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Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Why OU football isn't locking onto any one plan for return — and why that's a good thing

Joe Castiglione doesn’t have a plan for restarting college football — he has many of them.

Truth is, college football is flush with ideas for getting the sport going again. The coronavirus pandemic has shut down the entire sports world, but on campuses where football is the financial driver, everyone is especially mindful of its future.

As a result, there are all sorts of timelines for staffers to return to offices and players to return to campus, training to resume and games to begin.

But during a conference call with reporters Thursday, Castiglione made it clear he didn’t think there was any way to pick a single option right now.