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ODU football coach Ricky Rahne discusses Monarchs canceled season

NORFOLK (WAVY) — Hired 296 days ago, Old Dominion football coach Ricky Rahne has yet to pace the sidelines at S.B. Ballard Stadium.

ODU decided not to play football this season because of the pandemic, the only school in Conference USA to not play this Fall.

The decision was made President John Broderick and Athletic Director Wood Selig.

“With where we are at today, the health of our student athletes, the testing, where we are in the 757, it was the right decision for our University,” Rahne said.

It was Rahne though that broke the news to his team that there would not be football until Fall 2021 and he did it in a Zoom meeting.