The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced Tuesday afternoon they will not play football _ or any sports _ this fall.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, however, is full throttle for now.
At least that's what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is hoping.
A couple hours before the monumental announcements from Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren and Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, DeSantis held a new conference Tuesday at Florida State _ and made it emphatically clear, along with FSU president John Thrasher, that they want ACC football to be played this fall.
Thrasher said the other ACC presidents, including University of Miami's Julio Frenk, are expected to meet again this week to continue their discussions.
"When you hear about the protocols," DeSantis said of the medical/safety standards the ACC is following because of the coronavirus pandemic, "for these athletes the risk is very low. But whatever risk there is, to me outside of this structured environment, I think the risk goes up. I don't think the risk goes down."
