With College Football's Season at Stake, Who Makes the Call?

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🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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While pro leagues across the US are getting back to play, college football leaders are taking several different approaches to the risk of COVID-19. Some schools and conferences have already cancelled fall sports altogether, while others have announced they're limiting games to in-conference opponents. And there are some conferences, big ones like the SEC, which have yet to make a decision on how or whether to have a fall 2020 college football season. ESPN's college football reporter Heather Dinich walks Pablo Torre through the gamut of options and why there's such a patchwork of possibilities, including the scenario of a spring 2021 season. Then Emily Applegate, former employee of the Washington football team, discusses her experiences of harassment within the organization after being named in last week's Washington Post article. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coach, what percentage chance or what opportunity do you think that there is for a fall season,
0:08.0	2020 football season for your program?
0:11.3	You know, Marty, obviously this is not my decision, but my gut feeling is we're going to play.
0:16.2	I do believe we're going to play.
0:17.6	I'm almost certain that we are going to play.
0:20.2	And you guys will agree with this. The SEC needs football, state of Louisiana needs football,
0:26.8	our country needs football. It's time to get gone.
0:31.8	That's the unmistakable voice of LSU head coach, Ed Orgeron.
0:41.5	He's optimistic about college football in 2020,
0:46.1	but the pandemic tides are not going the same way as Coach O.
0:52.2	Today, the state of college football, who's canceled, who's constrained,
0:55.7	and who's keeping options open, and for how long?
0:58.8	Then an interview with Emily Applegate.
1:05.5	The former employee of the Washington football team shared her experience of harassment in the organization.
1:10.6	And she is the only woman thus far to give her name in doing so.
1:15.3	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, July 20th.
1:18.5	This is ESPN Daily.
1:24.6	Hi, Heather. Thanks for joining me.
1:26.7	Sure. Thanks for having me on today. Heather Dinnich covers college
1:28.9	football and the potential lack thereof for ESPN. So I'm so excited to have you because we're watching
1:37.5	the college football landscape change day by day and really, as you know well, kind of hour by hour at
1:43.4	this point. The Patriot League and
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