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Florida State plans to allow fans to tailgate before the start of 2020 home football games with restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

Florida State plans to allow fans to tailgate before the start of 2020 home football games with restrictions in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: FSU will allow tailgating before football games

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Florida State will offer tailgating options for all of its home football games during the 2020 season, but it is asking Seminoles fans to follow safety protocol due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Jacksonville Jaguars placed tight end Josh Oliver on injured reserve with a broken foot. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

The Jacksonville Jaguars placed tight end Josh Oliver on injured reserve with a broken foot. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

NFL: Jags place Oliver on IR, ending his season prematurely again

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, August 20, 2020
JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville Jaguars placed tight end Josh Oliver on injured reserve Thursday, prematurely ending his season for the second consecutive year. Oliver broke his left foot while running during a non-contract drill Sunday and had surgery two days later.
Florida quarterback Kyle Trask throws a pass over Tennessee defensive lineman Matthew Butler last season. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Florida quarterback Kyle Trask throws a pass over Tennessee defensive lineman Matthew Butler last season. (AP FILE PHOTO)

CORONAVIRUS: NCAA recommends free year of eligibility for fall

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
College athletes who play fall sports, including football, will be given a free year of eligibility no matter how much they compete over the next 10 months if an NCAA recommendation is approved later this week.
Columbia quarterback Kade Jackson throws during conditioning last summer. (FILE)

Columbia quarterback Kade Jackson throws during conditioning last summer. (FILE)

CORONAVIRUS: Columbia County will start fall practices Aug. 24, but football will have to wait

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Fall sports will begin in Columbia County on Aug. 24 — except for football. Columbia superintendent Lex Carswell announced Tuesday that while practices for volleyball, cross country, golf, swimming and girls bowling are allowed to start next Monday, football won’t be able to until Sept. 7.
Florida receiver Aubrey Hill, shown here during a game in 1994, caught 18 touchdown passes during his Gators career in the '90s. (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES/TNS)

Florida receiver Aubrey Hill, shown here during a game in 1994, caught 18 touchdown passes during his Gators career in the '90s. (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: FIU says assistant Aubrey Hill, former UF standout, dies after cancer fight

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, August 16, 2020
MIAMI — FIU said Sunday night that wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill, a standout player at Florida before becoming a longtime coach at Miami and other places, has died after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 48.
Columbia running back Tony Fulton runs up the field against Ponte Vedra in last year’s regional quarterfinals. (FILE)

Columbia running back Tony Fulton runs up the field against Ponte Vedra in last year’s regional quarterfinals. (FILE)

CORONAVIRUS: FHSAA board votes to start fall practices Aug. 24 & games on Sept. 4

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, August 14, 2020
The Florida High School Athletic Association board of directors voted on Friday to begin fall practices Aug. 24 and games two weeks later on Sept. 4, despite its Sports Medicine Advisory Committee recommending a later start as the state continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.