Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh wants to see the Big Ten play football this fall, telling reporters on Wednesday, “Free the Big Ten.”
Harbaugh, whose brother, Jim, is entering is sixth season coaching Michigan, cited the Wolverines’ latest COVID-19 testing data and told reporters on a Zoom call Wednesday the Big Ten should play.
Sean Magee, UM associate athletic director for football, on Twitter last Saturday, wrote that during August, 822 COVID-19 tests were administered to Michigan football players and there were “ZERO positive results,” he wrote.
Later in the day, Nebraska chancellor Ronnie Green said there has been hours of work in recent days among conference decision-makers and is “hopeful” for a return to fall sports competition this year.
Green, appearing at a news conference on Wednesday, was asked how comfortable he would be bringing back football.
“There is active work by the hour in the Big Ten about how to return to competition, when to return to competition, all of the policies and protocols and procedures for a return to competition for what would have been fall sports,” Green said.
“I am very encouraged we were going to see that happen. I am very hopeful that we’re going to see that happen yet this year, that we will have a return to competition. Work is going on around the clock. I can’t tell you how many hours we have spent just in recent days working on this issue, because we want and need to be returning to competition as soon as possible.”
“We are first and foremost delivering on our mission academically and making sure we can do that safely and the athletics return to competition will fall behind that. That is the bottom line. But we do feel we are prepared adequately and thinking about how to do that.”
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...gh-implores-free-big-ten-football/5692201002/
Big 10 does not want to give away the Nattie.
In a "normal" season several Big 10 teams (ones included in 1st AP Poll) would have an excellent chance to make CFP.
Downside; all Big 10 Schools not the same with respect to COVID.
Two days ago, the university (Iowa State) decided to allow 25,000 fans into Jack Trice Stadium, which fits 61,000, for the season opener on September 12.
In reversal, officials say fans will not be allowed at first Iowa State football game
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/fans-will-not-be-allow-at-first-iowa-state-football-game
The reversal comes because Ames is a leading coronavirus hot spot in the nation, which drove Gov. Kim Reynolds to shut down bars in Story County after a spike in cases concentrated among young adults.
Kansas also has COVID Hot Spots.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/kansas-coronavirus-cases.html
At least 3 new coronavirus deaths and 84 new cases were reported in Kansas on Sept. 1. Over the past week, there have been an average of 629 cases per day, an increase of 28 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been at least 44,391 cases and 458 deaths in Kansas since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a New York Times database.
Not sure how BIG 10 would handle football if several schools unable to host games.
Harbaugh, whose brother, Jim, is entering is sixth season coaching Michigan, cited the Wolverines’ latest COVID-19 testing data and told reporters on a Zoom call Wednesday the Big Ten should play.
Sean Magee, UM associate athletic director for football, on Twitter last Saturday, wrote that during August, 822 COVID-19 tests were administered to Michigan football players and there were “ZERO positive results,” he wrote.
Later in the day, Nebraska chancellor Ronnie Green said there has been hours of work in recent days among conference decision-makers and is “hopeful” for a return to fall sports competition this year.
Green, appearing at a news conference on Wednesday, was asked how comfortable he would be bringing back football.
“There is active work by the hour in the Big Ten about how to return to competition, when to return to competition, all of the policies and protocols and procedures for a return to competition for what would have been fall sports,” Green said.
“I am very encouraged we were going to see that happen. I am very hopeful that we’re going to see that happen yet this year, that we will have a return to competition. Work is going on around the clock. I can’t tell you how many hours we have spent just in recent days working on this issue, because we want and need to be returning to competition as soon as possible.”
“We are first and foremost delivering on our mission academically and making sure we can do that safely and the athletics return to competition will fall behind that. That is the bottom line. But we do feel we are prepared adequately and thinking about how to do that.”
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...gh-implores-free-big-ten-football/5692201002/
Big 10 does not want to give away the Nattie.
In a "normal" season several Big 10 teams (ones included in 1st AP Poll) would have an excellent chance to make CFP.
Downside; all Big 10 Schools not the same with respect to COVID.
Two days ago, the university (Iowa State) decided to allow 25,000 fans into Jack Trice Stadium, which fits 61,000, for the season opener on September 12.
In reversal, officials say fans will not be allowed at first Iowa State football game
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/fans-will-not-be-allow-at-first-iowa-state-football-game
The reversal comes because Ames is a leading coronavirus hot spot in the nation, which drove Gov. Kim Reynolds to shut down bars in Story County after a spike in cases concentrated among young adults.
Kansas also has COVID Hot Spots.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/kansas-coronavirus-cases.html
At least 3 new coronavirus deaths and 84 new cases were reported in Kansas on Sept. 1. Over the past week, there have been an average of 629 cases per day, an increase of 28 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been at least 44,391 cases and 458 deaths in Kansas since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a New York Times database.
Not sure how BIG 10 would handle football if several schools unable to host games.
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