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WVU safety Martin to sit out season, cites health issuesMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia safety Kerry Martin is opting out of the upcoming college football season due to health concerns.The sophomore made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter, saying he has sickle cell anemia and asthma and that he...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NCAA: Playoffs up to FCS membersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The NCAA's board of governors punted on the decision to conduct postseason events such as the FCS playoffs this fall, instead telling the schools and conferences on Wednesday to make the call.The governing body set...

Alabama gives OC Steve Sarkisian big raise, to $2.5 millionTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian will make $2.5 million a year under a new three-year deal reached after his flirtation with the Colorado head coaching job.University trustees approved Sarkisian's new deal and others for assistant coaches...

AP Sports WriterGa. Tech begins most unusual season with 2-a-day practicesBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) For Georgia Tech, this most unusual of seasons - assuming there is a season - began with two-a-day practices.No, it wasn't two practices in one day for the entire team.Coach Geoff Collins split his...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NCAA: Playoffs up to FCS membersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The NCAA's board of governors punted on the decision to conduct postseason events such as the FCS playoffs this fall, instead telling the schools and conferences on Wednesday to make the call.The governing body set...

AP Sports WriterUConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virusBy by PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to do so because of the coronavirus pandemic, after other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and...

AP College Football WriterBig Ten football season set to begin on Labor Day weekendBy ERIC OLSONThe Big Ten released its 10-game conference-only football schedule beginning as early as Labor Day weekend but cautioned Wednesday there is no certainty games will be played.The Big Ten was the last of the...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NCAA: Playoffs up to FCS membersBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The NCAA's board of governors punted on the decision to conduct postseason events such as the FCS playoffs this fall, instead telling the schools and conferences on Wednesday to make the call.The governing body set...

AP College Football WriterBig Ten football season set to begin on Labor Day weekendBy ERIC OLSONThe Big Ten released its 10-game conference-only football schedule beginning as early as Labor Day weekend but cautioned Wednesday there is no certainty games will be played.The Big Ten was the last of the...

AP Sports WriterGophers WR Bateman skips season amid virus worries, goes proBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota star wide receiver Rashod Bateman will pass on a 2020 college football season that has been complicated - and threatened - by the pandemic.Bateman announced Tuesday he has opted out amid concerns...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outsBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference's work in those...

TCU's Patterson sorry for repeating racial slur to playerFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) TCU football coach Gary Patterson apologized for himself Tuesday for repeating a racial slur when telling a player to stop using the slur in team meetings.Patterson's tweet came a day after school Chancellor Victor Boschini said...