Coaches react to Big Ten cancellation

Coaches react to Big Ten cancellation

After the shockwaves again jolted the sports world today when the big ten conference announced the postponement of fall sports.

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" fans are left wondering what could have been once again.

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"* kirk ferentz... emotional.xxx disappointment is the best word certainly but it's emotional, it's hard.

The hawkeye football team was hard at work preparing for another big season.

Crowd cheers then, with kick off mere weeks away, the big ten to announced the postponement of the fall sports season.

The conference will consider the possibilty of returning to play in the spring.

A college football career is already brief.

Iowa coach kirk ferentz says this postponement is time subtracted from an already abbreviated clock.

It's just disappointing because they've worked hard, they've done everything we could have asked them and then some, and they've done it in tought circumstances.

So that part is hard and it's like losing a game, there's really nothing you can say to make anybody feel better.

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Are you concerned now that this is going to have a trickle down effect even though the ihsaa has already said hey, we're going to go on as scheduled?

Um no, i have confidence in the ihsaa to stay with what they have put out.

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"* i think they keep coming up with ideas to make the kids safer.

I have had a discussion with administration, with other coaches about what school would look like without high school sports and you know it's a depressing one.

Ferentz agrees... but maintains everyone must keep moving forward.

Football is a big part of our life, especially here in the midwest but it's not life or death either and this is probably a good reminder of that.

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48 percent said it was the correct decision while the other