Reports Say Big Ten Football Schedule Expected Soon

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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

According to a report from Jeff Rabjohns of Peegs.com a league source says that the announcement of the 2020 Big Ten football schedule is imminent. “The Big Ten is working on finishing football schedules, and they could be out as early as the next day or two, or might be out early next week if some polishing is needed, league sources tell Peegs.com.”

The conference already decided to play only conference games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement released by the Big Ten on July 9th the conference said:

“If the Conference is able to participate in fall sports (men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball) based on medical advice, it will move to Conference-only schedules in those sports. By limiting competition to other Big Ten institutions, the Conference will have the greatest flexibility to adjust its own operations throughout the season and make quick decisions in real-time based on the most current evolving medical advice and the fluid nature of the pandemic.”

Big Ten source tells me Sept. 5 start date for Big Ten looks likely. That was original start date for the league. Schedule should be out soon, maybe as soon as "next 24-48 hours," per source.

— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) July 30, 2020

“If the Conference is able to participate,” and if has been a key word in 2020, it will probably be a 10-game football season that is rumored to start September 5th. The Big Ten already has a nine-game conference schedule so how they will add the 10th game is still being discussed. While in no way shape or form does a schedule announcement guarantee that the 2020 season will go off without a hitch, it does give a glimmer of hope that there will be college football in the fall.

There have been a handful of Big Ten programs, including the Hoosiers, to either pause workouts or quarantine the entire team in the past few weeks due to a rash of positive tests throughout their programs.

The Hoosiers are scheduled, as of now, to take on the Wisconsin Badgers on September 4th at Camp Randal Stadium in Madison. Hoosier Huddle will bring you more on this as it develops in the coming days.