In one of the more surprising about-faces, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany today announced that beginning next year, the conference will schedule conference games on Friday night.
The position of the conference has long been that they did not hold Friday night games, in order to not conflict with high school games which often take place on Fridays, as well as conflicting with student class schedules. In an article published in the Chicago Tribune, Delany stated, “All things considered, we thought it was worthwhile to dip our toe into the water.”
This is really a seismic shift for the Big Ten, as with the exception of Labor Day weekend, the conference has never scheduled their games on Fridays.