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FBS Notebook: Ohio State dismisses RB Dunn

The Sports Xchange

July 18, 2016 at 5:00 pm.

Bri'onte Dunn (25) is no longer with the Buckeyes. Photo Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Bri’onte Dunn (25) is no longer with the Buckeyes. Photo Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer announced that running back Bri’onte Dunn has been dismissed for a violation of team rules.

The fifth-year senior’s release stemmed from “an altercation with a female,” Jordan Strack of the Toledo-based WTOL reported.

In three seasons with the Buckeyes, Dunn had 291 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 49 carries. He was in position to battle redshirt freshman Mike Weber for the starting job, Cleveland.com reports.

Dunn’s best season came in 2012, when he rushed for a career-high 133 yards and a pair of scores on 25 carries over 26 games.

–Six years of negotiations are about to make Atlantic Coast Conference schools and fans happy as the ACC soon will become the fourth of the five power conferences to have its own network.

ESPN is reporting that the ACC and ESPN have agreed to a 20-year deal that includes the long-anticipated ACC cable channel and rights extension through the 2035-36 academic year.

Details of the new ACC network are expected to be revealed Thursday during the conference’s football kickoff event in Charlotte.

The ACC will join the Big Ten, SEC and Pacific 12 when its network launches, which is expected in 2019.

–Kickoffs, viewed as more of a health risk than other plays, might be an endangered species in college football.

According to Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, the American Football Coaches Association’s board of trustees and the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee both have held at least informal discussions regarding the abolishment of kickoffs.

No rule changes are forthcoming this year, and the discussion has not reached the level of the NCAA rules committee.