Weird times, man, weird times indeed. But we're still here with you on Heartland College

Sports Weekly, part of Heartland College Sports.com. I'm Pete Mundo. Thanks so much for joining

us. And hopefully, while so much of

what we're going to talk about obviously ties into the unprecedented pandemic that we find

ourselves in right now with the coronavirus. But I do hope that we can help take your mind off of it

because right now the news cycle has gone absolutely mad.

Appreciate you joining us being a part of the show. And let's start off with the fact that the

Big 12 has decided that it will allow virtual meetings, which by the way, long overdue should

have been done, I don't want to say weeks ago, because this all is happening in real

time and unfolding rapidly. But the crux of the matter was that the Big 12 found itself behind

the other Power 5 conferences when it came to how much it could spend, how much especially

college football coaches could spend with their teams, considering spring practice

have been canceled. And the Big 12 made the right call to allow virtual meetings. This came down

here in the past few days. I think it was Sunday. This news came down. So it allows virtual meetings

between athletes, coaches, and staff starting this past Monday. The league said in a statement, quote, all virtual group activities, including film study,

are limited to two hours per week in all sports.

Only countable coaches may conduct virtual film study, technical discussions,

tactical sessions, and other non-physical activities.

So originally, the Big 12 was basically shut down.

They'd reevaluate in April.

And Lincoln Riley, good for him.

Lincoln Riley complained on a local radio show and was like,

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