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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=James Madison AD: 50 percent of teams for FCS playoffsBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - There remains the possibility of an FCS season this fall even as schools and conferences continue to announce they're suspending competition for the rest of the year.Anything beyond the regular season,...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=A canceled CAA season could be FCS tipping pointBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - An FCS season that has seemingly faced a slow death could be headed to the emergency room on Friday.According to a report by Bruce Feldman of The Athletic on Thursday, CAA Football...

Tennessee Vols tight end has back surgery for herniated diskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee tight end Austin Pope says he had surgery Thursday to repair a herniated disk in his back.Popepost, saying he had been dealing with a lot of nerve pain stemming from his lower back.An MRI exam...

RB Hubbard tabbed Big 12's preseason top offensive playerBy The Associated PressOklahoma State junior running back Chuba Hubbard has been picked as the Big 12 preseason offensive player of the year, only weeks after the NCAA rushing leader lashed out at coach Mike Gundy and suggested he might boycott...

AP College Football WriterNCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemicBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA handed down its latest guidelines for playing through a pandemic while also sounding an alarm: The prospect of having a fall semester with football and other sports is looking grim.If the...

AP College Football WriterNCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemicBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA handed down its latest guidelines for playing through a pandemic while also sounding an alarm: The prospect of having a fall semester with football and other sports is looking grim.If the...

In summer of unrest, Hawkeyes tackling race issuesIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The death of George Floyd followed by revelations of mistreatment of Black players in the Iowa football program prompted Djimon Colbert to confront issues he had mostly put to the side before this summer.Colbert joined Hawkeyes teammates...

AP College Football WriterNCAA: Test all athletes for COVID-19 within 72 hours of gameBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA says college football players should be tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before a game, players with high-risk exposures to the coronavirus should be quarantined for 14 days and everybody...

MEAC postpones football seasonThe Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has suspended fall sports, becoming the third Division I league to postpone its football season.Following fellow FCS conferences the Ivy League and Patriot League, the MEAC announced it would not have competition in the fall and consider trying to make up the...

AP College Football WriterAAC lays out COVID-19 test plan ahead of NCAA announcementBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe American Athletic Conference will require all its schools to test football players for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before competition.The announcement Thursday by the American comes ahead of the expected release of recommendations...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=MEAC won't have fall sports seasonBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced Thursday it will not have a fall sports season due to concerns over the global COVID-19 pandemic, becoming the third of 13 FCS conferences to make such a decision.The MEAC,...

AP College Football WriterAAC lays out COVID-19 test plan ahead of NCAA announcementBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe American Athletic Conference will require all its schools to test football players for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before competition.The announcement Thursday by the American comes ahead of the expected release of recommendations...