College Football Links From Across the Country (8/13/20)

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Daily College Football Links (August 13, 2020)

Less than a week after releasing their conference-only schedule, the Big Ten announced Tuesday that it would postpone fall sports for 2020, including football. With high hopes of a spring football season, we have paused the Hoosier Huddle 100 day countdown. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates as they happen and the latest IUFB scoop.

While we’re all doing our part to stop the spread of Coronavirus, we have gathered popular news stories from around the state, region and country to keep you updated on it all. If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. We have also included some favorite football reads for your off-season enjoyment.

Indiana Hoosiers

ICYMI: Tom Allen releases statement on cancelled 2020 season via Hoosier Huddle

Hoosier Huddle Podcast: 2020 Big Ten Football Cancelled

Big Ten Football

The Big Ten’s college football postponement puts more than $700 million at risk this fall, according to CNBC

Big Ten football: Spring football or the NFL? Many top prospects could have decisions to make (Offense) via AllMediaNY

Big Ten cancels 2020 season: N.J. football recruits and coaches, Rutgers commits react to postponement via NJ.com

Nebraska still hoping for opportunity to play college football this fall, according to ESPN

After a difficult decision, Kevin Warren left to confront growing Big Ten discord via Sports Illustrated

Ohio State will not pursue independent football schedule in 2020, per Columbus Dispatch

Should Nebraska leave the Big Ten? Money, motivation and one way out via Sporting News

College Football

NCAA Division I Council has another round of recommendations, including extending the recruiting dead period per Hoosier Huddle

NCAA college football cancellations could send networks, advertisers scrambling into 2021 via New York Times

CFP director Bill Hancock ‘hopeful’ four-team playoff can go on despite Big Ten, PAC-12 cancellations according to Sporting News

New York Times: Postponed college football games could disrupt $1 billion in TV ads

NFL ‘closely monitoring’ college football developments via NBC Sports

Off-Season Reading Suggestions

NEW Hoosier Beginnings by Ken Bikoff

The Search for Indiana Football Glory

Billion Dollar Ball

The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time

Study Hall: College Football, Its Stats and Its Stories

The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football