It has been a doom and gloom past couple of days for college football in the fall, and tonight could bring about a solidified decision surrounding Big Ten conference football being played.
Within this past hour, SINow’s Ross Dellenger reported that the Big Ten was trending towards cancelling football this fall.
Now, The Athletic college football insider Nicole Auerbach has reported that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors will meet tonight to discuss fall sports, although there is no expectation as to whether or not a vote will be taken tonight regarding cancelling the season.
Source tells @TheAthleticCFB that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors are meeting later tonight to discuss the state of the fall sports season. Not clear if anything will come to a vote tonight.
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) August 9, 2020
There are many different emotions swirling for players, coaches, fans, and the media as we close in on inevitability. No matter what your thoughts are about cancelling the season, there will be justified anger at an unprecedented situation. USA TODAY college football reporter Pete Fiutak rightfully questioned why the NCAA refused to have a fundamental plan as we approached the season.
You had 4 MONTHS, college football.
You didn’t have a coordinated plan. You didn’t have a set idea. You didn’t get creative. You didn’t see that the bubble actually works, and you didn’t try utilizing a form of that on a college-by-college basis.
You had 4 months.
— Pete Fiutak (@PeteFiutak) August 9, 2020
The fact that last week we were looking at a brand new Big Ten schedule and today we are waiting for the inevitable news to break does not sit right.
Here at BadgersWire, we will make sure to bring you the latest updates on the Big Ten meeting as the story develops.