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Here are three things you need to know about the Hyundai Sun Bowl. Christian McCaffrey announced he will skip Stanford’s bowl game to concentrated on the NFL Draft. – Unfortunately, this game will be played without Stanford star running back Christian McCaffrey, who has chosen not to play in the bowl game to focus on his NFL future. Continue to Article

December 29, 2016 10:36:am EST

No. 16 Stanford (9-3, Pac-12) vs. North Carolina (8-4, ACC), 2 p.m. EST Friday (CBS), in El Paso, Texas Continue to Article

December 29, 2016 2:17:am EST

Stanford junior running back Christian McCaffrey won't play in order to begin training for the NFL draft, while North Carolina's Elijah Hood is out because of medical reasons. The 18th-ranked Cardinal (9-3) will move on with an expanded role for speedy running back Bryce Love while North Carolina might put even more on the plate of junior Mitch Trubisky, arguably the top quarterback prospect for the 2017 draft. "He's an every-down back," Stanford coach David Shaw said of the 5-foot-10, 187-pound sophomore. Continue to Article

December 25, 2016 11:07:pm EST

North Carolina junior tailback Elijah Hood won't play in the Sun Bowl against Stanford due to medical reasons but will return to the team in 2017 instead of entering the NFL draft. In a statement from the school, Hood said he was ''disappointed I cannot be with my football brothers'' for the bowl game as he stays in North Carolina to recover, but said he was eager to return to school for his season season. The school didn't specify the nature of Hood's medical issues. Continue to Article

December 22, 2016 6:47:pm EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina again faces an NCAA charge for providing improper extra benefits tied to its multi-year academic fraud scandal. Continue to Article

December 22, 2016 1:28:pm EST

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