Big Ten cancels fall football, fall sports, hopes to move season to spring From the Year in review: The top Madison-area stories of 2020 series COLTEN BARTHOLOMEW Aug 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020 Updated Aug 28, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a tumultuous weekend and start to the week, the Big Ten Conference wants more time before football teams take the field.kAm%96 4@?76C6?46 564:565 — 27E6C >66E:?8D 36EH66? AC6D:56?ED 2?5 2E9=6E:4 5:C64E@CD[ 2?5 @FE4CJ 7C@> A=2J6CD[ 4@2496D[ A@=:E:4:2?D 2?5 72?D — E@ 42?46= E96 72== 7@@E32== D62D@? %F6D52J 2?5 2EE6>AE E@ >@G6 :E E@ E96 DAC:?8 D6>6DE6C 5F6 E@ E96 r~'xs\`h A2?56>:4]k^AmkAm%96 q:8 %6? 2=D@ 42?46=65 E96 72== D62D@?D 7@C G@==6J32==[ 7:6=5 9@4<6J[ >6?’D 2?5 H@>6?’D D@446C 2?5 >6?’D 2?5 H@>6?’D 4C@DD 4@F?ECJ] %96D6 564:D:@?D H:== 27764E 23@FE ac_ &?:G6CD:EJ @7 (:D4@?D:? 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Our bodies won’t last, stop getting people hopes up. — Faion Hicks (@Faion_Hicks) August 11, 2020 Let me take a wild guess... hmmm they want us to play in the spring & fall.. I wonder why? I’m not the smartest man but they want that cash flow 2for 1 special 😣 — Eric Burrell (@EricBurrell_) August 11, 2020 Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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