Week 1 has arrived without many real answers to questions on how to handle the possibility of COVID-19 related game postponements.

Before the Pac-12 decided against playing a fall football season, conference medical experts and administrators began exploring the tricky issue of developing policies for in-season interruptions.

How many COVID-related cases makes a team ineligible to play?

What exactly determines a no-contest or a postponement?

Who has the final say on these decisions?

“It becomes a very difficult calculation,” says Doug Aukerman, Oregon State’s team doctor and the chair of the Pac-12 medical advisory board who was part of the discussions. “You have to think about a lot of different pieces.”

Week 1 of college football—at least the FBS version—has arrived without many real answers to those pressing questions. In just three days, Southern Miss hosts South Alabama and Central Arkansas plays UAB to kickoff what is sure to be the most bizarre