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Report: Gretchen Whitmer Is Sinking Ohio State’s Hopes For A Big Ten Restart

Tim Pearce
Report: Gretchen Whitmer Is Sinking Ohio State’s Hopes For A Big Ten Restart
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is reportedly railroading attempts by Ohio State to organize a mini-Big Ten fall football season.

Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith has been trying to scrape together a last-minute agreement between six Big Ten teams to hold a 10-game fall football season, according to reporter Jeff Snook. Iowa, Nebraska, and Penn State have signed on to the plan, but Smith needs Michigan and Wisconsin as well to make it work.

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