What is the timing of a spring football season?
I think when everyone starts talking about a spring season, the assumption is that it’ll fall somewhere around the traditional spring calendar somewhere around March or April. But that might not necessarily be the case.
On a call with reporters on Wednesday, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day stressed the need to begin a spring season in January so that everything can fit neatly before the NFL draft and also give any player that’s going to play two seasons in a calendar year (including the next traditional fall one) time to recover physically.
Clear from Ryan Day's comments that he wants to put the focus on the spring. "We need to start it as soon as we can." He wants an 8-week season the first week of January. Says it will give separation with the fall and that early entry recruits can get two (seasons) this year.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 12, 2020
However, we’ve seen others layout some initial plans for a bit later. The Big Ten will need to start planning and jump on the framework of the timing first and foremost like — yesterday.