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Louisiana-Lafayette linebacker Tyler Guidry celebrates on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Ames, Iowa. Louisiana-Lafayette won 31-14. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Fun Belt upest; Big Ten comeback?

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

In this file photo, Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente celebrates after his team scored against Kentucky in the first half of the Belk Bowl NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) **FILE**

COVID-19 knocks out Virginia-Virginia Tech football opener

By Hank Kurz Jr. - Associated Press

North Carolina's Michael Carter breaks away from Syracuse's Geoff Cantin-Arku in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP, Pool)

Stadiums quiet but college football, shows of unity go on

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

FILE - This is a 2017 file photo of Brandon Staley, who will make his debut as the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in the new SoFi Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys. Staley has made a meteoric rise in coaching since 2016, when he was the defensive coordinator at Division III John Carroll University.(AP Photo)

Rams defensive guru Brandon Staley took fast track to NFL

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

High school football players, coaches and fans gather at the Connecticut State Capitol during a rally trying to reinstate a football season on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Hartford, Conn. (Aaron Flaum/Record-Journal via AP)

Meeting doesn’t change state opinion on high school football

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt, center, talks to players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida in Knoxville, Tenn. A planned scrimmage turned into a scaled-down practice at Tennessee last weekend when the Volunteers were without about 35 players due to COVID-19. Pruitt said seven or eight players were in isolation after being infected and another 28 or so had been quarantined after it was determined through contact tracing they had been exposed to the virus. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

‘Clinical judgments’ key in college football contact tracing

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

The Latest: UNLV cuts workers’ hours amid lack of events

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson catches the ball during an NFL football practice, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, Pool)

‘Get your popcorn ready:’ Jackson hopes to shine for Eagles

By STEPHEN WHYNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2020, file photo, fans walk through a parking lot at Arrowhead Stadium marked with traffic cones to keep fans from parking too close together during NFL football training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo. A football-starved nation is getting its games back with the start of the NFL season, but many worry that attending games or get-togethers will lead to a new surge in coronavirus infections. NFL football will kick off Thursday, Sept. 10, in Kansas City at a stadium that's allowing 17,000 fans inside. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Return of football renews fears over more virus spread

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and ASTRID GALVAN and DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 file photo, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day watches from the sidelines during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, in Glendale, Ariz. Clemson is preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what’s already been taken from an uncertain college football fall by the pandemic. Ohio State was a close No. 2. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Why not us?: Ohio State’s Day wants answers from Big Ten

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

In this photo taken on July 27, 2019, German quarterback Alexander Honig poses for a photo ina TCU uniform after participating in a football camp at the Big 12 Conference school in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU offered Honig a scholarship after the workout. Honig looks and sounds the part of big-time American college football recruit. The quarterback is nearly 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds. He has a scholarship offer to play at TCU. But the unusual part is Honig is German. It's rare for an American college program to recruit a European as a quarterback. The 18-year-old Honig is taking his talents from Bavaria to Texas with dreams of becoming an NFL QB. (Susanne Honig via AP)

German QB with ‘big arm’ has big plans for TCU career

By KEN MAGUIRE - Associated Press

FILE - Clemson tight end Braden Galloway runs against LSU during the first half of the NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans. Galloway is seeing shorter lines at fast-food restaurants and fewer people around campus after Clemson started the fall semester with online-only undergraduate classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

For ACC campuses, replicating pro-sports bubbles a challenge

By AARON BEARD - Associated Press

Customers line up to place wagers in the sports betting lounge at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Sept. 9, 2018. The coronavirus outbreak has added new wrinkles for bettors this year, but even so, the nation's sportsbooks expect a record year of bets on football in 2020 from an antsy public that has been cooped up for months amid the pandemic. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Gamblers factoring virus into their football bets this fall

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

Pac-12 programs differ on reporting student-athlete cases

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2020 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., heir status amid the coronavirus pandemic. Whitmer says gyms can reopen after 5 1/2 months of closure and organized sports can resume if masks are worn. She lifted some coronavirus restrictions Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, that lasted longer in Michigan than in many other states. The order, effective next Wednesday, allows for reopening fitness centers and indoor pools in remaining regions that hold 93% of Michigan's population.(Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

Whitmer clarifies order: Masks not required for all sports

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier watches during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Pittsburgh. Ryan Shazier announced his retirement on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, nearly three years after a severe spinal injury forced the two-time Pro Bowler to put his career on hold. The 28-year-old said in a social media post that while he still loves the game, it is time to get on to the next chapter in his life. (AP Photo/ Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) **FILE**

Ryan Shazier, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, retires nearly three years after spinal injury

By Will Graves - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2019, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers Ryan Shazier, center, watches warmups before an NFL preseason football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed the inside linebacker Ryan Shazier on the reserved/retired list. But the team says the move doesn't rule out the possibility of Shazier playing again. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Steelers LB Ryan Shazier announces retirement

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Washington running back Bryce Love (35) runs with the ball during practice at the team's NFL football training facility, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

FANTASY PLAYS: Waiver wire pickups key to roster building

By DAVIS MATTEK - Associated Press

Fans watch the Kansas City Chiefs during NFL football training camp Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs opened the stadium to 5,000 season ticket holders to watch practice as the team plans to open the regular season with a reduced capacity of approximately 22 percent of normal attendance. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Chiefs, Texans fine-tuning for NFL opener Thursday night

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Fall football: Chadron St. schedules 5 games vs RMAC foes

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