INDIANAPOLIS — The number remains fresh in Kevin Warren’s mind: 71 days.
That’s how long the Big Ten commissioner had been in his new job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 and shut down college sports.
It would only be the first in a series of major challenges during Warren’s tumultuous first year, with none greater than the football season cancellation-turned-revival last summer after receiving pressure from conference members and politicians.
However, Warren arrived Thursday at his first Big Ten football media days — last year’s event was canceled — and told reporters at Lucas Oil Stadium he doesn’t have any regrets with how things transpired.