For as monumental as August 11 became when the Big Ten decided to cancel all fall sports competition, September 16 felt even more historic.
The conference made a shocking move to go back on its initial decision and reinstate college football for the fall. But during the 36 days leading up to football’s return, players across the Big Ten went through a constant wave of emotions.
Northwestern football players were given a short period of time off to grieve the loss of their fall season before the hope of potentially playing later in the school year emerged.