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Rookie Rodrigo Blankenship, who kicks field goals and extra points for the Colts, also handled kickoffs on Sunday.
COLTS PUNTER RIGOBERTO SANCHEZ SAYS HE’LL HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE CANCEROUS TUMORMATT BONESTEELNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIt had a scheduled open date, then an unscheduled open date when Florida State canceled last week’s game a few hours before kickoff over covid concerns, which did not go over well with Swinney.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WINNERS AND LOSERS: PAC-12 PLAYOFF HOPES DISAPPEAR WITH OREGON’S LOSSPATRICK STEVENSNOVEMBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POSTSarah Fuller becomes the first woman to kick for a Power Five school with this kickoff.
VANDERBILT’S SARAH FULLER BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO PLAY IN A POWER FIVE FOOTBALL GAMECINDY BOREN, MATT BONESTEELNOVEMBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe attention-starved Power Five conference is experimenting with early kickoffs this season to see if it can boost TV ratings and give Pac-12 teams a bigger share of the national spotlight.
FOX SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREGAME SHOW HOSTS WILL MISS SATURDAY’S BROADCASTMATT BONESTEELNOVEMBER 5, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThis week, we talk to Laura about the challenges of doing rigorous reporting on a topic that a lot of people don’t take seriously and share the kickoff episode of her otherworldly new series.
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