Yesterday, two of the “Big Five” college football conferences announced that they were postponing their seasons . . . and that’s a HUGE blow to the NCAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Big Ten voted<\/a> to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, with the hopes of playing in the spring. The Big Ten<\/a> includes schools like Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Purdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, the Pac-12 followed suit<\/a> . . . also nixing sports through the end of the year. The Pac-12 schools include: UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, and Stanford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for the other conferences, the ACC and SEC say<\/a> their fall football plans remain unchanged . . . and the Big 12 is leaning toward<\/a> playing this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outside of the Big Five, the Mid-American Conference<\/a> and the Mountain West<\/a> conference are also abandoning fall sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, does this mean college football in 2020 is doomed<\/a>? Not quite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s possible for the remaining Big Five conferences to continue . . . the SEC previously switched to an all-conference schedule, and the ACC and Big 12 plan on playing a conference-only-plus-one<\/a> schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But with the Big Ten and Pac-12 out . . . it’s becoming increasingly difficult for the other conferences to justify playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, shutting down college sports isn’t ideal on a lot of fronts . . . but we’re STILL in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic, and the health ramifications of the virus are still being studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the flip-side, others believe that America “needs” college sports right now, and they want to see it happen, regardless of the fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legendary college coach Lou Holtz<\/strong> is one of them. He compared the coronavirus to D-Day . . . quote, “When they stormed Normandy, they knew there were going to be casualties . . . there were going to be risks.” (Here’s video<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n