Big Ten Conference
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While reversing course on football, Big Ten didn't even answer its own questionsSep 17, 2020 2:00 pm - So what was the breakthrough that made the Big Ten feel it was safe to play football after all? Was it daily antigen testing? Maybe, but the University of Illinois said ...
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Big Ten reverses course, announces plans for 2020 seasonSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - Never did Payton Thorne imagine that he would be able to sit in his college apartment and watch wall-to-wall college football games on a Saturday afternoon. That's beca...
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Big Ten changes course, will play fall football after all
Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - The Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, t...
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Trump speaks with Big Ten commissioner, pushes conference to play football this fallSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he spoke with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren "about immediately starting up Big Ten football." The Big Ten postponed the 2...
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Big Ten parents at protest want details on no-play decision
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Wheaton North's Mueller brothers missing out at NorthwesternAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - When Xander Mueller was in middle school, the journey to play football with his older brother seemed much farther away than the distance between Wheaton North's bleacher...
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Big Ten pulls plug on football, fall sportsAug 11, 2020 12:00 pm - Big Ten players and coaches spoke, and the administrators didn't listen. The conference officially canceled football and all fall sports on Tuesday afternoon, a move tha...
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Before Big Ten news, Smith made final pitch to save seasonAug 11, 2020 12:00 pm - Before the Big Ten announced its decision to postpone football season, Illinois took the field for its regularly-scheduled practice in Champaign on Tuesday. Then coach L...
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Northwestern starts practice after brief COVID scareAug 07, 2020 3:00 pm - Even with the college football season hanging by a thread, you'd figure Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald as someone who would be fired up about the challenge a...
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Illinois footballl begins practice with aggressive COVID testing planAug 06, 2020 4:00 pm - Illinois football had an interesting reply to the Big Ten's COVID-19 guidelines. Just this week, the conference announced protocols that require at least two coronavirus...