Officials in the Big Ten and Pac-12 resumed discussions Tuesday about whether college football should be played this fall as another program decided to punt on its coming season because of the pandemic.
Massachusetts became the second Northeast independent program in the highest tier of NCAA football to cancel the fall season, joining Connecticut. UMass is the 27th Bowl Subdivision program to put off fall sports in hopes of a spring season.
At the top of major college football, the Big Ten and Pac-12 were seriously considering pulling the plug on the fall, too.
Pac-12 presidents were scheduled to receive a report from the conference's medical advisory panel suggesting contact and competitive sports activities should be paused.