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Penn State AD Says Playing 2020 CFB Season in Spring 'Would Be a Last Resort'

Amid growing concerns that college football may be canceled this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour told reporters on a Zoom call Wednesday that pushing the campaign to the spring of 2021 would be a "last resort."

"One of the biggest challenges [of a spring season]—and it's probably the biggest one in my mind—is the proximity to next season, and frankly a second lost spring ball," Barbour said per ESPN's Heather Dietrich.

"Overcomeable, if perhaps we're willing to have a shortened season—again in the category of 'something is better than nothing,' that may not be a problem at all.