A major conference in college football has decided to postpone its season due to COVID-19.
The Big Ten announced yesterday that they are postponing all sports scheduled for the fall season. A statement from the Big Ten said it will consider playing the fall sports in the spring instead.
About an hour after the Big Ten’s announcement, the Pac-12 called a news conference and said its fall sports season would be postponed until the spring as well.
According to a Pac-12 statement, the decision to postpone was made after consultation with athletics directors and with the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee.
The Pac-12 Commissioner said, “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.”
FYI…
The Big 10 includes:
- University of Illinois
- Indiana University
- University of Iowa
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Pac-12 includes:
- University of Arizona
- Arizona State University
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of Colorado
- University of Oregon
- Oregon State University
- Stanford University
- University of Southern California
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- Washington State University
