The Big Ten wasn\u2019t the only major college conference to pull out from fall football and other sports last month. The PAC-12 made a similar announcement, as well as fellow Football Bowl Subdivision leagues the Mid-American (MAC) and Mountain West conferences.<\/p>\n
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After the Big Ten\u2019s announcement, PAC-12 Commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement saying the state public health officials in California and Oregon would approve a return to practice if local health officials concurred. That could open the door for the last Power Five conference to announce its fall return, an announcement coming perhaps later this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Reports also circulated that the Mountain West is likely to follow suit, although some schools may choose to opt out. However, MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement the league continues to plan for a spring season for all fall sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After days of speculation that the Big Ten would resume college football later this fall, the conference made it official on Wednesday. The conference\u2019s 14 members unanimously voted to start play the weekend of Oct. 23-24. The plan is to play eight regular-season games within an eight-week period. Then, on Dec. 19, the Big Ten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":149085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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