San Jose State was set to challenge Penn State on September 19th before the Big Ten announced their schools would be pivoting to an in-conference only schedule due to the current pandemic. The announcement came Friday of last week and caught many in the college football world a bit off guard. We knew sporting activities would be drastically hindered by COVID-19, which is a rather small side effect when compared to the damage it has done across the globe.
The conference believes the move will increase its ability to protect its coaches, student-athletes, game officials, and all others involved by reducing the amount of travel and interactions they will face during their schedules.