8:43 PM ET LSU sophomore linebacker Marcel Brooks has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Brooks appeared in 11 games as a reserve last season for the national champion Tigers, recording eight tackles and 1.5 sacks. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Brooks played mostly safety in 2019 but also showed promise in pass-rushing situations. LSU converted him to
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8:32 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington is reducing its overall athletic department operating budget by 15% for the 2020-21 fiscal year and all the school’s head coaches have agreed to minimum 5% pay reductions. Athletic director Jennifer Cohen announced the moves Friday and said they will save the school around $13 million. She
8:18 PM ET ESPN News Services MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the school’s president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since Floyd, a Black man,
6:55 PM ET Clemson announced Friday that 14 football players tested positive for the coronavirus over the past week, bringing the total number of cases on the team over the past month to 37 — roughly one-third of the roster. Including the football players, Clemson athletics reported 19 total cases this week. Since beginning testing
3:07 PM ET Texas Tech on Friday reported 23 positive coronavirus test results among football athletes and staff, with all but two having since recovered with no hospitalizations required. The school conducted 197 coronavirus and antibody tests for athletes, coaches and staff on June 15 as Texas Tech began voluntary team workouts. Texas Tech is
1:54 PM ET Morehouse, a historically Black college in Atlanta, announced Friday that it is canceling its 2020 football season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Morehouse also will not compete in cross country, its other fall sport, this year. Morehead President David A. Thomas said the school would continue to honor athletic scholarships. “I know
1:29 PM ET Oregon and Oregon State will no longer use the phrase “Civil War” to promote rivalry games between the schools. In a joint announcement Friday, the schools said they made the decision after conversations with university officials and current and former student-athletes at both schools. “Changing this name is overdue as it represents
1:01 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee’s athletic budget for 2020-21 assumes the Volunteers will have fans in the stands for football games, but it still includes a $10.1 million cut in overall revenue. University of Tennessee president Randy Boyd said reducing the number of fans further because of the coronavirus pandemic would have a “significant
8:00 AM ET It’s been a running joke on the college football internet that at some point the ACC Coastal is going to fulfill its perfect mediocrity and give us a seven-way tie at 4-4. That was never going to happen in 2019 with Georgia Tech going into full-on rebuild mode, but we got the
8:00 AM ET With UConn leaving the AAC, college football’s roster of independents grew to seven for the 2020 season. The Huskies are dealing with some pretty serious, long-term, existential questions at the moment, which is honestly something you could say about every team on this list, from a listless UMass to a Notre Dame