It’s a roller coaster ride of a day yet again in college football. It began with the Big Ten seemingly cancelling their season before they came out with leaks that said previous reports were incorrect.
There were rumors that the Pac-12 would be just behind the Big Ten and cancel their season as well, but instead we sit at at almost 6:00 pm. ET on Monday and there has been no official word of any additional cancellations.
We do have a new report out however that one Power Five conference is going to attempt to play football this fall. Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated is reporting this evening that after meeting today, ACC athletic directors are “moving forward in an attempt to play”.
Sources: ACC ADs met today and are "moving forward in an attempt to play," in the words of one staffer. League presidents could be meeting today as well.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) August 10, 2020
Notre Dame has obviously joined the ACC for the 2020 season and for those hoping there is football in 2020, it’s a bit of good news.
It’s worth noting that there is no guarantee of anything with that, just that an attempt will be made to play. If anything it’s good news for the chances of college football in 2020 that an attempt is reportedly still being made to play.
This is going to be a crazy week and I feel like the reports and backtracks are only going to speed up before they slow down.
As always, stay tuned as we’ll have it all covered for you at Fighting Irish Wire.