The Big Ten conference announced Thursday that its sport teams, including football, will be moving to conference only schedule for the fall, much to the surpirse of everyone, including Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione.
On Toby Rowland’s podcast, he gave his thoughts on the Big Ten’s, so far, unilateral decision:
“Surprised, yes.” he responded. “Because up until this point we have been working amongst all of the conference to try to make decisions that are consistent with each other.”
So far, no other conference has followed the Big Ten in moving to a conference only schedule.
“I was surprised to see them go out and make that decision separate from the rest of the group. It’s something I’m trying to unpack at the moment, not so much the surprise, but what gains are made by making the decision now?
While numbers are surging across the state of Oklahoma and the country, the Sooners football team received good news on Thursday, as no new players tested positive after seven that tested positive during the initial round of testing.
Oklahoma is currently set to begin their season against Missouri State on September 5, but is exploring moving that up one week to allow for testing between games.