Boy, that escalated quickly.
There has been plenty of talk about how the college football season is going to be played. Some have said it can happen in the fall without fans, others say completely in the spring, but many believe a 2020 college football season in some capacity, including Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley.
“I think it’s impossible to predict when we’ll have a season, but I’m extremely confident that we will have a season at some point,” he said on Apr. 6. “It may look different. The schedule may look different. Fans in the stands may look different. Starting times may be different—we don’t know and we have to be ready to adjust.
“Football is important. It’s important to this country. I think it’s important to just the morale of the country overall, but it’s obviously not the most important thing. I do feel like we live in a great country. I think we’ll find a way to band together to beat this and I do feel like we’ll be playing football here very shortly.”
The ideas for a season took a major turn for the (insert whatever adjective here) on Monday as a story with quotes from Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby hit Twitter.
Because of possibility of flu season/coronavirus causing issues in Nov, Dec, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby told The Athletic's Seth Davis that "one of the [college football] models we’re looking at is a split season where some games happen in the fall and some happen in"spring
— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) April 27, 2020
“I actually think we have a chance to start on time,” he told Seth Davis of The Athletic*. “Whether or not we can get the season done is another matter. When flu season starts again in November and December, you could see that ship sink in a hurry. One of the models we’re looking at is a split season where some games happen in the fall and some happen in the spring.”
Oklahoma is set to begin the season on Sept. 5 against Missouri State. The Sooners first game of Nov. is on Nov. 7 on the road at TCU. That would mean Oklahoma could get through seven games if Bowlsby’s idea comes to fruition.
No official word has been made on the 2020 college football season by anybody yet.
*This quote came from a story behind The Athletic’s paywall. You must subscribe to read the story.
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