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South Carolina fires football coach Will Muschamp
Read full article: South Carolina fires football coach Will MuschampCOLUMBIA, S.C. โ South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he's been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason. The school said in a release that Muschamp has been โrelievedโ of his duties with the football program. โThere is no doubt about that.โTanner said he did a thorough assessment of the football program and decided it was time for a change. At South Carolina, Muschamp became the first coach to reach bowl games in his first three seasons and went 9-4 in his second season. South Carolina pulled off a stunning 20-17 overtime victory at then-third-ranked Georgia in 2019.
Colorado State pauses football after allegations of racism
Read full article: Colorado State pauses football after allegations of racismFORT COLLINS, Colo. Colorado State is pausing all football activities after an investigation started by the president of the university into the programs handling of COVID-19 cases uncovered allegations of racism and verbal abuse toward athletes. Today, we learned of some extremely troubling allegations of racism and verbal abuse from CSUs athletic administration generally and in the football program specifically," Parke said. Colorado State University is committed to being an anti-racist university, and we will not tolerate any behavior or climate that goes against that core value, Parker said. While we have been working hard towards playing football this fall, the holistic well-being of our student-athletes is our unequivocal top priority, Parker said. The Rams were scheduled to open the season Sept. 19 by hosting Northern Colorado, but the Big Sky Conference voted this week to push back its football season to the spring.