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The return of football in the Pac-12 in November will bring some much needed relief to cash-strapped athletic departments trying to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

In a complete 180, the Pac-12 Conference announced today (Sept. 24) that they will, indeed, return to play a truncated college football season.

The Pac-12 university presidents and chancellors will meet Friday and be presented options for staging a fall football season. but a vote from the group is not expected.

The Pac-12 took a significant step toward playing football in the fall, getting clearance to hold full-fledged practices from the states of California and Oregon.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Robertson, who called Washington State football for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 91.

Two decisions announced within just a couple of hours apart from each other on Tuesday (Aug. 11) made the seemingly inevitable official. Both the Big 10 and the the Pac-12 conferences came out, despite hoping against hope, to say that their fall football seasons will be postponed.

In a virtual press conference on Tuesday, former Washington Stae Cougars quarterback Gardner Minshew explained, in his inimitable fashion, just how he thinks he avoided contracting the novel coronavirus.

The Pac-12 has responded to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights.

As college football leaders work to rescue a football season worth billions in revenue from the threat of COVID-19, the players have become emboldened.

A total of 377 Division I football games have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to AP research, 114 FBS games are off.