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  The Mountain West announced its 2020 football schedule on Thursday. Subject to approval from state, county and local officials, the 8-game schedule will begin on Saturday, Oct. 24. The top two teams with the highest Conference winning percentage will face off in the MW Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 19. The schedule is comprised of 46 Conference matchups playing out over nine weeks with no divisional delineation. Today's release represents the first phase in the 2020 football schedule process. Mountain West national television partners CBS Sports and FOX Sports will now initiate a selection procedure which will include the shifting of several games to Thursdays and Fridays. Additional announcements on television selections will be made in the near future. All games the first week will be played on Saturday, Oct. 24. - Mountain West Football

rSr/2023 RB Xazavian ValladayArizona State
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  In the midst of the debate about how college athletes should be compensated for use of their name, image and likeness, Baratunde Cola has a distinctly qualified voice to speak into the matter. One, the Georgia Tech mechanical-engineering professor is the institute's faculty athletics representative, charged with providing oversight to the athletic department and looking out for the well-being of its athletes. Two, he is a former college football player, having played fullback for Vanderbilt. Three, as it pertains to his proposal, he has significant experience with establishing a business and also a non-profit organization. "I'm always thinking about the student-athlete and ways that change can be enabling to the mission, and that's where I came from with this," Cola told the AJC.

His idea for the NCAA as it considers how athletes can be compensated for their name, image and likeness (NIL) is this: Athletes can create non-profit organizations that endorsement money goes into, and then they can pay themselves a portion of revenue and use the remaining funds for charity or to enhance their educations. "The message I'm trying to get across is this is something that I think the student-athletes will love," Cola said. "Frankly, I think it's something they will embrace if it's articulated to them well." A quick background on NIL: In April, the NCAA voted to support changes for athletes to be compensated by third parties (i.e., not the schools themselves) for endorsements, appearances, camps and other like opportunities. Expected to go into effect at the start of the 2021-22 academic year, it followed decades of such benefits being impermissible by NCAA rule. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


rSr/2026 RB Jeff SimsArizona State
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  SEPT 14 ACC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech, Fr., QB, Jacksonville, Fla.,...True freshman amassed 341 yards of total offense (277 yards passing with one touchdown, 64 yards rushing) in his first collegiate game to lead Georgia Tech's 16-13 win at Florida State...Became the first true freshman QB to lead the Yellow Jackets to a win in a season opener since the NCAA made freshmen eligible in 1972...Completed 24 passes, the most by any Georgia Tech quarterback since Reggie Ball had 27 completions versus Duke on Nov. 8, 2003...Sims' 15 completions in the first half alone matched the most completions by any Georgia Tech quarterback in a full game in the previous 12 seasons (2008-19). - Atlantic Coast Conference Football

rSr/2026 RB Jeff SimsArizona State
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  True freshman Jeff Sims, who was once a Florida State commitment, threw for 277 yards and a touchdown as Georgia Tech defeated the Seminoles 16-13 in both teams' season opener on Saturday night. Sims completed 24 of 35 passes and had two costly interceptions but the Jacksonville, Florida, native also ran for 64 yards and helped guide Georgia Tech to the season-opening win. Jordan Mason also ran 14 times for 55 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown run.

The Seminoles used defense and special teams to stay in the game. Cornerback Asante Samuel had two interceptions and two pass break-ups for Florida State. Marvin Wilson blocked a pair of field-goal attempts, while Janarius Robinson blocked an extra-point attempt. James Blackman completed 23 of 43 passes for 198 yards but he was largely ineffective after the Seminoles scored a touchdown and a field goal on their first two drives. Blackman connected with Keyshawn Helton for a 3-yard touchdown on Florida State's opening drive. - AP College/Georgia Tech Football


rSr/2026 RB Jeff SimsArizona State
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Chase Lucas, Arizona State,...Lucas has been an integral part of the Sun Devil defense since being named a freshman first-team all-American by the FWAA and second-team by USA Today in 2017. Last season, Lucas started all 13 games at cornerback for the Sun Devils and paced a secondary that helped ASU record 72 pass breakups - 10th most nationally and the most since posting 75 in 2012. Lucas finished with 54 tackles (50 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss and allowed just one touchdown in coverage, the second-lowest total in the Pac-12 and 19th-lowest total nationally. - Arizona State Football

rSr/2022 CB Chase LucasArizona State
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Jack Jones, Arizona State,...After transferring to ASU in 2019, Jones made an instant impact in Tempe, collecting 45 tackles, 13 pass breakups, three interceptions, and a forced fumble. Jones earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors for a season in which he played in all 13 games (one start) and tied for ninth nationally with 16 passes defended while finishing 12th in passes defended per game (1.33). - Arizona State Football

rSr/2022 CB Jack JonesArizona State
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  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Frank Darby, Arizona State,...One of college football's top big-play wide receivers, Darby is coming off a 2019 campaign in which he finished 10th in the nation and second in the Pac-12 with a 19.87 yard per catch average. The Jersey City, N.J., native caught 31 passes for 616 yards and eight touchdowns on his way to earning All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors last season. Darby came on during the second half of the season, accumulating 16 catches for 387 yards (24.2 yards per catch) and seven touchdowns during one four-game stretch - UCLA-USC-Oregon State-Oregon - that included a four-catch, 125-yard, two-touchdown outing in ASU's upset of sixth-ranked Oregon. - Arizona State Football

rSr/2021 WR Frank DarbyArizona State
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  2020 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY LONG SNAPPER AWARD WATCHLIST: Erik Dickerson, Arizona State,...Dickerson emerged as the Sun Devils' starting long snapper in 2019, playing in all 13 games...Reliable and consistent snapper who was a big part of a successful special team's unit. - Arizona State Football

rSr/2022 LS Erik DickersonArizona State
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  LSU senior linebacker Travez Moore shared his experience with coronavirus on Twitter on Tuesday morning. He is thought to be the first Tigers football player to speak publicly about his experience with the virus during a pandemic that has shut down large parts of the country and altered the direction of every sport. The 6-foot-4, 242-pound Bastrop High graduate said he lost significant weight, dropping from 256 pounds to 229. He said he lost his appetite and had difficulty breathing. He lost senses of taste and smell, both of which are symptoms of the virus. "Bro coronavirus is real," wrote Moore, who recorded three tackles, a half tackle for loss and half a sack in 2019. Multiple LSU football players tested positive for coronavirus when the team first reported to campus on June 8. - Baton Rouge Advocate

rSr/2023 DE Travez MooreArizona State
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  2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Xazavian Valladay, Wyoming,...Valladay is coming off a 2019 season in which he rushed for 1,265 yards to lead the Mountain West. He ranked 18th in the nation in rushing yards per game (105.4). The native of Matteson, Ill., also led the MW in all-purpose yards and ranked No. 26 in the nation, averaging 124.08 yards per game. Valladay was a First Team All-MW honoree as a sophomore as selected by MW head coaches and media. - Wyoming Football

rSr/2023 RB Xazavian ValladayArizona State
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  2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Xazavian Valladay (Jr.), Wyoming,...Valladay is coming off a 2019 season in which he rushed for 1,265 yards to lead the Mountain West. He ranked 18th in the nation in rushing yards per game (105.4). The native of Matteson, Ill., also led the MW in all-purpose yards and ranked No. 26 in the nation, averaging 124.08 yards per game. Valladay was a First Team All-MW honoree as a sophomore as selected by MW head coaches and media. He rushed for 100 or more yards seven times in the 12 games he played in 2019, and he rushed for over 200 yards twice. His best games were 206 rushing yards vs. Nevada and 204 against Georgia State in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl. His other five 100-yard rushing games included: 118 vs. Missouri, 127 vs. New Mexico, 124 at Boise State, 114 at Utah State and 154 vs. Colorado State. - Wyoming Football

rSr/2023 RB Xazavian ValladayArizona State
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  2020 JOHN MACKEY AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Curtis Hodges, Arizona State,...Hodges saw action in 10 games as a reserve wide receiver in 2019...Finished with five catches for 58 yards...Played his best football during a three-game stretch, catching at least one pass for 15 or more yards in each game (9/21-10/12). - Arizona State Football

rSr/2022 TE Curtis HodgesArizona State
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  2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Frank Darby, Arizona State,...One of college football's top big-play threats, Darby is coming off a 2019 campaign in which he finished 10th in the nation and second in the Pac-12 with a 19.87 yard per catch average. The Jersey City, N.J., native caught 31 passes for 616 yards and eight touchdowns on his way to earning All-Pac-12 honorable mention honors last season. - Arizona State Football

rSr/2021 WR Frank DarbyArizona State
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  2020 BUTKUS AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Merlin Robertson, Arizona State,...The Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2018, Robertson has accumulated 149 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, including 7.5 sacks, two interceptions and six passes defensed in his first two seasons. In 2019, Robertson led the Sun Devils with three fumbles forced and was third on the team with 72 tackles, adding five tackles for loss and an interception. Robertson was part of a unit that helped ASU finish the regular season 21st nationally in allowing just 116.8 rushing yards per game – the best ranking at the end of the regular season for ASU since 2009. - Arizona State Football

Sr/2023 OLB Merlin RobertsonArizona State
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  2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: G Dohnovan West, Arizona State,...As one of less than 20 true freshmen in the FBS to start at offensive line in the 2019 season opener, West made an impressive transition from high school to first-year starter at the Power 5 level. The Mission Hills, Calif., native helped pave the way for Eno Benjamin's second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season, the first time an ASU running back has accomplished the feat in back-to-back seasons since the 1970's. - Arizona State Football

Jr/2022 C *Dohnovan WestArizona State
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