1:35 PM ET A week after pausing all activities because of positive coronavirus cases, NC State will resume football practice Monday, athletics director Boo Corrigan said Saturday on social media. Last Monday, the entire athletic department temporarily paused after 27 positive cases were identified. NC State did not specify how many programs were directly affected.
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4:37 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt has canceled Friday’s practice due to coronavirus concerns, after what he called “a few more positive tests.” Pruitt said he decided to cancel practice and have everyone tested again, and that their top priority is protecting everyone in the program. Pruitt had adjusted the schedule
11:56 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The Big Ten is discussing Thanksgiving weekend as one of several options
12:38 PM ET Ole Miss’ football team didn’t practice Friday and instead marched to The Square in downtown Oxford, Mississippi, to bring awareness to racial injustice in the country. Coach Lane Kiffin participated in the march, and some of the players carried signs that read: End police brutality. Once at the Square, members of the
4:01 PM ET Associated Press Notre Dame announced it will play South Florida on Sept. 19 as its lone nonconference game of the football season. The Fighting Irish will play as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, a move made in response to the coronavirus pandemic altering schedules of the Power 5
5:48 PM ET Clemson will have a reduced seating capacity of 19,000 fans this season and require face coverings unless eating or drinking, the school said Thursday. Game-day traditions, including the pregame Tiger Walk and postgame Gathering at the Paw, will not take place this season. Fans are being asked not to tailgate. The seating
2:36 PM ET East Carolina‘s game against Marshall, scheduled for Sept. 12 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, ECU announced Thursday. The Pirates and Thundering Herd hope to reschedule later in 2020. The game held special significance this year because officials at both schools had hoped to use it as
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: In celebration of National Dog Day, we revisit Mark Schlabach’s incredible story about the time his dog ran onto the field during a Georgia-Kentucky football game. It was originally published on November 18, 2019. Last week, a black cat captivated the country by running onto the field during a Monday
1:32 PM ET Ole Miss center Eli Johnson, who announced earlier this month that he was opting out of the upcoming college football season, entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Johnson started all 12 games last season. He told ESPN he will not be returning to Ole Miss after he receives his master’s degree in
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story about college football’s bulldog mascots was originally published on Jan. 22, 2020. Wednesday, Aug. 26 is National Dog Day. LOW TO THE ground and panting, Bully XXI sways hip to hip down the Mississippi State sideline. After four years on the job, the English bulldog is used to