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Big 12 will use a 53-man roster minimum in 2020

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby expects disruptions as the conference attempts to play football in the midst of the continued coronavirus pandemic, so with the season now less than two weeks away, the conference now has protocols in place

“The Big 12 has policies, (and) we’re using the 53-man roster policy,” Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard told reporters on Monday. “So a 53-man roster is built on a set number of positions. So I think it’s one quarterback, six offensive linemen and you come up with 53 [players]. So the antigen test the Big 12 uses on Friday will be the certification test.