Reverse: Big Ten will try to play fall football after all

By RALPH D. RUSSO Players were pumped. Coaches were stoked. Fans seemed relieved. Even the president was pleased. 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, the conference ran a reverse Wednesday and said it plans to open its football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24. “Let’s goooooo!!!” Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields tweeted. Amid the celebration, a word of caution: This is still not going to be easy. “We can’t emphasize enough that what we’re putting forward still requires prevention, requires accountability from everyone involved from our student-athletes to coaches to staff to be doing the things to prevent getting this infection,” said