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Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby on Plan to Go Foward with College Football Season: 'I Feel Very Good About It'

In an interview with TheStreet's Jim Cramer, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said he feels "very good" about the conference's plan to go forward with the college football season.

The Big 12 is among the conferences that have chosen to hold a college football season in the fall, joining the SEC and ACC in the Power 5. Meanwhile, the Big Ten and Pac-12 have opted to postpone their fall seasons with the potential to play in the spring.

While some have considered the Big 12's decision to be controversial amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Bowlsby said that the conference's panel has taken its time and based its plan “upon the best advice that we could get from medical professionals and scientists.