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FILE - In this July 22, 2021, file photo, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney answers a question during an NCAA college football news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference media days in Charlotte, N.C. Atlantic Coast Conference coaches are counting on high program vaccination rates to minimize risks of illnesses or lineup-depleting contact tracing for the upcoming season. That's meant teams working through the offseason's final weeks toward an 85% threshold of vaccinated players, coaches and staffers. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
ACC teams hope vaccinations reduce COVID-19 setbacks in '21

By Aaron Beard Sep. 01, 2021 01:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, Tennessee players and coaches take part in the Vol Walk at Neyland Stadium before the team's NCAA college football game against Georgia in Knoxville, Tenn. Pre-game traditions are making a return this season, like Tennessee's pre-game Vol Walk, minus the high-fives or any other physical contact with players. No masks will be required--just encouraged--inside Neyland Stadium, the nation's fifth-largest stadium. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)
From burgers to ballgames, SEC fans aiming for normalcy

By John Zenor Sep. 01, 2021 01:40 PM EDT

Harsin: Auburn hasn't reached 85% vaccination threshold

By John Zenor Aug. 25, 2021 03:53 PM EDT
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin expects to be out of COVID-19 quarantine by game week, but said Wednesday that the Tigers' vaccination rate hasn't reached the 85%...

Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin answers a reporter's question following an NCAA college football practice on the Oxford, Miss., campus, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Column: Ole Miss sets shining example in vaccine-wary South

By Paul Newberry Aug. 13, 2021 02:39 PM EDT

Florida head coach Dan Mullen speaks to reporters during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days Monday, July 19, 2021, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Florida to spend training camp in hotel to combat COVID-19

By Mark Long Aug. 05, 2021 05:12 PM EDT

FILE - North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren watches his team warm up prior to the start of an NCAA college football game against Ball State in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. Doeren said the team had three positive coronavirus tests over 2½ months before students returned. Clusters followed and the school soon paused all athletics activities, including football practices for about a week before postponing this weekend's game at Virginia Tech to Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)
For ACC campuses, replicating pro-sports bubbles a challenge

By Aaron Beard Sep. 09, 2020 05:04 PM EDT