COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall amid pandemic

  • Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12. (CHRIS SWEDA/ Chicago Tribune/TNS)
    Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12. (CHRIS SWEDA/ Chicago Tribune/TNS)
  • Commissioner Larry Scott speaks to kick off Pac-12 Media Days at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., in 2015. (CHRIS PIETSCH/The Register-Guard/TNS)
    Commissioner Larry Scott speaks to kick off Pac-12 Media Days at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., in 2015. (CHRIS PIETSCH/The Register-Guard/TNS)
A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday as the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons. …

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