The hope for a college football season this fall seems to be diminishing according to many reports. After the MAC conference became the first FBS conference to cancel its fall season, reports have continued to surface that Power Five conferences were going to follow suit.
CBS Sports spoke with several Power Five athletic director who shared it’s a matter of when, not if the season is cancelled:
“It’s not fair what we’re doing to our coaches and student-athletes. The sooner we can come to a finality, the better.
I’m of the opinion it’s when, not if [the 2020 season is canceled. The MAC announcement adds more momentum to the finish line. I think everyone’s medical group is now all telling them the same thing. We all keep having the same conversations.”
Another athletic director had this to say:
“I think it’s inevitable [the season will not be played in the fall].
The Pac-12 will be next and then the Big Ten. The Big Ten just going to no contact, what’s that going to do for you? With California being so prominent [with the coronavirus], I see the Pac-12 getting out there next.”
But according to Dan Patrick, the SEC isn’t giving up so easily.
Dan tweeted that, “According to Dan’s source, 12 of the 14 Presidents from the Big 10 have voted against having a Fall College Football season. Iowa and Nebraska were the two that have been pushing to play.”
He also shared that the PAC 12 and Big 10 is cancelling.
But even so, the SEC is fighting to play.
DP was told an hour ago that the Big 10 and Pac 12 will cancel their football seasons tomorrow… The ACC and the Big 12 are on the fence.. And the SEC is trying to get teams to join them for a season.
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— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) August 10, 2020
“The SEC is looking for teams to join them. And the SEC is looking at exclusive TV contracts.”
Dan Patrick went on to say that the “SEC is trying to buy time to see if the ACC or BIG 12 will go along with them.”
At this point, it might just the SEC and one or two more conferences, or it might just be the SEC.
Is it worth it? Maybe so.
And could the SEC have their own playoff with the top two teams in the East and in the West?
There’s a lot of unknowns still needing to be answered, but at least we know there’s one conference still fighting to games to be played this fall: the SEC.
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