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Minnesota Football: 5 questions about the future of Big Ten football

The Big Ten’s unprecedented decision to cancel the fall football season for the first time in 125 years has left a lot of questions unanswered.

Here are five of them:

Is a spring football season even feasible?

This is the million dollar question. I can’t say I’m optimistic, personally. Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has said, “No chance.” Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm believes “it is possible” pending a lot of discussions that need to happen. Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst has floated the possibility of an abbreviated spring season, consisting of six to eight games.