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Wisconsin football game vs. Nebraska might be in jeopardy
Wisconsin's game at Nebraska this weekend has had some doubt cast over it due to the Badgers being hit hard by COVID-19.
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D-II, D-III sports restart could rest on NCAA testing rules decision
If the NCAA mandates that colleges test athletes three times per week, Minnesota schools will need to figure our how to get access and pay for thousands of tests.
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Scoggins: Things may get weird, but it's good to have college football back
Every scout team member is a potential starter. The No. 3 quarterback might be running onto the field at some point. It's not ideal, but this is what we wanted.
Gophers
Carleton becomes first MIAC school to cancel winter sports
In a news release, Carleton officials said restricting off-campus travel and outside visitors has helped limit COVID-19's "direct impact'' on campus this fall.
Gophers
How the pandemic has rippled through Minnesota State Mankato's sports budget
Like every person in his position, Minnesota State Mankato athletic director Kevin Buisman is trying to decipher how to cover the added expense of COVID-19 testing within the context of revenue shortfalls from sports being postponed until 2021.
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Arizona basketball accused of five Level I violations by NCAA
The violations include a lack of institutional control and failure to monitor by the university, and lack of head coach control by basketball coach Sean Miller.
Gophers
In 1918, Little Brown Jug rivalry navigated a pandemic — and war
As the Gophers prepare to face Michigan on Saturday in a season opener delayed by COVID-19, this 104th installment of the rivalry offers a chance to look back to another time college football faced a pandemic.
Gophers
Pandemic puts no-look into Minnesota prep basketball recruiting
Getting noticed by coaches has been tougher for top recruits, including many who have found it harder to attract top scholarship offers after NCAA rule changes wrought by COVID-19 concern.
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Gophers' first test comes against a dissatisfied Michigan bunch
Wolverines players are restless, knowing more has been expected in the program's five seasons under coach Jim Harbaugh.
High Schools
Top boys' basketball seniors in Minnesota
Star Tribune college basketball writer Marcus Fuller's top 10 Minnesota boys' basketball players in class of 2021.
High Schools
Three key basketball recruiting changes during the pandemic
Among the changes, Division I basketball coaches lost their contact and in-person evaluation period during the spring, summer and fall
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This will be a Big Ten football season like no other
The pandemic, jumbled schedules and social justice issues will combine to make 2020 unique.
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UMD, St. Cloud State going to Omaha for three-week college hockey pod
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference plans a 26-game season, starting Dec. 1 with all of its teams gathering for 10 games in a three-week period.
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Scoggins: Gophers, Big Ten about to join football's season of chaos
"This is a completely different animal," Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. "It's preparing for ghosts, preparing for the unknown. You just have to be ready for it."
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Chip Scoggins' 20 thoughts on the 2020 college football season
Welcome to the weirdest college football season on record.
Sports
Purdue football coach Brohm to miss season opener vs. Iowa
On Monday, Brohm announced he had contracted the coronavirus after having two positive COVID-19 tests.
Gophers
Ex-Eden Prairie star Spielman: No regrets about leaving Nebraska
Critics point to JD Spielman's slow start in TCU's first three games (five catches for 55 yards total) as a reason he made a mistake leaving Lincoln. But Spielman has no regrets on his decision to transfer in June.
Sports
Alabama's Nick Saban says he has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptons; AD Greg Byrne also has positive test
Alabama's Nick Saban says he has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptons; AD Greg Byrne also has positive test.
Gophers
Florida football latest to learn: Don't tempt fate with coronavirus
The sequence of events at the University of Florida is such that even Shakespeare would have a hard time deciding whether it is a comedy, a tragedy or simply history.
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Virus touches college football, from upending schedules to making coaches ill
Houston went through five different prospective opponents before finally playing Tulane in its season opener.
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- Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
- Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
