The Minnesota football team's boycott started with a bold demand for apologies and a threat to skip a bowl game if 10 teammates suspended after a sexual assault investigation weren't reinstated.

It ended less than 36 hours later, the university leadership never blinking and the players backing down amid pressure from many who read details of the allegations.

The Golden Gophers players announced Saturday that they planned to play in the Holiday Bowl, abandoning their boycott after two days of meetings with attorneys, university president Eric Kaler and athletic director Mark Coyle.

“As a team we understand that what has occurred these last few days and playing football for the University of Minnesota is larger than just us,” wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky said.

The school denied the players' request to reinstate the suspended players. The team will now go ahead with its Dec. 27 game against Washington State in San Diego after getting assurances that those accused will get a fair hearing next month.

Wolitarsky said after many hours of team discussion and speaking with Kaler, “it became clear that our original request of having the 10 suspensions overturned was not going to happen.”

Four players were initially suspended for three games earlier this season while the police investigated allegations by a woman who said several players pressured her into having sex with them after a season-opening win over Oregon State. No arrests or charges were made, and the players, who maintained the sex was consensual, were reinstated after a judge lifted a restraining order.

ACC fines Louisville, Virginia Tech for role in Wake scandal:The Atlantic Coast Conference has fined Louisville and Virginia Tech $25,000 each after reviewing the findings of a Wake Forest investigation that concluded a former Demon Deacons assistant coach-turned-broadcaster leaked game plans to opponents.

The league said its review and follow-up discussions with the schools indicated that game-plan information for four of Wake Forest's games was provided to three schools over a three-year period from 2014 to 2016 — Virginia Tech in 2014, Louisville in 2016 and Army West Point in 2014 and 2016.

Video of Oklahoma RB Mixon punching woman released: A video showing Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon punching a female student was released to the Associated Press on Friday.

Last week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the release of a video that the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters sued to obtain.

The video shows Amelia Molitor shoving Mixon, and the football player feinting at her. She then slaps both sides of his neck before he punches her in the face with his right hand. She falls, and remains on the floor for several minutes.

Mixon pleaded guilty to assault after the incident in July 2014 and was suspended for his freshman season. Molitor suffered multiple injuries, including a broken jaw and cheekbone. Mixon did not serve jail time and was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.