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Rice-Eccles Stadium is shown before the start of an NCAA college football game between Colorado and Utah Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Losing college football stings across America. While every aspect of society has been jarred by a worldwide pandemic that has claimed more than 160,000 American lives, the potential loss of college football feels like another collective punch to the national psyche. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

NCAA football cancellations threaten to cripple college towns’ economies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Due to the new coronavirus pandemic a man wears a face mask of the German first division soccer team FC Schalke 04 and a hat with the word reading &quot;Deutschland&quot; (Germany) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

The Latest: Notre Dame says 2 football players in isolation

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers a question during a roundtable meeting with transportation industry leaders at the Hilton Orlando-Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. DeSantis addressed coronavirus and state transportation construction concerns. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Ron DeSantis backs college football season, echoing Trump

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Gov. Tate Reeves adjusts his face mask as he prepares to leave his COVID-19 press briefing, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. The governor, who has admitted to disliking the wearing of a face mask, nevertheless wears one in public, and Tuesday issued a statewide order for people to wear masks in public amid a recent surge in cases of the new coronavirus. He and other state officials provided an update on the coronavirus and the state's ongoing strategy to limit transmission. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi governor: ‘College football is essential’

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

Oregon beat Wisconsin in the 2020 Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, pitting the winners of the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences. The Pac-12 and Big Ten cancelled their respective seasons due to health risks from the coronavirus pandemic. (Associated Press)

Pac-12 joins Big Ten in pulling plug

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

College football players left in limbo as seasons get pushed

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump: I hope NFL doesn’t come back if players don’t stand for national anthem

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

No Terrapins Football: Maryland defenders won't get a chance to chase down their Big Ten Conference rivals in 2020 after the league's university officials decided Tuesday to cancel the season. (Associated Press)

Big Ten, Pac-12 cancel fall college football seasons due to virus risk

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, then-Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett takes part in a news conference following an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas. Jason Garrett wasn’t interested in sitting around for a year after the Dallas Cowboys didn’t renew his contract as their head coach. So when the New York Giants and new head coach Joe Judge called to ask him about becoming the offensive coordinator, he jumped at the opportunity. Speaking to the media Tuesday for the first time since he was hired, Garrett refused to discuss his final days in Dallas, where he was the head coach for a decade. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)

Garrett jumped at chance to be Giants’ offensive coordinator

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey announces that fans will not be allowed in the arena to watch NCAA college basketball games in the SEC tournament in Nashville, Tenn. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2019, file photo, Maryland head coach Michael Locksley, center, looks on as he is about to lead his team out of the tunnel for the first half of an NCAA college football against Temple, in Philadelphia. One year ago, Maryland took Ohio State into overtime before a failed 2-point conversion resulted in a 52-51 defeat. In the rematch Saturday, the Terrapins are a 43-point underdog. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) ** FILE **

Big Ten to cancel football season following vote

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Washington Redskins running back Derrius Guice (29) runs the ball during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Landover, Md. The Washington Football Team has released Guice after he was charged in a domestic violence incident. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) ** FILE **

Ron Rivera: Derrius Guice release ‘best for organization’

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, Clemson's Trevor Lawrence greets fans as he arrives for the team's NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech in Clemson, S.C. Lawrence and girlfriend Marissa Mowry have restarted their efforts to raise funds for those affected from the coronavirus in his Georgia hometown and the area of Upstate South Carolina where their colleges are located. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)

Players unite in push to save college season, create union

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump stands for the national anthem before the beginning of the College Football Playoff National Championship game between LSU and Clemson, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Trump: ‘Student-athletes have been working too hard’ for college football to be canceled

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 7, 2019, photo, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs with the ball against Wisconsin during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game, in Indianapolis. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) **FILE**

Trump to top NCAA conferences: Let them play football

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Maryland running back Jake Funk (34) dives for a touchdown in front of Syracuse defensive back Eric Coley (34) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Will Newton) ** FILE **

Players, politicians push back against Big Ten’s reported plan to cancel football season

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Sergei Zubov, Hayley Wickenheiser, Jim Rutherford, Vaclav Nedomansky and Guy Carbonneau flip pucks in the air during a ceremony in Toronto. The Hockey Hall of Fame has postponed its 2020 induction because of the pandemic. The ceremony was to have taken place Nov. 16 in Toronto.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

The Latest: Asian Beach Games postponed

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Hardy, two-sport star, architect of Orange Crush dies at 87

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, members of the Miami of Ohio team pose on the field after the Mid-American Conference championship NCAA college football game against Central Michigan, in Detroit. The Mid-American Conference on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, became the first league competing at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of COVID-19 concerns. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press the university president’s voted to not play in the fall and consider a spring season. The person spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because an official announcement was still being prepared.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

As college leaders meet, football players push to play

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

How teacher revolutionized school’s football statistics

By BEN PORTNOY and The Dispatch - Associated Press