Rosemont, Ill.
No games: America’s college football season was thrown into disarray this week after two of its five most powerful athletic conferences—the Big Ten and the Pac-12—pulled the plug on fall athletics. The Illinois-based Big Ten made its announcement first, saying it hopes to make up the games during the spring semester. The Pac-12 followed shortly after with a pause on all sports until
Jan. 1. Two smaller conferences—the Mid-American and Mountain West—had postponed their fall seasons as well, along with Old Dominion, which broke with its conference, USA. The Big Ten had announced its fall schedule only six days earlier. President Trump, several coaches, and star players had urged the conference to play on, with Trump noting that players had been “working too hard” to lose their season. “Our lives are changing forever right before our eyes,” added Arizona offensive lineman
Donovan Laie.