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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Fall to Spring?

More coronavirus news from the San Francisco Chronicle: The Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences are expected to postpone football season until the spring, TMZ Sports reported Friday. Some Pac-12 staffs have been informed of the decision, per the report. An official announcement is expected Tuesday. According to a Pac-12 source, league staffers had been told in recent days that whatever the conference did would align with the Big Ten’s plans.

That same source said that the Pac-12 CEO group, comprised of one chancellor or president from each of the conference’s 12 universities, will meet Tuesday. The official vote on the season will come at that meeting, but many throughout the league are already proceeding as if the fall season will be pushed to the spring. Monday’s news came after the leaders of college football’s Power 5 conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12) held an emergency meeting over the weekend to weigh their options. As ESPN reported, conference officials left the meeting believing that a fall 2020 season was unlikely...

Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Pac-12-Big-Ten-to-postpone-2020-football-season-15472649.php

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