Each day over the last four or five has brought news in regards to the 2020 college football season being played.
One day it was the MAC cancelling its season while yesterday it was the Big Ten shutting its doors, only to have them reopened a few hours later.
Notre Dame’s 2020 SWAT Team captains released a statement Monday night that essentially begged for a chance to play football this fall. You can read the complete statement below:
The SWAT Team leaders are the captains for Notre Dame’s off-season workouts and members include: quarterback Ian Book, offensive linemen Liam Eichenberg, Robert Hainsey and Tommy Kraemer, defensive lineman Daelin Hayes, Kurt Hinish, Ade Ogundeji and Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, tight end Brock Wright, linebacker Drew White and cornerback Shaun Crawford.
Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly endorsed his players desire to play shortly after they released the statement Monday night.
I stand firmly in support of our players. They have held each other to a high level of accountability and discipline in regards to the strict health and safety protocols implemented by our medical staff. We’ll continue putting health and safety at the forefront of all that we do. https://t.co/AsDfNaAxzV
— Brian Kelly (@CoachBrianKelly) August 11, 2020
It by no means guarantees anything in terms of games being played but it’s certainly nice to see a coach going to bat for his players wishes like this.
I don’t know if there will be college football this year as this morning Massachusetts has cancelled their season, which brings the total now to 27 of the 130 FBS teams. However, at least the idea of college football in 2020 isn’t going away without a fight at this point.