All Power 5 conferences may play a fall football season after all. Now that Big Ten football is back on, other conferences who postponed the fall season appear to be looking to reverse course. A new report says the Pac-12 is working on starting the season late next month.
Jon Wilner of The Mercury News reports that Pac-12 athletic directors are targeting an Oct. 31 start date for a football season.
“It might be a challenge, but many of us would like to play then,” a source “familiar with the decision-making” told Milner. “We think it’s possible.”
Wilner notes that in addition to figuring out the local health restrictions, a Halloween start date will also need approval from the conference CEOs and consensus on a training camp schedule.
If the Pac-12 is going to start on Oct. 31, approval will need to come soon, as Wilner outlines:
For the season to begin Oct. 31 and teams to have a full two-week ramp and four weeks of contact, the presidents would need to approve the restart on Friday.
Even with the Oct. 31 start date, the Pac-12 would still aim for a Dec. 19 conference championship, ahead of the College Football Playoff selection show on Dec. 20. An Oct. 31 or Nov. 7 start date could see Pac-12 teams playing six or seven games.
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