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Army hosts Navy for 1st time in 77 years due to COVID-19
Read full article: Army hosts Navy for 1st time in 77 years due to COVID-19“There’s a chill that goes through you unlike any other game," Niumatalolo said. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in 77 years the game will be played at West Point’s venerable Michie Stadium. Navy (3-6) leads Army (7-2) 61-52-7 in the series, which started in 1890 when West Point cadet Dennis Michie accepted a challenge from Navy to play a football game. “There's so much history in both of these schools, so we're playing for so much more than just football," Army senior offensive lineman J.B. Hunter said. We're just going to hope that what we do is going to work.”Navy is unbeaten in three games at West Point and won the previous encounter 13-0 in 1943, when the great Glenn Davis was a plebe at West Point.
Vikings RB Cook up vs. Packers, who keep LT Bakhtiari out
Read full article: Vikings RB Cook up vs. Packers, who keep LT Bakhtiari out(AP Photo/John Froschauer)Dalvin Cook is back for the Minnesota Vikings from a one-game absence, his injured groin cleared to play in Green Bay. Packers: QB Jordan Love, CB Kevin King, S Raven Greene, RB Aaron Jones, LB Randy Ramsey, OT David Bakhtiari, DL Billy Winn. ___LOS ANGELES RAMS AT MIAMIRams: RB Raymond Calais, OL Brian Allen, WR Trishton Jackson, TE Brycen Hopkins, DL A’Shawn Robinson. Dolphins: RB/WR Lynn Bowden Jr., RB Salvon Ahmed, FB Chandler Cox, CB Jamal Perry, RB Jordan Howard, DE Jason Strowbridge. Bengals: K Austin Seibert, WR John Ross III, RB Joe Mixon, OG Michael Jordan, C Trey Hopkins, OT Bobby Hart, OT Jonah Williams.
Dolphins players recover from COVID-19, donate plasma to help fight virus
Read full article: Dolphins players recover from COVID-19, donate plasma to help fight virusThe Dolphins announced Thursday that several of their players have recovered from COVID-19. Many of those players took a moment to try and help out in the fight against the virus. Rookie running back Malcolm Perry and linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel were among the players who donated convalescent plasma on OneBloods Big Red Bus. Because antibodies to the virus remain in the plasma portion of the blood after fighting off coronavirus, transfusing plasma from a person who has recovered from COVID-19 into a patient fighting the virus can boost their immune system. I was surprised initially but was happy because I was presented with the opportunity to give back and donate plasma and help people in need, Perry said via the Dolphins.
STAT WATCH: FBS record for TD passes among feats by Burrow
Read full article: STAT WATCH: FBS record for TD passes among feats by Burrow(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy, the national championship and set the Football Bowl Subdivision record for touchdown passes in a season. The caveat: Gordon threw 160 more passes than Burrow, who averaged 378.1 yards per game. Burrow, the ninth quarterback and 16th player to win the Heisman and national title in the same season, ended the season with 60 TD passes against just six interceptions. Burrow went into the championship game against Clemson on track to set the FBS season completion record. CHOO CHOO CHUBAChuba Hubbard won the national rushing title, and he announced Monday he'll return to Oklahoma State to defend it.