It appears that our long national nightmare of no Big Ten football this fall might be over. Or it may not. Truthfully, things still feel as up in the air as they have ever been.
Reports surfaced on Friday that coaches and administrators from within the conference are working on a model that could see games being played as soon as Thanksgiving weekend, but more likely in early January. The earlier end of that timeframe would allow for cleared out campuses across the conference with students heading home for holiday break until after the new year, creating a quasi-bubble situation to play in.