The Rock Chalkboard

A complete breakdown of KU football's 2020 schedule
For Kansas, this would indicate that games against New Hampshire (Sep. 5), Boston College (Sep. 19), and Coastal Carolina (Sep. 26) could be wiped from the calendar and the Jayhawks would be tasked with an entire slate of Big 12 opponents. KU is 7-90 in Big 12 play dating back to 2009.

Nonetheless, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby told CBS Sports last Thursday that “it’s a little early” to make any decision regarding the 2020 schedule.

2022 OT Mark Welch 'beyond blessed' to receive KU football offer
"Me and coach Dearmon, we've been talking every week or so," Welch told Phog.net "They've been evaluating my film, and he called me this morning to let me know I had the offer. It was a blessing."

Bill Self pledges support for minority leadership initiative
"We certainly have a ... shortage of minorities — primarily Black [people] — having the same opportunities that whites do in the sports that provide our livelihood, entertainment," Self said in the Star's forum. "We've got to have more opportunities for young people to get involved in our profession. If college basketball is primarily made up of Black kids at a high level that go on and want to play professional sports, basketball, whatever, and then they want to get into coaching, there's not opportunities for those guys to get into coaching now."

Robert Regan closing in on making his decision
“It’s my birthday in September, that’s another reason why I wanted to wait it out a bit and commit then,” Regan said. “It’s not looking like we’ll be able to take any visits though so I’m starting to feel good about what I want to do and I’m going to commit later this week.

What a conference-only slate should look like for Power 5 teams
Conference-only schedules provide the Power 5 conferences and other FBS members flexibility to schedule and, also, the ability to enforce universal protocols across its campuses and athletics departments. Non-conference games would complicate the process, with separate conferences with different testing, quarantine and isolation guidelines also attempting to agree on dates that provide little-to-no-flexibility if postponement is required.

Bits o Chalk

QB Shedeur Sanders, son of Deion Sanders, commits to Florida Atlantic
"I wanted to write my own legacy, FAU gave me a opportunity to do that! I trust the staff," Shedeur Sanders told ESPN's Gerry Hamilton in a text message. "[Owls coach] Willie Taggart was the first coach to offer me a opportunity to play at the next level."

NFL unveils Oakley Mouth Shield to combat coronavirus
The Oakley Mouth Shield -- a product designed by Oakley in collaboration with doctors and engineers from the NFL and NFL Players Association to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus on the field of play -- is expected to be distributed to all 32 teams over the next week, when it will receive a test drive on a much larger scale than it has gotten to date.

Rockets' Russell Westbrook tests positive for coronavirus
The NBA announced coronavirus test results Monday. Of 322 players tested since arriving in the Orlando bubble, two were positive and have left the campus to isolate at home or in isolation housing. The league said that since July 1, 19 players have tested positive.

Source - Titans and Derrick Henry not expected to reach long-term deal by Wednesday deadline
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry and the team are not expected to reach a long-term deal by Wednesday's deadline for franchise players, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Washington's NFL alumni: Name change doesn't erase history - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN
"We played because that was our job and what we wanted to do," said Williams, the team's current senior vice president of player development. "Players don't come thinking, 'I'm going to play for this slur name.' That's not on their minds. All they know is they're playing in the NFC East and they're playing the Dallas [Cowboys], the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles."

Eraser Dust

Man flashes gun when told to wear mask at BBQ restaurant | The Kansas City Star
“I asked him if he could wear a mask, since it’s what Gov. Kelly told us to do,” said Kinsey, 18, who was working shifts at the barbecue joint this summer before heading off to college. He had dealt with a handful of customers who refused to wear masks inside the restaurant despite the statewide mandate — but none like this, he said.

The man said he had an exemption to the mask order: He then lifted up his shirt, revealing a gun in a holster on his hip.

CA Gov. Newsom Closes Indoor Services At Restaurants, Movie Theaters – Deadline
As a result, “We are moving back into a ‘modification mode’ of our original stay-at-home order,” said Newsom. “This is a new statewide action, effective today.”

Orange County school Board of Education wants schools to reopen, no social distancing: report | Fox News
The conservative-leaning Orange County Board of Education in California on Monday evening voted in favor of guidelines that call for the reopening district schools in time for fall classes and said it would not require social distancing and mask-wearing for its students.

WHO says U.S. and Brazil accounted for half of new daily coronavirus cases
The U.S. and Brazil reported 111,319 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, roughly half of all the new cases disclosed to health authorities worldwide, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Kalispell store closed due to new cleaning protocol, customers given different reason | KECI
A viewer told NBC Montana the Walgreens store in Kalispell closed on Friday. The viewer and his fiancee, who want to remain anonymous, say they were given two different reasons for the closure.

They say they spoke to a Walgreens employee who told them they closed due to COVID cleaning.