Larry Scott (Pac-12 commish) said today he's been in contact with the Big Ten and would like the Pac-12 football season, whenever it happens, to align with ours. He's also contracted with a company that will deliver daily rapid-result testing for Pac-12 players, and the CEO of the company indicated that it could be made available to other conferences as well.
Rather than April/May, it seems the more likely scenario is a season starting right after the holidays. The idea is to create some separation between this season and next which will presumably start in Fall 2021. To me, a January start makes more sense than November when our first games would be competing with rivalry games and other critical late season matchups and championship games in the other conferences. Winter college football, on the other hand, would likely just involve the Big Ten and Pac-12, with the season culminating in a traditional Rose Bowl game featuring the two conference champs.
Of course this isn't as optimal as a season that would have, under normal circumstances, started tonight, but it's the Covid era and everyone has to be nimble and flexible.
