It's still rather shocking, but college football did it. It fought through COVID-19 and a mound of negative pressure to get through a memorable 2020 season.
Alabama and Ohio State are set to square off in Miami on Monday night in the CFP national championship. The Buckeyes enter the game coming off a blowout victory over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and will look to pull off a second consecutive upset against the Crimson Tide. What will have to happen for the team from Columbus to walk away with the national championship trophy on Monday?
With the threshold for qualifying for the Big 10 Championship being that six games must be played, it begs the question: What would happen if Ohio State was forced to miss the championship?
The Big Ten has released a revised schedule for the 2020 season. The schedule will include eight-game conference-only schedule. The Big Ten's first game will be on Oct. 24. The conference will also add in a ninth game for all 14 teams during a newly created Big Ten "Champions Week" on Dec. 19.
As we enjoy a full weekend of football, both collegiate and professional, the question of a championship asterisk still looms over the 2020 college football season.
It has been reported this week by several media outlets that the Big Ten is possibly eyeing a new start date of Oct. 10th to begin their fall football campaign. In a statement from the conference, the Big Ten is working hard to try to make fall football a possibility.
According to Dan Patrick and the Detroit Free Press, the Big 10 has voted to cancel its 2020 football season. The conference voted 12-2 to cancel this season, the only dissenting universities who voted to play were Iowa and Nebraska.