With the news of the Pac-12 joining the ACC and Big Ten (conference-only model) and University of Southern California deciding to cancel its season opener versus Alabama, Greg Sankey of the Southeastern Conference is getting very concerned about the possibility of even having a college football season.
It would have been the second time in the Nick Saban era for USC to face the Crimson Tide inside AT&T Stadium, but Coronavirus concerns resulted in the matchup getting cancelled on Friday. While there is still an opportunity for Alabama to land TCU from the Big 12 to replace the Trojans, Commissioner Sankey told ESPN’s Marty Smith and Ryan McGee that his concern about the plausibility of having a 2020 football season has gone from ‘high to very high.