College notebook: FCS playoffs unlikely after two more conferences cancel fall season

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Published
August 7, 2020

College notebook: FCS playoffs unlikely after two more conferences cancel fall season

More than 70 of the 127 Football Championship Subdivision schools have said they will not play this fall, after decisions Friday by the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League.
Published
August 6, 2020

Notre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won’t play Navy for first time since 1927

The ACC announces its schedule and Notre Dame, which is giving up its football independence and competing for the conference title, loses its annual game with Navy.
Published
August 5, 2020

Big Ten football conference-only season set to begin on Labor Day weekend

Commissioner Kevin Warren still says 'we're approaching this entire process on a day-to-day basis' and the conference remains 'prepared to delay or cancel competition.'
Published
August 5, 2020

UConn calls off football season because of virus concerns – the first FBS school to cancel

COVID-19 is the driving factor, but the decision was made a bit easier for independent UConn when other schools – including UMaine – took the Huskies off their schedules.
Published
August 4, 2020

Pac-12 officials respond to football players threatening opt-outs

League officials agree to meet with student-athletes representing more than 400 Pac-12 players who are part of the #WeAreUnited movement.
Published
July 31, 2020

Is it even worth trying to pull off a college football season?

Paul Newberry: The reduced, bubble-like schedules are effectively a Hail Mary to save a season that, frankly, may not be worth saving at this point.
Published
July 23, 2020

College Sports: University of Maine at Farmington athletes share mix of frustration, understanding with canceled season

For some UMF athletes, its second time in 2020 hearing that a season is over.
Published
July 22, 2020

University of Maine athletes look for silver linings after decision to postpone fall sports

Athletes acknowledge disappointment, but point to delay as a chance to work out and improve.
Published
July 21, 2020

UMaine-Machias suspends athletics indefinitely

The school, which is restructuring campus operations because of loss of revenue caused by the pandemic, shuts down its six sports programs.
Published
July 17, 2020

UMaine, UNE among latest colleges to forgo fall sports

Husson, Maine Maritime and New Hampshire also announce Friday that they will not compete in sports this fall.