Austin Peay State University has promoted their associate head football coach Marquase Lovings to the new interim head football coach for the 2020 season. Former Austin Peay State University Head Coach Mark Hudspeth resigned abruptly on Friday. https://twitter.com/letsgopeay/status/1280609186670403588 Gainesville Grown Lovings is a former P.K. Yongue student who grew up with …
Read More »Big Ten Opts for Conference-Only Schedule
The Big Ten Conference announced that it will be playing conference-only schedule this fall. Like the Ivy League’s decision, this impacts football too. This was the first Power 5 Conference to make this move. However, the ACC has already announced that it will delay the start of fall sports until …
Read More »Ivy League Says No Sports in Fall
Yes, even football. The Ivy League announced it won’t be playing any sports in the fall. They have yet to make a decision on winter and spring sports. The Ivy League said as well it will no consider bringing back sports until Jan. 1. ESPN senior writer Heather Dinich said …
Read More »College Football Season Up in the Air
The 2020 college football season is rapidly approaching. This is usually about the time talking about the season ramps up around the country. But with the first full week of July here, there is still much uncertainty about whether the season will start on time or if there will even …
Read More »Will There Be a College Football Season? SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum Answers
With the rollercoaster of events brought by the coronavirus, one of the most constantly changing things has been the fate of sports. One of the uncertainties brought by the virus is whether or not there will be a 2020 college athletic season. And if there is someone who has been …
Read More »Mississippi Changes Flag
On Sunday, the Mississippi State Legislature voted to change the state’s flag. Mississippi’s abandonment of the flag means that all state flags in America are Confederate-emblem free. The vote to remove the flag was an overwhelming “yes.” The resolution passed in the House 91-23. It passed in the Senate 37-14. …
Read More »UF To Scrap “Gator Bait” Chant
The past few weeks of protests and demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd’s death has led many institutions to take a look inward and embrace some changes to be inclusive for all. Those introspective thoughts happened at the University of Florida as well. School president Kent Fuchs released a …
Read More »Scott Stricklin Talks Fall Season, NIL
UF athletic director Scott Stricklin recently joined Steve Russell on his Sportecene show on WRUF. Stricklin jumped right into talking about fall sports and giving his thoughts on other topics. College Football and Other Fall Sports While on, Stricklin said right now, fall sports are scheduled to go as planned. …
Read More »Takeaways from Mullen Press Conference
The 2020 college football season kicks off in 73 days, hopefully. Head coach Dan Mullen sat down with reporters in a Zoom press conference to discuss Gator football. Voluntary workouts underway Players are beginning to return to campus, but for voluntary workouts. Mullen says the coaching staff hasn’t pushed any …
Read More »New Florida Bill Allows College Athletes to Profit Off their Name, Image and Likeness
On Friday June 12, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill allowing college athletes to get paid for their name, image and likeness. DeSantis confirmed the signing of the bill during a ceremony at the University of Miami. Representative Chip LaMarca joined Seth Harp on The Tailgate on …
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