College Football: Pac-12 Votes to Start Football Season on Nov. 6

The Pac-12 voted on Thursday to reverse its initial decision and begin its football season this fall

The Pac-12 voted on Thursday to reverse its initial decision and begin its football season this fall. The conference decided it will launch a seven-game football season that is set to begin on Nov. 6. According to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, there will be no fans in attendance at the games.

The Pac-12 also announced that its men's and women's basketball seasons will also resume on Nov. 25.

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Sports Illustrated host Kaitlin O'Toole is joined by Ryan Kostecka from All Utes and Husky Maven Dan Raley for insight on when teams will begin practice and their reaction to having a fall football season this year.

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