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Trump suggests Big Ten could play without UM, MSU because of Whitmer's 'lack of support'

Between tweets and retweets about Joe Biden, the military, the U.S. Department of Education, the V.A., John McCain, Baltimore, Portland, Nancy Pelosi, Fake News and Fox News, President Donald Trump waded back into the Big Ten battle on Sunday.

Trump suggested for a second time that the Big Ten is "looking really good" to return, after having postponed its fall season amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

But Trump, in case you were on the fence whether this issue is a "political football" for the president, added a twist, suggesting the Big Ten "may lose Michigan, Illinois, and Maryland because of those Governors’ ridiculous lack of interest or political support.