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Big 12 on the clock as Big 10, Pac-12 cancel football seasons

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Big 12 Conference could be the swing vote with the 2020 college football season hanging in the balance.

Announcements came within about an hour of each other on Tuesday afternoon that both the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-12 Conference were cancelling all fall sports for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Seasonhttps://t.co/BCiRSzeAPL

— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) August 11, 2020

Update on the 2020-21 Pac-12 season below.https://t.co/G6VxDO2VM2

— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) August 11, 2020

Big 12 officials were meeting Tuesday evening to go over information from medical experts.