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A huge day for the Big Ten yesterday as the conference released the 2020 schedule. Mike Chen goes over the details of the new slate, the players making realistic demands for the season and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

Two of the conferences biggest stars will not be on the field this year for Penn State and Minnesota. Mike Chen goes over the impact for those schools, the presumed hold-up of releasing the schedule and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

It is now half of the conference that has had to pause workouts after Northwestern did yesterday. Mike Chen goes over the impact of the closing and it's ripple's inside the conference, PSU gets their QB in the '22 class and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

It was a weekend that will shape the basketball conference race for this year as multiple stars opted to return to their schools. Mike Chen goes over the decisions, plenty of recruiting news and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

As we await a schedule release, one report says there still might not be a fall season for the Big Ten. Mike Chen goes over the potential impact of the report, Iowa talks about their newly released internal investigation and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The reason why Rutgers paused workouts was a very irresponsible decision by a group of players. Mike Chen goes over what led to the stoppage, a pair of football brothers unite again and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

Although it wasn't the football programs, Michigan and Iowa had to shut down workouts for different sports. Mike Chen goes over the issues of more halted workouts, MSU gets another huge '22 hoops commit and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Spartan's released their testing numbers which led to the 14-day quarantine of the football team. Mike Chen details the outbreak, the Illini lose a commit and players opting out plus more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

You can now add MSU and Rutgers to almost half of conference schools to pause voluntary workouts. Mike Chen goes over the impact of the closings, plenty of new commits and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Huskers picked up a very good commitment from a Georgia star yesterday. Mike Chen goes over the impact of the commit, multiple players on watch lists and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

There were some bad allegations coming out of Iowa and Nebraska yesterday and both of them hold water. Mike Chen details the issues, plenty of transfer movement and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Hoosiers became the third conference school to pause voluntary workouts after multiple positive COVID cases. Mike Chen examines the impact of IU shutting down, a big recruiting weekend and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

With the season fast approaching and a lot of unknowns, the NCAA has made it know what their expectations are to have a fall football season. Mike Chen goes over their recommendations, MSU cuts salaries and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

Jeff Brohm scored big with his first commit of the '22 class, an instate signal caller. Mike Chen goes over the impact of the commit, UM sees another player enter the portal and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Scarlet Knights added a DE to their '20 class who will report when the rest of the freshman do later in the spring. Mike Chen has those details along with a UW '22 commit, OSU reopens and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

After seeing two schools shut down their voluntary workouts, the Hawkeyes and Spartans got good news on the COVID testing front. Mike Chen analyzes the impact of the negative tests, which star could win the Bednarik and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Terrapins become the second conference school to stop voluntary workouts after a COVID-19 outbreak. Mike Chen goes over the impact of that decision, Iowa making moves in the right direction and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Wednesday rumors turned out to be true as commish Kevin Warren announced an upcoming conference only year for football in 2020. Mike Chen analyzes the decision, the Illini get a commit from an NFL legacy and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

The Buckeyes have yet to release their COVID-19 test results, but after closing off the facilities there seems to be an issue in Columbus. Mike Chen examines the impact of the week off, Harbaugh's press conference and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes. 

In the last two weeks the Spartans and Tom Izzo have added two nationally elite players to their program. Mike Chen goes over their newest commit, Neb adding a former NFL players son and more in today's Big Ten Morning Minutes.