Report: Big 12 considering conference-only schedule that would provide lots of flexibility
As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in this country, it seems a safe bet that the college football season will be affected.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 have already announced conference-only schedules, and according to a report on Tuesday, the Big 12 is considering a similar plan.
Per reporter Laine Higgins, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said the league is considering a 10-11 game schedule that would start in Week 0 in late-August and end on December 12:
Bowlsby and others in the conference worry about having athletes around the larger student body: "Having worked in higher education for my entire career, now going on 40 years, we don’t want to put too much stock in the consistent good judgement of 18-22 year-olds."
— Laine Higgins (@lainehiggins17) July 28, 2020
As noted, the preferred plan is still to play the season as scheduled, but a 16-week schedule with only 10 or 11 games would provide a lot of flexibility in case of a COVID-19 outbreak.
A decision isn’t likely until next Monday, so we’ll see what the Big 12 Board of Directors opts to do at that point.
Oklahoma just does’nt want the butt kicking Tennessee is going to put on them September 12th. Really I do like my vols chances in Norman but of course I am hoping and dreaming some but we should of won the last time in overtime in Knoxville
Borrowing from the Yankees now having to play Baltimore instead of Philadelphia due to Miami being quarantined through the end of the week, Tennessee might be fortunate to play anybody. Things may get to the point where Tennessee has to schedule Carson-Newman, Tennessee Tech, Chattanooga, East Tennessee, and Appy State, because they have to come to Knoxville in 50 cars and dress under the Neyland stadium stands.
What airline will allow a football team to fly if 10 players show up positive a few days earlier? One of my relatives is a flight attendant for Delta, and has another job as a hairstylist in Fort Lauderdale. She has been out two jobs this year, but she would prefer to do hair on clients than be in an airplane with 80 strangers.