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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will pay $5 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to file forms disclosing information about their equity investments.

It's been a while, but we're back with another installment of our BYU sports mailbag series. This week, Daily Universe Assistant Sports Editor Jackson Payne discusses your questions regarding college football's power conference insanity, various offseason storylines around BYU athletics and more.

Revisiting BYU Football's lone matchup against Alabama

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Alabama set an SEC record with 12 players taken in the 2018 NFL draft, including four in the first round.

There are some commonly held beliefs about BYU's all-sports access card, the BYU ROC Pass, but not all of them are true. Here are a few points of view on some of these myths.

BYU may have more scheduling options in the future following a change in the Big Ten's scheduling policy.

ESPN’s Brett McMurphy announced Thursday via Twitter that BYU and Mississippi State have agreed to a home-and-home football series. The Bulldogs of the SEC will come to Provo in 2016 and will host the Cougars in 2017.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The news came only an hour following a McMurphy report that starting in 2016, games against Notre Dame, BYU and Army will fulfill the SEC requirement to play at least one non-conference Power Five team.

BYU football's Independent status comes with its perks — one being the opportunity to schedule LSU in the Houston Texans' stadium for the 2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff game.

By Kristian Ekenes and Stacie Carnley