NORMAL — Illinois State football coach Brock Spack’s time has been spent this week with his wife Aimee, walking his golden retriever Reggie, raking leaves in the backyard of his Bloomington home and talking to potential recruits on the phone.
Since the NCAA extended its “dead period” to May 31, Spack is in for a lot more of that.
“To make it fair, you had to do that,” Spack said. “We totally expected we wouldn’t be going out this spring. In most places, schools will still be out. Some parts of the country are experiencing the pandemic at different times.