With the first full day of college football upon us, not all hope is lost surrounding the Big Ten playing this fall. Today, according to Heather Dinich and Adam Rittenberg of ESPN, the medical subcommittee of the Big Ten conference will present new testing programs to presidents and chancellors.
According to the ESPN report, eight of the 14 presidents and chancellors will be in attendance and the presentation will center around rapid response tests that could be used in Big Ten college football this fall.
A conference source reportedly told ESPN that the medical situation is “light years different than it was five weeks ago.”
Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez is leading the return to competition task force alongside Penn State AD Sandy Barbous and Northwestern AD Jim Phillips. The ball is still in the presidents and chancellors court as we await another possible vote. Will they vote, when will they vote, how will they vote? These are questions that still lack answers, but there is renewed hope given recent medical advancements.