Coach Ed Orgeron walks through steps to help stop the spread of coronavirus. USA TODAY
Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck and members of the university's athletics department began laying out potential road maps last month for how to manage the seemingly inevitable spread of the coronavirus, with "plans for the plans," Fleck said, for predicting how COVID-19 would wreak havoc on college football's offseason. One question dominated the conversations: How can we prepare for this?
Hard to project in February, the length and width of the pandemic has engulfed everyday life and shuttered day-to-day operations at programs in the Bowl Subdivision.