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Wisconsin football: B1G says, well, not a whole lot about the fall season

As we all sit around watching the NCAA and its member conferences rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic by announcing new conference-only schedules and setting return dates for practice, the B1G held a meeting of the conference presidents to discuss the viability of football, and all fall sports, being played.

The B1G released a statement Saturday morning that said teams will not be allowed to practice with pads on yet:

The Big Ten Conference announced today, based on the advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, that, until further notice, all institutions will remain in the first two days of the acclimatization period in football (i.