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As Big Ten brass mulls schedule, Moos pushes for 12 league games while protecting division

Amid ample pessimism, Bill Moos remains optimistic Nebraska will play a football season in 2020.

In the wake of the Big Ten's announcement Thursday that it's planning a conference-only fall season, many folks reacted with skepticism that a football season will even be played because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Moos, the Husker athletic director, struck a more hopeful tone Friday.

"I'm optimistic that there will be a season," he told the Journal Star. "What it looks like has been determined now, as far as a conference-only schedule being the plan. But how many games there ultimately will be on the schedule is still being discussed.