9:53 AM ET UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick is in the hospital after being shot while visiting his home in Gadsden, Alabama, on Thursday. Merrick, 19, was Gadsden City’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. ESPN rated Merrick as a three-star prospect coming out of Gadsden High
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1:19 AM ET Tommy McVay, Texas Tech‘s director of football operations for the past 23 years, died on Thursday. He was 76. McVay, who served in that capacity under five different head coaches — Spike Dykes, Mike Leach, Tommy Tuberville, Kliff Kingsbury and current coach Matt Wells — was a fixture on the Texas Tech
8:46 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday made it clear that the NCAA has no authority to tell the SEC, ACC or Big 12 — or any other conference or school, for that matter — that it can’t play college football this fall. “We have no authority to do that,” he said during
8:44 PM ET For the third time in little more than a week, Syracuse football players opted not to practice because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Syracuse.com reported that players want the school to perform more routine testing during fall camp. A Syracuse spokesman confirmed the team did not hold its scheduled practice Thursday.
6:38 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert said on Thursday there won’t be fall NCAA championships because there’s not enough schools participating because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — a decision that impacts 22 championships, including FCS football. “The Board of Governors also established if you don’t have half of the schools playing a sport,
4:00 PM ET As it typically does each summer, the College Football Playoff on Thursday announced recusals for 10 of its 13 selection committee members. However, in a preseason that continues to be unlike any other, four of them have asterisks by their names because their affiliated schools aren’t playing this fall — including committee
10:47 AM ET The delicate balance of player safety and pushing forward with football may have hit a tipping point at Florida State, where three wide receivers, including star Tamorrion Terry, have publicly spoken out about a lack of transparency in coronavirus testing at the school. On Wednesday night, D.J. Matthews tweeted that he had
11:03 AM ET Like many Big Ten coaches, Purdue’s Jeff Brohm was disappointed and angry upon learning the league had postponed the fall football season. He channeled those emotions into crafting a detailed plan for a spring season. Brohm’s proposal outlines an eight-game season beginning Feb. 27 and finishing April 17, with postseason play wrapping
11:41 AM ET The Southland Conference has postponed football until the spring but will allow its members to play nonconference games this fall if they wish. Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said in a statement Thursday that he was disappointed, but “we look forward to a unique spring season of athletics that also includes NCAA
10:48 AM ET New Mexico State has postponed its football season until the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Thursday. “This decision was not made lightly,” NMSU president John Floros said in a statement. “It was particularly hard for many of us who like college sports and want to see our Aggies