10 Years Ago College Football

Your live sports feed from a decade ago. Posted in real time.

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The NCAA is proposing to limit full-contact football practices to one per week during the season, citing player-safety and concussion research. The recommendation would apply across Division I if adopted.

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MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher says satellite camps need limits, adding to the offseason debate over their use. The NCAA reversed a proposed ban in April, leaving the camps in place for now.

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ESPN's Mountain West forecast puts Boise State and San Diego State on a collision course for the 2016 title. The Aztecs return Donnel Pumphrey, the FBS active career rushing leader.

Can a Group of Five champion force its way into the New Year's Six again?

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BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe says the Cougars would join the Big 12 in football only, keeping their other sports in the West Coast Conference.

BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF remain among the names in the Big 12's expansion review.

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The College Football Playoff is moving its semifinals off New Year's Eve. After 2015 semifinal ratings fell 36 percent, games slated for Dec. 31 shift to late-December Saturdays beginning in 2018 — Dec. 29 that year, Dec. 28 in 2019.

Executive director Bill Hancock, who said last year the semifinals were "absolutely locked" into New Year's Eve, calls the change "the right thing to do for our fans."

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Louisville has accepted the resignation of university president James Ramsey following a prolonged period of governance turmoil, amid ongoing scrutiny of the university's leadership and finances.

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Former Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott has been acquitted of DUI and speeding in Starkville Municipal Court. Two breathalyzer samples were ruled invalid and insufficient, and the officer who initiated the stop was not certified to run radar at the time.

Prescott, a fourth-round pick, reports to Cowboys camp this week.

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Former Alabama defensive line coach Bo Davis will join the Jacksonville Jaguars as an intern.

Davis left the Crimson Tide staff earlier this year amid an NCAA recruiting inquiry.

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The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame's 2016 college watch list is out: 38 players from 24 schools.

Washington DL Vita Vea, Oklahoma OL Dru Samia, and Texas Tech DL Breiden Fehoko headline the group.

BYU leads all schools with six selections: Harvey Langi, Kai Nacua, Travis Tuiloma, Ului Lapuaho, Logan Taele, and Sae Tautu.

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Florida State and West Virginia are nearing a home-and-home series for 2020, per sources.

Two programs locking in a future non-conference headliner.

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Jarrett Stidham has been granted his release from Baylor.

The sophomore QB threw 12 TDs as a true freshman before an ankle injury ended his season. Several SEC Programs have reached out.

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Treon Harris is transferring out of Florida. The former starter threw for over 1,900 yards last season before losing the job.

Luke Del Rio and Austin Appleby now have the QB room to themselves in Gainesville.

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Sun Belt commissioner says his league is stable despite all the Big 12 expansion noise.

Everybody's watching the Big 12 right now. Nobody wants to be the one who gets raided.

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Harbaugh takes the podium in Chicago and the room can't keep up. He talks NASCAR, soccer, and whether he invented the word "meritocracy."

Year two in Ann Arbor. Michigan hasn't won the East yet, but nobody's picking against them either.

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Media days open in Chicago with Nebraska's chairs empty. Mike Riley, Tommy Armstrong Jr., Josh Banderas and Jordan Westerkamp are all home in Lincoln.

Sam Foltz and Mike Sadler are on everyone's mind here today.

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Baylor is paying interim head coach Jim Grobe $1.25 million for the season, per report.

The former Wake Forest coach came out of retirement in May to take over a program in crisis.

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Iowa DL Faith Ekakitie says he was held at gunpoint by Iowa City police last week after being mistaken for a bank robbery suspect while playing Pokémon GO in a park.

The senior wrote on Facebook that it was the first time he's ever feared for his life. He also thanked the officers for their professionalism.

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Hundreds gathered outside Memorial Stadium this afternoon for Sam Foltz, by the Osborne and Berringer statue. The scoreboard reads simply: SF.

Mike Riley and Nebraska's captains have withdrawn from Big Ten Media Days. Football can wait.

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Watson (5/1), Fournette (6/1), and McCaffrey (7/1) top the Heisman board, with J.T. Barrett at 12/1 and Baker Mayfield at 10/1.

Three finalists from last season are back. Does one of them finally get it, or does someone nobody's listed take it?

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Brian Kelly says the Irish have TWO proven winners at quarterback, and he plans to play them both.

Malik Zaire: 3-0 as a starter. DeShone Kizer: 8-3 taking over last fall.