State of Play with Ross Dellenger

Ty and Dan talk with Ross Dellenger from Sports Illustrated about the behind-the-scenes conversations driving college football in the time of COVID-19. Plus, a look at the updated SEC schedule, an uprising in the Big Ten, spiking cases around college campuses, and much more.

Links from the show:

SEC football schedule 2020: Games begin Sept. 26 with Alabama-Georgia on Oct. 17, Alabama-LSU on Nov. 14
SEC announces stadium attendance guidelines, mask mandates for 2020 college football season
Justin Fields starts online petition as Big Ten parents question decision to postpone football
Parents of Big Ten players seek to make conference ‘uncomfortable’ on decision to postpone football season
It is ‘unclear’ whether Big Ten presidents formally voted to nix 2020 college football season
North Carolina moving classes online
Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks opting out of 2020 season, per report
Nine Oklahoma Sooners test positive for COVID-19 after returning from break
Cases spiking at Notre Dame; more than 50 linked to off-campus party

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