We have reached the No Wiggle Room portion of the college football season. And if you thought navigating a pandemic was difficult before, well, November and December are here to up the ante.
Now, the College Football Playoff selections could be materially impacted as the sport runs out of rescheduling real estate. As long as the status quo holds, with a four-team playoff and semifinals set on New Year’s Day, the sport is crunching itself to reach a messy conclusion.
The complications of postponed and canceled games are coming home to roost. The situation is especially acute in the Big Ten, which had no open dates to begin with, but it’s getting harder in the Southeastern Conference as well.