RB Williams lone UNLV player on preseason all-league team
Senior Charles Williams is UNLV’S lone player on the preseason All-mountain West football team. The 5-foot-9-inch, 190-pound running back was an all-league selection in 2019 and claimed one of two running back spots on the preseason team, joining Wyoming junior Xazavian Valladay. Williams ran for a league-high 1,257 yards and scored 11 touchdowns in 2019.
Defending champion Boise State led the league with eight preseason selections, including sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier. San Diego State and Colorado
State followed with four picks apiece. The Rebels were predicted to finish last in the
West division in the league’s preseason poll.
Pittsburgh: Athletic director Heather
Lyke asked Senate Judiciary Committee members to prohibit college sports betting. Lyke, who appeared remotely, testified Atlantic Coast Conference presidents unanimously oppose gambling over concerns for the wellbeing of the student body and athletes and potential threats to competitions’ integrity.
West Virginia: Defensive coordinator
Vic Koenning agreed to part ways with the football team a month after sophomore safety Kerry Martin alleged the 60-year-old made a series of insensitive remarks, including against Hispanics. Koenning, who had two seasons left on his contract, will be paid $590,000.
Connecticut: Former basketball forward Stanley Robinson died Tuesday of undisclosed causes at a Birmingham, Alabama, family residence. He was 32. Robinson averaged 9.8 points and 6.2 rebounds in 103 Huskies starts from 2006 to 2010.
New Mexico: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wrote to New Mexico and New Mexico State regents, board members and administrators urging them to postpone fall sports.
Toledo: Jason Candle became the first Football Bowl Subdivision coach to publicly announce a positive COVID-19 test. The 40-year-old said he is asymptomatic.
NCAA: The football oversight committee asked the association’s Board of Governors to avoid making a decision Friday on whether to conduct fall championships this year.