The Idaho State Bengals are replacing the turf football field at Holt Arena according to a social media post from the school. The Bengals have played at Holt Arena since 1970 but the grounds are multi-purpose hosting indoor track and field and basketball games in addition to high school and college football contests. Idaho State … Read more
It has been a rough week for college football fans. Numerous conferences at the Division I. Division II, and Division III levels have canceled or suspended fall sports. Some conferences have or will move to a conference only football schedule. At the FCS level alone, 118 games have been impacted by the ongoing epidemic. But … Read more
Delaware State University is planning to acquire fellow in-state university Wesley College according to a report by Natalia Alamdari of the Delaware News Journal. The deal is expected to go into effect starting with the 2021-22 academic year. Wesley, located in the capital of Dover, has struggled financially in recent years. Delaware State will fully … Read more
In a day and week of constant bad news, two Division II conferences delivered some more. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) jointly announced the suspension of fall sports for 2020. Both conferences are willing to consider a move of football to the spring of 2021 but will ultimately … Read more
Editor’s note: The Pac-12 officially announced it would move to a conference only schedule on Friday, July 10. Following in the footsteps of the Big 10, the ACC and Pac-12 Conference are also reportedly moving to conference only schedules. Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported both the Big Ten and Pac-12 news but also cautioned … Read more
The Big Ten will move to a conference only schedule for the 2020 football season, which impacts numerous games across the FBS and FCS. The Big Ten also confirmed the news in its own press release. Eight games featuring an FCS team are now canceled as a result of the Big 10’s decision. Those eight … Read more
Another day, another cancellation involving an FCS team. This time it is the Butler Bulldogs who will not play Division III opponent DePauw. The DePauw Tigers play in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), which released guidelines on Thursday as part of the conference’s return to athletic competition. Two of those guidelines impact the Butler … Read more
The Richmond Spiders and Saint Francis Red Flash will now start the 2020 season two days later according to an announcement by Richmond on Wednesday. The teams were originally scheduled to start the season on Thursday, September 3 at 7 PM Eastern Time but the two schools mutually agreed to change the date to Saturday … Read more
The Ivy League will announce the fall 2020 college football season, as it relates to its members, will not happen according to a report by Mark Blaudschun of Sports Illustrated. The Ivy League will cancel all fall sports and no sports will take place prior to January 1, 2021. Blaudschun noted that a move to … Read more
The Morehead State Eagles and Saint Andrews Knights will not meet in 2020 according to the schedules posted on each school’s athletic website. The schools were scheduled to meet on Thursday, September 24 in Morehead, Kentucky. September 24 through September 26 is the fourth week of the season for Division I teams. Morehead State now … Read more