COLUMBUS, Ohio — If diligence gives college football the best chance to persevere through COVID-19 this fall, creativity serves as the backup. For one season, under extraordinary circumstances, we can set aside convention and tradition — even when that tradition dwarfs all others in the Big Ten Conference. We don’t yet know what the league will do about its 2020 schedule after lopping off the non-conference games. We do know any season that starts could stop — perhaps briefly, perhaps permanently — due to the coronavirus pandemic’s unpredictable nature. For that reason, it makes sense to move The Game — Ohio State’s annual rivalry battle with Michigan — up front in any revamped Big Ten schedule for 2020. Doing so would not ruin the tradition and importance of The Game. It would protect it. Imagine this scenario. The Big Ten changes nothing and moves forward with its current schedule in…
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