Big Ten announces plan to resume football the weekend of Oct. 23-24

For about 40 days and 40 nights, the Big Ten Conference fasted from football.

Now, it plans to feast.

In a major about-face, the conference reversed its decision to cancel fall sports in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, reinstating the football season Wednesday for its 14 programs — including the Gophers’ — with other sports potentially to follow.

https://www.startribune.com/big-ten-football-calls-a-reverse-eight-week-season-to-begin-next-month/572428002/