The Big Ten schedule was released Wednesday with the disclaimer that doesn’t mean the season will be played this fall. So with that as a starting point during this COVID-19 pandemic, the reality is, very little these days is what anyone would call normal.
Michigan playing Ohio State in late October is not normal. But it is the new normal. For now, at least. In a 10-game schedule that may or may not happen.
A game that since 1942 traditionally is played the last game of the regular season with a couple exceptions — Michigan has twice played at Hawaii after facing OSU — is scheduled Oct.