9:20 AM ET Troy‘s game against No. 15 Coastal Carolina on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium has been postponed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests and injuries to a specific position group within the Troy football program. Troy, Coastal Carolina and the Sun Belt Conference are working together on a date to reschedule
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8:00 AM ET Let’s talk head-to-head matchups. Except these won’t be played out on the field. The two-team battles we’re discussing today will be waged behind the closed (Zoom?) doors of the College Football Playoff selection committee. We’re asking the question: If it came down to these two teams, in these exact scenarios, which would
7:30 AM ET Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told Sirius XM on Thursday there have been discussions about delaying the playoff and the New Year’s Six bowls because of COVID-19. “I am on the CFP operations committee and we spent some time talking about that,” Bowlsby said. “We have not come to any closure on
7:39 PM ET Boise State is without 14 players for its home game against Colorado State on Thursday night because of protocols related to COVID-19. Nine Broncos players tested positive for the virus and another five are sidelined for contact tracing, the school announced. Boise State will have quarterback Hank Bachmeier available for the first
8:10 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — A lawyer for 13 Black former Iowa football players announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit alleging his clients suffered racial discrimination under longtime coach Kirk Ferentz. The plaintiffs, including former star running back Akrum Wadley and career receptions leader Kevonte Martin-Manley, suffered “serious and
5:37 PM ET The Pittsburgh–Georgia Tech football game scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Dec. 12 because of coronavirus-related issues on both teams, the ACC announced Thursday. Both schools have paused football activities as a result of COVID-related protocols. Neither team revealed the number of players impacted as a result of positive tests or
1:53 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — An NCAA official voiced concern Thursday over sports betting on the performance of individual student-athletes and suggested that gambling regulators consider restrictions on such wagers to protect the integrity of the games. Speaking at the Sports Betting USA 2020 online seminar, Naima Stevenson-Starks, the NCAA’s vice
1:10 PM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says his team is “in a good place” with COVID-19 issues, although two rounds of testing remain before the second-ranked Fighting Irish face Boston College on Saturday. Students and others rushed the field at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday following the team’s 47-40, double-overtime win over then-No.
9:38 AM ET Kentucky offensive line coach John Schlarman died Thursday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 45 years old. Schlarman was beloved by his players and fellow coaches. He served as an inspiration to all given the way he continued working through his diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile
7:53 AM ET Charles Snowden steeled himself for the walk he helped map out with a group of his Virginia teammates, feeling its gravity the moment he looked up at the street sign that read, “Heather Heyer Way.” The walk had to start here, where Heyer was killed three years earlier while protesting a white