In the moment, Rob Mullens and Gene Smith probably didn’t give much thought to the standard force majeure clause included in the contact they signed Oct. 12, 2012. The Oregon and Ohio State athletic directors finalized the high-profile future home-and-home football series the week after the second-ranked Ducks walloped Washington 52-21 en route to a 12-1 finish in Chip Kelly’s final season and the Buckeyes blasted Nebraska 63-38 on the way to a perfect 12-0 finish to Urban Meyer’s first season. Nearly eight years later, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has turned out to be the “unforeseen catastrophe” the force majeure clause was made for. The Big Ten announced Thursday that it will attempt to play a conference-only schedule this fall. That means the defending Pac-12 champion Ducks will not get to host the defending Big Ten champion Buckeyes on Sept. 12 at Autzen Stadium in a rematch of the two…
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