When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its worst, the chances of playing college football in the fall seemed unlikely.
Because it has so many moving parts, college football was the one major sport that appeared to be in jeopardy of missing its season entirely or playing it in a dramatically reduced or altered form.
You see, college football has a pesky little problem that most sports entities don’t. Its teams come with universities attached to them and, unlike the major professional sports, they have to answer to higher authorities. Well, except at Ohio State, Alabama and a few other schools.