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Helton stressing honesty and communication in pandemic-disrupted season

Tensions were high last week at Western Kentucky with doubts that college football would be played this fall.

With several conferences and teams – most notably the Power Five Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences – deciding not to play football, Conference USA’s Aug. 7 announcement that it would continue with plans to push on came with somewhat of a sigh of relief for the Hilltoppers, who held their first organized practice of fall camp Monday.

But even still, second-year head coach Tyson Helton knows there are still no guarantees the season will go off without a hitch.