Big Ten Football

With the non-conference schedule cancelled, two questions. If the schedule goes to 10 conference games, who might that 10th opponent be? Also, in a prove-it-or-lose-it season for the head coach, where do you set the bar? https://t.co/RNT6shuXeA

— Robert Rosenthal (@ALionEye) July 9, 2020

What was once a favorable non-conference schedule for the #illini became a moot point in a hurry.https://t.co/5EdR96uJFa

— Joey Wagner (@mrwagner25) July 9, 2020

.@IlliniFootball has not played a conference-only schedule since 1919, when the Illini went 6-1 to win the Big Ten title and claim to the national championship during the 1918 Flu Pandemic. pic.twitter.com/MAxjUuOa2n

— Illini Stats & Notes (@IlliniStats) July 9, 2020

I have highlighted the key word in the Big Ten statement. pic.twitter.com/KTOodBKjhF

— Robert Rosenthal (@ALionEye) July 9, 2020

Also hearing per sources thst the B1G's league-only schedules will be frontloaded with division games, as those are the most important to play before potential interruptions. https://t.co/yZzJmPJMUr

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) July 9, 2020