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Big Ten votes to cancel fall football season: Report

By Mike Brest
Published August 10, 2020 4:28pm ET
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Big Ten votes to cancel fall football season: Report
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson (2) throws a pass in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against SMU in Ann Arbor, Mich. No. 19 Michigan averaged 47 points in lopsided wins the last two weeks in large part because quarterback Shea Patterson has been very accurate and effective. The Wolverines want to take a small step toward ending its 14-year Big Ten title drought by beating winless Nebraska (0-2) on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. | (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

The Big Ten will not play its season as originally planned amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Longtime sports personality Dan Patrick reported during his radio show Monday that the conference voted to cancel the football season for the fall, which it’ll announce publicly on Tuesday. He said the university presidents made the call in a decisive 12-2 vote that pitted Nebraska and Iowa against the rest of the conference.

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