4. The Really Big Thing Was …
For some reason the Big Ten decided to release its eight-game conference-only football schedule on Saturday morning just as the games were kicking off, but okay.
At least there’s a schedule now.
The Big Ten was the hardest screw to turn as college football keeps trying to make a 2020 season happen, and that appears to be giving everyone else the green light to find a way to get going, too.
The Pac-12 is trying to figure it out after saying it has improved testing, and now with the Big Ten back, the Mountain West and MAC are looking into making their own seasons happen.
Recaps, Ranking the Games
ACC | Group of Five
CFN 1-90 Rankings | Bowl Projections
Rankings AP | Coaches
Week 4 Early Line Predictions
Hot Seat Coach Rankings
This all but ends any idea of a spring football season for the FBS – the Pac-12 isn’t going to play in the spring on its own if none of the other Power Five conferences are doing it, and it still leaves open the possibility of the FCS having the spotlight to itself if it chooses to play in early 2021.
No Big Ten school chose to sit out and not play, several key players who opted out are looking to get back in, and for all the whining and moaning – hey, Nebraska, how you doin’? – there is a plan for the league to give it a go.
There’s no wiggle room in case a game needs to be pushed to later, and several Big Ten schools are having issues just keeping classes going, but eight games, eight weeks, one championship week.
We really are getting Big Ten football back.
Maybe.
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