FTX.US is buying naming rights to the playing field at California Memorial Field through Learfield Sports, and in a first Learfield will accept the full $17.5-million payment for FTX Field in cryptocurrency on behalf of the university. (more…)
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Chatting football books for fall 2021
With the release of two new editions of August Publications gridiron titles, we gathered Rick Gosselin, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Tom Shanahan to chat about their football books. (more…)
College bowl game cancelations on hand
COVID-19 concerns have caused eight college bowl game cancelations to date, with more expected to be announced in coming weeks. (more…)
UW shuts down football activities, cancels Nebraska game
A COVID-19 outbreak that includes head coach Paul Chryst is forcing the University of Wisconsin to shut down football activities for a week and cancel this Saturday’s game against the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. (more…)
Trump to Big Ten: Play!
Injecting himself in the decision to postpone the 2020 Big Ten season, President Donald Trump lobbied Commissioner Kevin Warren to immediately plan on a start of a fall football season, injecting politics into what league leaders said was a science-based decision. (more…)
SEC COVID-19 measures announced
SEC COVID-19 measures were announced yesterday, as the conference navigates a 2020 season marked by a severely limited number of fans at the stadium and plenty of mandatory mitigation measures, including masks in most of the stadium. (more…)
2020 Big 12 football season is on with revised schedule
The 2020 Big 12 football season is on, as the conference releases a revised schedule with conference matchups beginning September 26 and a single nonconference game allowed. (more…)
What will a spring 2021 NCAA season look like?
What will a spring 2021 NCAA season look like, now that the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference have canceled their fall football seasons? Nothing is firm, but some league coaches and ADs already have expressed some thoughts. (more…)
Pac-12 postpones all sports until end of 2020
The Pac-12 Conference has postponed all sports through the end of the year, joining the Big Ten Conference in pushing off the football season but going a step beyond by postponing traditional winter sports, such as basketball. (more…)
Big Ten postpones 2020 football season to spring 2021
The Big Ten is postponing all fall sports, including the 2020 football season and all championships and tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)