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Report: Big 12 leaning toward playing fall college football season
The Big 12 doesn't yet intend on following the Big Ten and Pac-12 in postponing or canceling football and other fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Big 12 leaning toward playing fall college football season

The Big 12 doesn't yet intend on following the Big Ten and Pac-12 in postponing or canceling football and other fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tuesday afternoon, Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports reported that the Big 12 was still leaning toward playing this fall ahead of a 6 pm ET call among conference presidents.

"The mindset is it's too early," a Big 12 source reportedly said. "Unless the medical folks flip the switch, [we'll go]."

The Big 12, ACC, and SEC all continue to monitor developments as it concerns the uncontrolled virus outbreak. After the Big 12 canceled its virtual media day in late July, league commissioner Bob Bowlsby explained that a final decision on football and other fall sports would be made at a later time.

Dr. Cameron Wolfe, a Duke infectious disease specialist who also serves as chair of the ACC’s medical advisory team, recently told Michael Smith of Sports Business Daily he believes football seasons can begin, as scheduled, this fall.

"We believe we can mitigate it down to a level that makes everyone safe," Dr. Wolfe said.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey tweeted on Monday that he intends to remain patient before making a call on fall seasons: 

Meanwhile, Nebraska head coach Scott Frost, Penn State's James Franklin, and Ryan Day of Ohio State have all suggested they could look to play outside of the Big Ten if other universities and conferences conduct fall football campaigns.  

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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