NBA playoffs? NFL week one? Naomi Osaka wins the US Open? Sure, those were big stories this weekend, but perhaps the biggest came from the college football world, and specifically the Big Ten, and it’s a story that many Michigan State football fans have been waiting for.
On Sunday, it came out that, after reviewing a presentation on new COVID-19 rapid testing kits that would drastically limit the need for contact tracing, the Big Ten is almost certainly moving towards a start date for college football in the fall that is much earlier than original expectations. According to multiple reports, the Big Ten will be reinstating the football season on October 17th.
While this should lead to the return of MSU football, Dan Patrick said on his show this week that he doesn’t think Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State will follow suit and will instead opt out of the season.
However, according to Brett McMurphy of Stadium, that’s not the case. McMurphy reported that, according to Stadium’s sources, any vote for the Big Ten to reinstate football would include all teams and no one will be opting out.
Here is his original tweet with the report:
If Big Ten presidents/chancellors vote to play football in the fall, then all B1G schools will play, sources told @Stadium. Earlier reports indicated if presidents voted to play, some B1G schools might opt not to play, but that will not be the case, source said
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 14, 2020
