Just after noon on Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis walked out to the 50-yard line of the FSU’s Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility to encourage schools to play fall sports, especially college football saying, “we’re here to say from the state of Florida we want you guys to play.”
By 3 p.m. the Big Ten had postponed its season; an hour later the Pac-12 would do the same.
Read: Pac-12 and Big Ten Conference postpone 2020 football season
While that September 12 game between FSU and Georgia tech is still on the schedule, the removal of two of the so-called “Power-5” conferences casts a shadow of doubt on the upcoming season.
The Big-12 has not yet said how it will proceed, meanwhile the ACC and SEC have laid out safety protocols to begin games in September.
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