Free Press sports writers Shawn Windsor, Chris Solari and Rainer Sabin make sense of Big Ten's blockbuster decision to cancel 2020 college football. Detroit Free Press
It was like lining up for a kickoff, then waiting for months, then charging madly to the ball … and watching it flop off the tee.
After a spring of wishful thinking, a summer of flimflamming, and 48 hours of confusing, closed-door debates, the Big Ten has finally canceled its fall sports season, which to most fans means: football.
That’s right. No Saturday afternoon showdowns this fall. No breaking out the favorite U-M or MSU sweatshirt.