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College football bowl games canceled by COVID-19 There have been a number of bowl games canceled due to COVID-19. Here's a rundown of the ones that have been called off so far in the 2021-22 bowl season. Dec. 24: Hawai'i Bowl — Hawai'i vs. Memphis Dec. 27: Military Bowl — Boston College vs. East Carolina Dec. 29: Fenway Bowl — Virginia vs. SMU Dec. 31: Arizona Bowl — Boise State vs. Central Michigan MORE: Hawai'i withdraws from its own bowl game amid COVID concerns So far, four bowl games have already been outright canceled. Central Michigan will now play Washington...

Central Michigan will now play Washington State in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Friday, a move that allows both teams to play in a bowl game.Both teams lost opponents to COVID-19 issues. Miami withdrew from the Sun Bowl on Sunday, sending the bowl scrambling for an opponent for the Cougars. That spot was filled by the Chippewas after their scheduled opponent, Boise State, withdrew from the Barstool Arizona Bowl on Monday.

America loves college football, loves its flyovers and cheers and opportunities to show patriotic pride, and doesn't want it tainted by politics.When college football came roaring back in September, sticking it to the Faucian fear porn that gathering with fellow fans in stadiums (or with anyone, anywhere) wasn’t “smart,” fans cheered the camaraderie of mass sports gatherings — as well as the lack of politicized messaging, in contrast to the wokeness of pro leagues like the NFL. Fans made their disdain for the COVID establishment known with chants of “F-ck Joe Biden,” and later the more tactful euphemism “Let’s go,...

Controversy will unfortunately be the story of Saturday’s marquee Michigan–Michigan State clash if the Spartans come back and win this afternoon’s game. Late in the second quarter, Michigan linebacker David Ojabo strip-sacked Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne. The ball rolled into the end-zone before Wolverines star Aidan Hutchinson recovered it for a touchdown to make it a 26-14 Michigan lead. The refs reviewed the play to check whether or not Thorne was down before he fumbled the ball. Replay appeared to confirm it was a clean fumble before Thorne hit the ground. The replay center somehow saw otherwise. The officials...

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Allison Williams, a veteran college football sideline reporter for ESPN, announced on Thursday that she will be opting out of the season because she will not take the COVID-19 vaccine. “While my work is incredibly important to me, the most important role I have is as a mother,” she wrote in a statement on Twitter. “Throughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as a fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for a second child. “This was a deeply difficult decision to make and it’s...

College football is back. COVID panic porn peddlers are upset but are powerless. Sports are back. The fans are back. You can have a meltdown in your bunker. We’re getting on with life. The season is back after our chaotic and humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan where Joe Biden left Americans behind. The economy is in the toilet, with the August jobs report being utter garbage and way, way below expectations. Inflation is also rising. We’re also dealing with a natural disaster in Hurricane Ida—and Joe Biden is at the helm for all of it. Seriously, 81 million people voted for...

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State won’t require fans at Nittany Lions football games this fall to present proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in order to gain entrance to Beaver Stadium, vice president of intercollegiate athletics Sandy Barbour said Saturday. “The required vaccination is not in our plan at this point,” Barbour said over Zoom. On Friday, Oregon and Oregon State became the first Power Five football programs to announce they will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend games at Autzen Stadium and Reser Stadium, respectively, this fall. Earlier this month, Tulane became...

A rising college football quarterback was killed when a barrage of 50 bullets was fired into his car, causing him to crash at a Florida intersection, authorities said. Ladarius Clardy, an 18-year-old who played in two games for Georgia’s Kennesaw State University last year, was set to return for his sophomore season before he was gunned down Thursday as he drove in Pensacola, WAGA-TV reported. “Someone fired over 50 rounds into the car, most of them into the car, the driver’s door,” Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said. The 6-foot, 170-pound KSU backup quarterback and Pensacola native was killed just...

This Crimson Tide is back in the Championship Game against the Big Ten Champ Buckeyes.True leader! ✊#cfbplayoff #RollTide pic.twitter.com/8dFfFblQqL — Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) January 12, 2021 2020-21 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Monday, January 11, 2021 Tide (12-0) vs Ohio State Buckeyes (7-0)Miami, FL ~ 7:15pm CT /8:15pm ET ESPN ~ SEC NETWORK! •If you choose to watch ESPN, the announcers are Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit with Maria Taylor and Tom Rinaldi on the sidelines. •The SEC Network will air the game with Eli Gold’s call. If you don’t have access to SECN, you may have to find Eli on Alabama Radio...

The culture of college football won the war and beat the doomsayers. Here’s to getting back to normal, tailgating, and crazy student sections in 2021.For those who don’t remember, we were told College Football Playoff games were never going to happen, let alone reach the conclusion safely without any deaths. But after months of fearmongering from sports media about how players would die if games were played, we can all exhale. We made it to the finish line. The war to save football is over. And, in this case, the culture of college football won and beat the doomsayers. January...

The majority of cadets caught cheating on a math test at the West Point military academy are athletes — including two dozen members of the Army football team playing West Virginia in Thursday’s Liberty Bowl. Of the 24 Army Black Knights embroiled in the scandal, 17 remained in uniform as of Wednesday — and a few have already played in games this season, USA Today reported. They remain on the team because West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams suspended the school’s policy of barring cadets who violate the academy’s honor code from representing the school in public. The honor...

As college football limped toward the finish of its fraught 2020 regular season, it was fitting its final full-slate Saturday was saved by a guy throwing a shoe. And for a team with a leading Heisman Trophy contender in quarterback Kyle Trask, it was ironic the season's biggest throw came from cornerback Marco Wilson. It all was a perfect example of the universe's cyclical nature: the defending champs (what's left of them, anyway) pulling off the season's most stunning win. Little has made sense in this wild spin around the sun we call 2020, and so it was that LSU's...

ARMY/NAVY GAME ON NOW!! 3PM EDT CH2 - TRUMP IS THERE

Setting the Stage • Army and Navy will meet in the greatest rivalry in all of sports on Saturday at Michie Stadium (38,000) in West Point for the 121st playing of America's Game, the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA. CBS Sports will televise the game nationally with kickoff set for 3:00 pm. • Navy leads the all-time series against Army 61-52-7 (.534), including a 3-0 mark in games played at West Point. • Saturday's game will be the first Army-Navy game played at a home site since 1943, due to World War II, when Navy won at West Point 13-0....

This coming Saturday Georgia will square off against Vanderbilt. Seeing as the Bulldogs are 6-2 in college football’s toughest conference while the Commodores are 0-8, there isn’t a ton of mystery surrounding what the end result will be. As a result, there has been a certain media focus on subplots like kicker Sarah Fuller, who made history last week when she became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference football game. During his most recent press conference, Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart explained why he would not focus on Fuller and her role in the lead-up...

The 121st edition of the Army vs Navy game will take place on Saturday, December 12th. In honor of the United States Naval Academy celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, the Midshipmen are bringing out a very special set of uniforms.

Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday afternoon when she became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference football game. Vanderbilt installed her as a kicker after the team’s other kickers were deemed unavailable due to COVID-19. Vanderbilt ultimately lost to Missouri 41-0, falling to 0-8 on the year. The team’s head coach, Derek Mason, was fired one day later. Shortly after making her big debut, Fuller did an interview with Courtney Cronin of ESPN. Among the interesting tidbits that emerged from their conversation was how Fuller got angry at her teammates at halftime.

Vanderbilt fired head football coach Derek Mason on Sunday, one day after he made history by allowing Sarah Fuller to suit up as a kicker for his team. On Saturday, Fuller became the first female to play for a Power 5 football team when she kicked off against Missouri. Mason is said to have gone with Fuller, a senior goalkeeper on the Vanderbilt soccer team, because his other kickers were deemed unavailable due to COVID-19.

Sarah Fuller became the first woman to ever play in a Power Five college football game on Saturday when she kicked off for Vanderbilt in their showdown against Missouri. Because the Tigers came into the game 3-3 and Vandy 0-7, the historic element of the kickoff was pretty much the only thing folks tuned in for. Almost immediately, the reactions began to pour in on social media. They were largely what you’d expect.