Fall college football teetering … It was just a few hours ago that the college football season was moving along with the announcement from star QBs Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Ohio State’s Justin Fields that they were both committed to the upcoming campaign. The word around college football was that the game could go on even if a lot of players opted out, but it would be in real trouble if star QBs like Lawrence and Fields opted not to play. That was then though. In the hours since, the Mid-American Conference became the first FBS league to postpone their season outright to the spring. Then the Big Ten, one of the bellweather Power 5 conferences, put a hold on full-contact practices until the league figures out its options with commissioner Kevin Warren indicating that he’d prefer to play in the spring. Meanwhile, the FCS was forced to move its football playoffs to the spring because fewer than 50% of teams at that level will be playing this fall. The FCS fell below the 50% threshold earlier today when several more conferences including the Missouri Valley indicated they are moving their fall schedules to the spring. Having the MVC shift is key because it is home to perennial national champion North Dakota State which has not one, but two players with top 10 potential for the 2021 draft including QB Trey Lance and OT Dillon Radunz. Fact is it is going to be very challenging for prospects to both play this spring and properly prepare for the 2021 draft. The NFL could help out by delaying next April’s draft, but that doesn’t appear to be likely. Indeed, its almost guaranteed that if the college season gets bumped to the spring there could be a mass exodus draft-eligible players. Stay tuned!
