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ESPN has laid off about 5,000 employees since 2015. Now, the network has signed a gargantuan contract to land SEC football. This, during a pandemic and cord-cutting.

Texas A&M will not have enough scholarship players on its roster this weekend because of COVID, leading CBS to scramble for a replacement game. Something CBS didn't do last week after another cancellation.

Former players and fellow staff members shared condolences following Schlarman's death from cancer on Thursday.

The SEC has its first two postponements of the season, with LSU's trip to Florida and Missouri home game against Vanderbilt both called off.

This comes as Alabama, ranked No. 2 in the country, is scheduled to host No. 3 Georgia this Saturday in Tuscaloosa. There have already been two postponed SEC games this week.

Some Florida players who tested positive for COVID said they had runny noses and headaches prior to last weekend's game at Texas A&M, but they shrugged it off and never told their team until afterward.

Here is the latest news, rankings and predictions following a wild weekend of college football. Also, here are the games to watch this week and weekend.

The ACC has two games matching unranked teams this weekend. Though the SEC's Tennessee-Georgia game is intriguing, the ACC has more at stake.

There's an unlikely frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy, a shakeup in the Big 12, defending champs going down in a loss, two ACC teams that can beat Clemson and a new set of weekly rankings, with a new No. 1.

The Big Ten has also lagged behind with its return during COVID-19, but at least the Big Ten blazed a trail to postpone sports, and to their abrupt return. The Pac-12 has remained a few steps behind.

The Pac-12's return means that all Power 5 conferences will be in the mix when it comes to the College Football Playoff for the 2020 season.

Two teams from the old South have planned a social justice demonstration for their game this Saturday in Mississippi.

Seven Notre Dame players tested positive for COVID-19, postponing this weekend's game at Wake Forest. More than 20 major college games have been shuffled. Meanwhile, the SEC kicks off this weekend.

The Big Ten presidents on Wednesday reversed their course from August, when they postponed all Fall sports. Here's what it will look like now with a modified Fall schedule.

The ACC and Big 12 kicked off their football seasons this weekend, and the SEC is scheduled to start on Sept. 26. The Big Ten could have decided Sunday to start in October, but school presidents never voted.

The Tar Heels are scheduled to begin its season Sept. 12 at home against ACC foe Syracuse.

The legendary actor and martial artist, who can allegedly dribble a bowling ball, recently weighed in on the importance of sports in America.

Lawrence is projected to be one of the Heisman hopefuls for the 2020 season and possibly a No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL next spring. He said teams need to remain together for the players to avoid catching COVID-19.

Power 5 commissioners held an emergency meeting to discuss the 2020 season. The Big Ten presidents could be the first to vote against playing football this fall, reports indicate.

Each team in 2020 will play two additional games against opponents from the other division this season.

Myles Brennan went from budding starter in spring drills to swinging an axe and doing workouts with trees on his back while at home for most of the coronavirus quarantine.

The SEC had 15 players selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday night. Here are the players who made that record happen.

The hire by LSU doesn't mean coach Ed Orgeron is trying to keep up with the Joneses, it means he's trying to keep up with the LSU Tigers.

Syed Arham Arbab, 22, admitted to defrauding 117 investors of thousands of dollars, and faces up to five years in prison.

Tesla shares fell as much as 13 percent in the wake of the SEC's fraud charges against Musk.

"I have always taken action in the best interests of truth, transparency and investors."

Tesla said "the matter should be quickly resolved."

Billionaire technologist Musk said multiple meetings with a Saudi wealth fund, which recently bought almost 5 percent of Tesla stock through the public markets, had taken place over the past two years.

Elon Musk dropped a bombshell on Twitter.

"I believe Coinbase has engaged in fraud by knowingly marketing a service it knows it cannot actually provide," one complaint said.