The past few weeks of news with the intersection of sports and infectious disease have been defined by a general shift from hopeful optimism to disheartening realism that college football will not be the same this year if it is played at all.
The Ivy League and the Patriot League have officially called off fall sports. The Big Ten and Pac-12 have moved to conference-only schedules. Power Five schools are suspending workouts due to coronavirus clusters. According to a recent report, gloom is in the air with a Power Five athletic director saying, “Right now, I don’t see a path in the current environment to how we play.