Another week is almost in the books on this Friday and what a week it was for North American sports — particularly in the collegiate realm.
Here is a quick breakdown of the latest voices from USA TODAY Sports on what has transpired over the past 48 hours.
- Christine Brennan examines where college football stands in the wake of the Ivy League announcement, with quotes from Ohio State AD Gene Smith.
- Big Ten commish Kevin Warren strikes an ominous warning about whether his league will play sports at all this fall.
- John Adams of the Knoxville News Sentinel implores the SEC to follow the Big Ten’s lead and announce a conference-only schedule.
- Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star on G5 schools losing out on Big Ten paydays and the “death by a thousand cuts” of the constant drip of cancelations.
Here is the rest of the news from the Gator Nation.
Around the Swamp
- How strong is Florida football head coach Dan Mullen’s job security?: So, after two successful seasons in Gainesville which resulted in New Year’s Six Bowl titles, how safe is coach Dan Mullen’s job?
- Big Ten opts for conference-only football schedule this coming fall: The Big Ten athletic conference announced on Thursday that its member schools will play a conference-only schedule for the upcoming 2020 football season.
- Revisiting Florida football’s top recruiting class of the decade in 2010: The Gators had the nation’s top recruiting class in 2010, but a series of factors such as coaching changes and bad injury luck kept it from manifesting on the field, and the class preceded one of the most frustrating periods in modern program history.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
Eyes on the future… 👀
🐺 – 2026 in Raleigh, NC
🐊 – 2032 in The Swamp#GoGators pic.twitter.com/l6xy8VHJmd— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) July 9, 2020
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