."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why fall college sports may be in peril
Thursday - 07/09/2020 - 09:58 AMSportsPulse: As Christine Brennan points out, the Ivy League's decisions have often been a tell tale sign for all college sports and it's time to prepare for a fall without college football.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. Senator calls on college conferences to follow Ivy League in not having football this fall
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 07:50 PMSen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,called the Ivy League's decision to not play football this fall "absolutely right on moral and health grounds."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ivy League cancels sports for this fall in what could be barometer for college football amid COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday - 07/08/2020 - 04:40 PMThe league also announced that no winter sports would start before Jan. 1, which would include men's and women's basketball and hockey.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colorado wide receiver La'Vontae Shenault arrested on DUI charge
Tuesday - 07/07/2020 - 03:09 PMLa'Vontae Shenault, a Colorado football player and brother of star Laviska Shenault Jr., was arrested Sunday in Fort Collins on suspicion of DUI.
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