The Big Ten plans to scale back its plans for Friday night football games moving forward after hearing from a long list of parties affected by the change.
The league announced last fall that its television partners would start to broadcast games on Friday nights, including six contests after the opening Labor Day weekend of the 2017 season. The decision drew criticism from coaches, fans and high school athletic associations.
In an updated schedule released last week two of those six games -- Northwestern at Maryland on Oct. 13 and Michigan State at Northwestern Oct. 28 -- were moved back to Saturday kickoff dates.