Football

While the Big Ten announced on Wednesday it will play an eight-game regular-season schedule this fall beginning on Oct. 24, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez announced every team will also be involved in a ninth cross-divisional game the same weekend as the Big Ten Championship Game.

❗ Scheduling News ❗

Barry Alvarez shares that the 2020 season will feature an extra "Champions Week" game for each team, plus an update on when to expect a football schedule: pic.twitter.com/DCeagI8xeV

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 16, 2020

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Don’t expect any fans to be in the stands when the Big Ten resumes play the weekend of Oct. 24, as the conference announced it will not sell tickets to the general public this fall.

“We are not going to permit fans in general sale of tickets,” Penn State athletic Read More

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and athletic director Gene Smith spoke to the media over a Zoom call Wednesday following the Big Ten’s announcement that the football season will be reinstated and start on the weekend of Oct. 23-24.

During the call, both Day and Smith were asked about Read More

Ohio State president Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, athletic director Gene Smith and head coach Ryan Day were at the forefront of the Big Ten’s decision to resume the fall football season, thus all three met remotely with the media on Wednesday morning to discuss the news.

Here’s a brief recap Read More

Following the announcement of the return of Big Ten football, the conference’s commissioner Kevin Warren and members of the return-to-competition committee addressed the decision during a press conference Wednesday morning [Sept. 16].

Kevin Warren, Big Ten Commissioner:

This really is a special day for the Big Ten. This is all Read More

The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted Tuesday to reinstate the 2020 fall football season, and the start date is set for the weekend of Oct. 23-24, according to a statement by the Big Ten.

The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) adopted significant medical protocols and has voted unanimously to resume the football season starting the weekend of October 23-24, 2020: https://t.co/b5yHShGb1D

— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) September 16, 2020

The change in decision from the Big Ten, according to reports and Read More

Although Nebraska president Ted Carter claimed the Big Ten would make an announcement regarding a potential fall season on Tuesday night, no such announcement was made.

“We’re getting ready to announce the Huskers and Big Ten football tonight,” Carter told Bob Hinson, director of the National Strategic Research Institute, in a Read More

In the first week of the 2020 NFL season, there were plenty of strong performances to be found from the 50 former Ohio State players that are on active rosters.

Here are the eight that stood out as the most notable, with the list including some strong rookie debuts, a Read More

Prior to a press conference Tuesday morning [Sept. 15], Nebraska President Ted Carter said an announcement of the Big Ten’s decision on possibly reinstating the fall football season will come Tuesday, per a KETV video. 

“We’re getting ready to announce the Huskers and Big Ten football tonight,” said Carter in Read More

Following reports that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors were meeting to discuss the possibility of reinstating the fall football season, the conference’s coaches, players and fans anxiously await a decision. 

Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke about the upcoming decision during a news conference, and she was questioned about Read More