Back to the Gonzaga Bulldogs Newsfeed

Mountain West still working on return-to-play plan for football, other fall sports

The Mountain West isn't responding to the Big Ten's decision to play football this fall with a reversal of its own.

At least not yet.

After initially joining the Mountain West, the Mid-American Conference and the Pac-12 in postponing football and the rest of fall sports in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten reversed course Wednesday. The league announced it will conduct a season starting the weekend of Oct. 23 following a unanimous vote among its 14 university presidents and chancellors, who cited the development of "significant medical protocols," including daily antigen testing and enhanced cardiac screening, as the reason for their change of heart.