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Inside the college basketball eligibility chaos as conferences push back on returning pros

Probably the most common descriptor of college athletics over the past three years: chaos. It's never been more true, or more destabilizing, than what's been transpiring in football and men's basketball in the past month. Former college football players who participated in NFL training camps this month are trying to return to college. (CBS Sports)

ESPN Removing BottomLine Ticker on College Football Games

ESPN is getting rid of its BottomLine ticker during college football games. As it has already done away with for the College Football Playoff games and other big events like NBA and NHL postseason contests, ESPN will not feature the ticker for regular-season games that air on ABC, ACC Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, and SEC Network. (Front Office Sports)

Big Ten Football Preview: Will Oregon break through to a national title?

Can the Big Ten four-peat? It’s certainly possible. The league does not lack for national title contenders, as evidenced by the Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks and Indiana Hoosiers all ranked in the top six of the preseason AP poll. That’s the same trio that finished atop the Big Ten standings a year ago (and combined to go 26-1 in league play). (NBC Sports)

College Football Week 0 Schedule: Top Games, TV Channels, Streaming, Previews

Week 0 opens overseas with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. It is the first international game in North Carolina history and TCU's first game outside the United States. The matchup also gives the teams a second consecutive season-opening meeting. UNC running back Demon June arrives on the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list. (FOX Sports)

ACC joins other Power 4 conferences in banning professional athletes from returning to college

The ACC's resolution bans players who had previously declared for the NFL, NBA, or WNBA drafts and did not withdraw before the draft; players who signed with the NFL or another professional football league, NBA/G-League or WNBA; or any player listed on any roster for an NFL or other professional football league, NBA/G-League or WNBA team. (ESPN)

Video: IC Podcast - UNC Athletes and the NCAA's Five-for-Five Conundrum

Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina discuss the NCAA's messy failure to take the simple step of grandfathering in the 2022 class to their new five-for-five eligibility rule. And while football and basketball make the biggest headlines, the decisions and legal actions affect the fall Olympic Sports in Chapel Hill. (View Video)

Ole Miss collective operator says school had FBI sweep building for 'bugs' after Lane Kiffin left

Lane Kiffin‘s exit from Ole Miss has been written about plenty, but there are still new revelations being made about how chaotic the process was as he took the coaching job at LSU. According to Walker Jones, the executive director of the Grove Collective, the Ole Miss program asked for help from the FBI to determine whether Kiffin had bugged the team’s offices. (On3.com)

SEC football preview: Can the conference reclaim supremacy?

Can the SEC conquer college football again?When the preseason AP poll came out this week, Big Ten teams (Ohio State, Oregon) occupied the two top spots. Georgia was the top SEC team, ranked No. 3, with Texas checking in at No. 5. No SEC team received a single first-place vote, which is notable — and would have seemed unfathomable a few years ago. (NBC Sports)

Vic Molodet, who led NC State basketball to its first ACC title, dies at age 93

Seventy years separate N.C. State’s first ACC men’s basketball championship and its most recent. One player responsible for the program’s first title died earlier this month, the school announced. “Sending condolences to his family, friends and the entire Wolfpack family,” the program’s announcement stated. Vic Molodet died on Aug. 14 at age 93 in Greensboro. (MSN.com)

Wetzel: Mad about college football eligibility chaos? The NCAA should have seen it coming

College athletics is always about self-dealing and self-interests. They talk a good game about "student-athletes" and paint slogans like "family" and "team" on the weight room wall, but if some NFL camp roster cut might help convert on third down, many won't hesitate to dial up a sympathetic magistrate and bump a sophomore down the depth chart. (ESPN)

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