Several have reported the Big Ten Presidents might re-vote today to start football sooner than later. Some obstacles have been cleared, but others remain.

In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer allowed the return of fall high school sports, which many believed at least signaled the Big Ten might be next. The Pac-12, which appears to be in lock-step with the Big Ten, announced it had an agreement for rapid COVID-19 testing.

“This access to daily, rapid result testing is simply game changing,” Commissioner Larry Scott said. “It’s a major step for the return of safe sports competition in the Pac-12.”

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The tests won't be ready until later this month, however, indicating the league probably won't start until after the Oct. 10 date many Big Ten coaches are shooting for. That's led some to believe the most likely path forward for both conferences is to start around or after Thanksgiving, play abbreviated seasons and then possibly meet in the Rose Bowl ... just like old times.

Yahoo.com's Dan Wetzel reported Scott didn’t shy away from saying he is in regular communication with Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren. Nor did he hide his hope that the two leagues might link up for a season on their own schedule – maybe starting Thanksgiving, maybe just waiting until January, Wetzel wrote.

They could play each other in the regular season, or maybe a postseason challenge.

“A high priority for the Pac-12 would be to align our seasons,” Scott said. “It would be awesome to have some of the traditional postseason opportunities the Pac-12 and Big Ten have enjoyed with each other."

At this point, that might be the Big Ten's most likely path forward. Wisconsin A.D. Barry Alvarez told his school's athletic board medical officials were still gathering information to present to Presidents for review.

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, meanwhile, continued to argue against spring football.

“I’m still very opposed to spring. Spring won’t happen. I don’t see any probability of actually having a spring season,” Meyer told the Big Ten Network. “I’ve talked to many colleagues, and the reality is that you would have to change the following 2021 season and the chance of putting two seasons in one calendar year — that conversation is gonna have to stop because that won’t happen.”

A January start, he added, "might become a JV type of outfit."

"That means that the great players who have actually earned the right to go play professional football won’t play. And I can understand that, as well," he said.

Clemson's Dabo Swinney, meanwhile, insisted he was against delaying the season to include the conferences that postponed. Several others have shared his opinion.

"I'd love for them to play, and testing is a great opportunity for everyone, for sure," he said. "[But] we're ready to roll. That would be something I wouldn't be in favor for. It'd be hard to start in November and then push the season into February."

Something it appears is increasingly likely for the Big Ten and Pac-12.

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