UPDATE: A source has told Dan Patrick confirming the reports that Big Ten presidents will re-vote as early as Friday or Saturday whether to reverse their initial decision and play the fall college football season alongside the ACC, SEC, and Big 12.
Dan Patrick: “There are multiple reports right now that are saying the Big 10 will have a re-vote on return to play and it should happen either on Friday or Saturday. I don’t have any confirmation on this but I will trust those who are reporting on it given the sensitivity on the topic, but several websites that cover the Big 10 reporting the conference’s chancellors and presidents are slated to have a re-vote this week and potentially reverse the decision and play football this fall…There are probably 4 or 5 different reports here, in fact my source is just texting me. He says, ‘Yes…they have to do something now to put this thing to bed.’”
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Dan Patrick is reporting that a source notified him that the Big Ten conference is targeting an October 10th beginning to their college football season if the ‘conference can pass updated safety measures and procedures’ in the shadows of the coronavirus pandemic.
On August 11th the Big Ten became the first Power 5 conference to postpone its college football season in an attempt to delay and push back the start of football to the spring.
The move was highly controversial, as reports differed in whether there was actually a ‘vote’, as first reported. It was originally reported that all Big Ten university presidents took place in a 14-person poll, resulting in a 12-2 result in favor of cancelling the season, with Nebraska and Iowa being the only schools who voted to put the season on.
Big Ten administrators quickly came out and said that no official vote was held, including Minnesota president Joan Gabel, and Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour, although they acknowledged that the majority of the conference voiced support for the season being postponed.
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost made headlines for questioning the decision, and even pledged support towards a movement for Nebraska football to play in another conference for 2020.
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day also echoed that sentiment, as Buckeyes superstar quarterback Justin Fields posted on Twitter his dismay with the Big Ten effectively cancelling the season and likely ending his career at Ohio State.
Big Ten president Kevin Warren came under fire when it was uncovered that his son was actually planning to play college football this fall for the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the SEC.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said on his Twitter page that he had actually had a phone conversation with Warren that ‘went very well’, and said the conference was on the ‘one-yard line’ when it came to getting a plan to start the season.
The Big 12, SEC, and ACC have already released their schedules with their initial plans to start the season. The ACC will begin Thursday, September 10th, and the SEC and Big 12 will begin Saturday, September 26th