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Big Ten football teams to practice without pads due to pandemic

The Big Ten, three days removed from releasing a 10-game fall football schedule, announced Saturday that all programs will remain in the acclimatization period during preseason camp, delaying padded practice, meaning helmets-only, no pads for now.

This announcement came Saturday morning not long after news broke of the Mid-American Conference decision to postpone fall sports, including football, until the spring

And perhaps more significantly, Yahoo Sports, in a sourced report Saturday morning, indicated the Big Ten presidents are meeting today with all options on the table. The report by Pete Thamel also said there is momentum among the presidents to cancel the football season.