The coronavirus pandemic has officially split the world of big-time college football in two
By Laine Higgins Close Laine Higgins Aug. 14, 2020 6:00 am ET .
The chaos potentially sets the stage for a very strange season in which some of the nation’s top powers could vie for a national championship while the rest stew at home. It highlights the ungoverned nature of college football, in which no one, including the NCAA, is fully in charge, leaving powerful schools and conferences to push their own agendas.“At the end of the day, we don’t know what the right decision is,” said Dr.
If college football is a sinking vessel, the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences have already abandoned ship. The Mid-American and Mountain West conferences came to similar conclusions this week, along with several independents. “I don’t know that we would want to be the only college football conference playing,” said commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “It is unlikely that we would diverge [from the ACC and SEC] without fairly significant conversations.”
That doesn’t mean he thinks the Big 12—which is scheduled to begin play Sept. 12—will elude the pandemic. “That all of us are going to get to 10 games unscathed is just delusional thinking,” he said. “At most we are committed to moving ahead. That’s it. That could stop tomorrow depending on how things go.”
“During the preseason camp, it was about as close to a bubble as you’re going to get with college students.” said Bowlsby. “I feel good about where we are simply because we have good practices in place.”
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