College football season in jeopardy as Big Ten cancels some games

The Covid-19 pandemic is beginning to roll back the upcoming college football season, something that could end up being a devastating blow to athletic department budgets. The Big Ten Conference, which counts the University of Maryland as a member, said Thursday if it is able to move forward with fall sports “based on medical advice,” it will do so with conference-only schedules. The announcement immediately canceled two nonconference home games for the Terrapins football program — the Sept.…