California’s state-funded travel ban to discriminating states raises mild football scheduling concerns

The state of California is banning state-funded travel to the states of Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, and South Dakota. Those states are added to the previous state-funded travel bans that included Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee due to what California lawmakers say are laws that allow for discrimination against gay and transgender people. So what does this have to do with college football? My colleague, Bryan, notes this latest decision from the state means scheduling any potential road games for a handful of schools just got a tad trickier. This development poses a couple of issues for some California schools to address moving forward. San Jose State is the school affected by

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  California Pac-12 public schools can’t travel to certain states, per California state law

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  California Has Its Own Travel Ban, and It's Expanding

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BYU wearing special patch in honor of LaVell Edwards

BYU got the summer media day fun started on Friday with their football media day. BYU tends to pull out all the stops on its media day with coach and player interviews, alumni returning, and a handful of announcements about the future of the program. In addition to news about their relationship with ESPN, BYU also announced the football team will be sporting a patch this season in honor of the late LaVell Edwards. In addition to players wearing the patch on their jerseys, BYU coaches will also wear the patch on their sleeves. Edwards passed away in December at the age of 86. The BYU coaching legend spent 29 seasons on the sidelines in Provo and accumulated 257 wins along the way. Among those