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With circulating reports that the Big Ten is expected to reinstate 2020 fall season and start on October 17, Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports spoke to Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez about the program’s potential return to football and learned that Paul Chryst and company “could have a team ready in three weeks.”
Spoke to Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez. The Badgers are on pause, but Alvarez said they are poised to play *if* the Big Ten returns. “Paul (Chryst) and I are on the same page on this. We can have our guys ready. We could have a team ready in 3 weeks. We feel comfortable with that.”
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 12, 2020
Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that “the 14-member Council of Presidents and Chancellors is scheduled to briefed Sunday on the medical updates,” and that “the council could approve the plan Sunday or Monday.”
So the math works out that if the council opts to reinstate the season in the coming days there would be a full month until the target start date of October 17. Big Ten teams, then, would have more than enough time to prepare for the season and have a team ready for when mid-October finally comes around.
After an interesting and confusing month of August it looks like the Big Ten has finally turned the corner towards playing, news that will be music to the ears of Badger fans–obviously if it is able to be done safely.