If the plan is for Oklahoma State and Oregon State to clash on Thursday, Sept. 3 (and as of right now, it is), then the next 10 days of decision-making have become pretty important.
On April 17, the Big 12 Conference suspended team activity and meetings for all of its universities through May 31. That date has not been extended, which means that we’re under two weeks from that ban being lifted. If it is in fact lifted on May 31 and teams are allowed to reconvene, then it becomes a matter of what each individual university is comfortable with in terms of getting players back on campus and opening up the college sports world.