The Big Ten announced its decision Tuesday to postpone fall sports. Minutes after, the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone its season as well.
With two of the Power Five conferences not playing, the entire college football season is now up in the air. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 still have plans to have their conference-only seasons, but there are a number of players, coaches and teams that college football fans will miss watching dearly.
The No. 1 player we will miss watching most this year from the Big Ten and Pac-12 is Ohio State junior quarterback Justin Fields.
Fields is a Kennesaw, Georgia native and was likely entering the final year of his college career before heading to the NFL draft. He played in 12 of 14 games as a true freshman for Georgia in 2018. Backing up Jake Fromm, Fields completed 27 of 39 passes for 328 yards and four touchdowns, also rushing for four touchdowns.
The former Georgia quarterback had an incredible sophomore season at Ohio State, throwing for 3,273 yards, 41 touchdowns and just 3 interceptions. He was a Heisman Trophy finalist and made it to the College Football Playoff, losing by six to the Clemson Tigers in the semifinals.
Besides Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Fields is the face of college football. He has been a big advocate of letting the players play, starting a petition on Sunday to reinstate the 2020 Big Ten football season.
Fields is a fierce competitor and will be greatly missed on the field this fall.