Football is going to happen - the naysayers/negativists simply want to spread their gloom and doom.I pray there is football. I am not excited about an altered schedule playing Iowa and Wiscy twice. The non-conf games would help us get wins. If we have a bad year, we are set back AGAIN. Recruiting will suffer. Again. But I guess it’s better than nothing? If we have a player that tests positive do we forfeit games? How many?
My office just extended our wfh “at the earliest” until Sept—in a state where it will be 110 until then. If the pro sports are dragging their feet, is that a good omen? I just don’t know.
Being down 2 or 3 months is one thing ... but the entire collegiate athletic infrastructure is dependent on college football. Athletic directors and the 1,000's of people who work directly and indirectly for the athletic department, as well as the existence of non-revenue sports ... their very survival is dependent on collegiate football.
The SEC is going to play football this year - virtually guaranteed. The B1G, ACC, B12 will soon follow. Who cares about the PAC12! Let them wallow in their self-created stew.
What will happen I think is that schools will begin to research and game-plan rainy funds and disaster scenarios for events like this down-the-road ... but the NCAA is allowing having football and basketball players return to campus starting June 1st. If Alabama is going to do it almost certainly so will tOSU which begets Michigan ...