The last week has been brutal for Iowa fans, particularly those within the state’s borders. While we have long speculated there would be no fall football season, that speculation turned to reality on Tuesday with the Big Ten’s announcement it would postpone the conference’s season until spring of 2021.
It was a devastating decision as college football fans everywhere look for a reprieve from the unbearable negativity brought on by equal parts COVID-19 and election season. We’ll leave the debate on whether it was the correct decision for somewhere else at some other time, but the fact remains fans lost their outlet from it all just under a week ago.