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Iowa State AD: 'It's Ice Age Time' If 2020 College Football Season Is Canceled

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The 2020 college football season is five months away, but some within the sport are already preparing for the worst-case scenario as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly across the United States.

"If we can't play football this fall, I mean it's Ice Age time," Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard said during a Thursday teleconference. "Because there is nobody in our industry right now that could reasonably forecast a contingency plan for how they would get through not playing any football games."

Pollard added:

"The thought that (there's) no football and losing an entire season, that's a complete game-changer.