College football world reacts to Iowa’s stunning announcement

By Jesse Reed

·Updated: April 30, 2020

The University of Iowa made a stunning announcement on Thursday that sent the college football world into a frenzy on social media.

Iowa will resume athletic practice, including college football, on June 1

University of Iowa pres said athletes planning to resume practice, including footballers, June 1. 'We're hopeful that this will be behind us at this point.'
— Vanessa Miller (@VanessaMiller12) April 30, 2020

This is absolutely stunning news, as Iowa’s date of June 1 is by far the earliest any big school has announced athletics will resume. Other schools have talked about opening up later this summer and fall. But Iowa is taking quite a bold stance here as America remains embroiled in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not surprisingly, the college football world had some strong reactions to this announcement.

Many coaches, btw, had been anticipating a return by early to mid July.

This should also tell you that on-campus classes aren't required to have athletic functions. That was a big storyline on the Pence call 2 weeks ago. An SEC source had told me then that it was overblown.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) April 30, 2020

I love optimism as much as the next person but a college president saying "we're hopeful that this will be behind us" on June 1 is pretty absurd, right https://t.co/kHf19hf3oa
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) April 30, 2020

Big news for CFB in 2020 https://t.co/sEycXsbyXj
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) April 30, 2020

This is fantastic news. https://t.co/PdHNMfTMFZ
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) April 30, 2020

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— Sir Lancelot (@Kaydty) April 30, 2020