The Pac-12 announced Thursday it was bringing back football in 2020, playing a 7-game schedule beginning Nov. 6, while also giving the green light for men’s and women’s basketball to begin Nov. 25 in alignment with the NCAA’s new start date.
When the Arizona plays that first football game in November it will mark nearly eight months since any school in the league played any sport. Stopping competition in March at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic was out of the Pac-12’s control, but every action (or inaction) has been of their own doing.