Benedict adjusting to new norm without football this fall
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decided to suspend fall athletics on Thursday, affecting multiple teams including football.
The Gamecocks were represented by Sadarius Hutcherson, Jaycee Horn and Israel Mukuamu on the second team, Ernest Jones and Nick Muse on the third team and Shi Smith and Kingsley Enagbare on the fourth-team squad.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen.
The Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians are among the highest-profile teams considering a name change.
The only dull moment Sunday at the Workday Charity Open was the end, when Morikawa took two putts for par from just inside 10 feet to beat Thomas on the third playoff hole and win for the second time in his career.
Wilson also had offers from Arizona State, North Carolina, and Penn State.
Sankey reiterated that the SEC’s deadline to make a decision remains late July, and he said the decisions the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already made do not put pressure on him or the SEC to follow suit.
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decided to suspend fall athletics on Thursday, affecting multiple teams including football.
Since the last release of testing data on June 26, Clemson Athletics student-athletes and staff have completed 292 additional COVID-19 tests, with six positive cases identified.
ABC Columbia learned Friday that all 14 of the Southeastern Conference’s athletic directors will meet with commissioner Greg Sankey on Monday in Birmingham.
The Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will play a pair of exhibition games on July 21 and July 22 at Truist Park in Atlanta, prior to the start of the 2020 regular season.