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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Georgia’s defense was nearly invincible for three months, allowing less than a touchdown per game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The chances that the Kansas City Chiefs would spend Sunday night celebrating their record sixth straight AFC West title seemed slim last week when Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce headlined an outbreak of COVID-19 within the team.

MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s football and basketball coaches sent their players home for Christmas as scheduled this week, but not without some trepidation. COVID-19 outbreaks have wreaked havoc with sporting events nationwide in recent days, forcing postponements and cancellations across the college and professional ranks.

LAWRENCE — Kansas men’s basketball will no longer face Harvard on Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse, as the Ivy League team announced Sunday the contest had been canceled “due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within” the Crimson program.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Perhaps Washington wanted to embarrass Dallas when it brought climate-controlled, “WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM”-branded benches to the moderate-temperature sideline of a “Sunday Night Football” matchup with the Cowboys.

NORMAN – Bob Stoops had no way of knowing if the players would listen to him, much less trust him. Sure, he has a statue outside the football stadium and is part of Oklahoma’s holy trinity of coaches – Bud, Barry and Bob – but he wasn’t sure any of that would resonate with the current Sooners.

MANHATTAN — Bruce Weber had toyed with the idea for some time, and on Sunday at Nebraska the Kansas State basketball coach decided it was time to pull the trigger. Point guards Nijel Pack and Markquis Nowell were simply too valuable to keep one of them on the bench.

MANHATTAN — It appears Skylar Thompson is on track to lead Kansas State’s offense in the Texas Bowl. K-State coach Chris Klieman stopped just short Tuesday of guaranteeing that his sixth-year senior quarterback will be ready to go when the Wildcats face LSU on Jan.

Adding to an indelible list, Garden City Community College defensive back Keylon Kennedy and left tackle Isaiah Adams were named to the NJCAA All-America first team on Tuesday. Kennedy, a two-time All-American and the Jayhawk defensive player of the year, will go down as one of the best shutdown corners to come through the Garden City program.