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Associated PressWhitmer: Mask order applies to Big Ten, but may be changedBy DAVID EGGERTLANSING, Mich (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office said Thursday her requirement that athletes wear masks applies to Big Ten football in Michigan, but a face shield will suffice for players and the administration is open...

Associated PressWhitmer: Mask order applies to Big Ten, but may be changedBy DAVID EGGERTLANSING, Mich (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office said Thursday her requirement that athletes wear masks applies to Big Ten football in Michigan, but a face shield will suffice for players and the administration is open...

Associated PressOne week later, Oklahoma State ready to take on TulsaBy JOHN TRANCHINASTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) One week after its originally scheduled season opener was supposed to take place, No. 11 Oklahoma State will finally take the field this weekend.After Tulsa had several players test positive for COVID-19 earlier...

AP Sports WriterSims looks to lead Ga Tech to another upset vs No. 14 UCFBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Jeff Sims hardly looked like a freshman in his first college game.Sure, there were a couple of early interceptions he'd like to have back, but no one was complaining after...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 football plans remain in holding patternBy JOHN MARSHALLAny plans for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in returning to football are on hold due to health policies in two states within the conference.The Big Ten changed course Wednesday and said it will begin an eight-game...

AP College Football WriterReverse: Big Ten will try to play fall football after allBy RALPH D. RUSSOPlayers were pumped. Coaches were stoked. Fan seemed relieved. Even the president was pleased.The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all.Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports...

FAU still hoping to play Saturday despite virus outbreakBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Eleven people in the football program at Florida Atlantic University have tested positive for the coronavirus, but the Owls were still hoping to play their season opener Saturday against Georgia Southern, coach Willie Taggart said Wednesday.Taggart...

Associated Press/ Report for AmericaMichigan considers extension for lawsuits naming late doctorBy ANNA LIZ NICHOLSLANSING, Mich. (AP) Two Michigan lawmakers sought Wednesday to expand the state's statute of limitations for some sexual assault cases to allow more time for accusers of the late sports doctor Robert Anderson to...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 football plans remain in holding patternBy JOHN MARSHALLAny plans for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in returning to football are on hold due to health policies in two states within the conference.The Big Ten changed course Wednesday and said it will begin an eight-game...

AP Sports WriterColumn: College football whiffs in tackling the coronavirusBy PAUL NEWBERRYWhen it came time to confront a global pandemic, we should've known college football would whiff on the tackle.This flimsy collection of largely autonomous fiefdoms, each concerned mainly with hoarding wealth and power, was never going to make...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=NCAA D-I Council recommends FCS playoffs in springBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - A 16-team spring playoff in FCS college football advanced to its final step when the NCAA Division I Council voted to recommend it to the governing body's Board of Directors on Wednesday.The board...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten's cardiac registry aims to study effects of COVID-19By LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) The Big Ten's plan to play football this fall includes trying to save lives in the future.The conference, which reversed course and announced Wednesday it would have a fall football season,...