Among the litany of issues—explored by SI in earlier this week—the calendar and scheduling of games is the most complicated and needs to be tackled before the rest. While officials remain mum on specifics, several options are on the table, including a shift in the regular-season schedule.
In this concept, the official start of the season (Week 1) would move up to Week 0, thus shifting up the calendar by a week and expanding a tight December window in which to play the 11 playoff games. In this scenario, Rivalry Week would move into the third week of November and conference title games would kick off on Thanksgiving Week.
In this concept, the official start of the season (Week 1) would move up to Week 0, thus shifting up the calendar by a week and expanding a tight December window in which to play the 11 playoff games. In this scenario, Rivalry Week would move into the third week of November and conference title games would kick off on Thanksgiving Week.
