Ohio State HC Ryan Day Says 'We'll Do Whatever We Need to Do' to Play Football

The status of the 2020 college football season is uncertain because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The campaign may need to undergo significant changes to be played in any capacity, but Ohio State head coach Ryan Day told reporters on a Wednesday conference call (h/t ESPN's Heather Dinich) that he's willing to adjust to whatever those parameters could be:

"Any football is better than no football. We'll do whatever we need to do. We'll make it work—whatever they tell us the parameters are—and we'll adapt. And then we'll play. With this time, there's a lot of unique situations, so we're OK with adapting. We'd love to play the whole season—we're expecting to play the whole season—but if that's what happens, we'll figure it out."

The season is scheduled to begin on Saturday, August 29.

There are lots of possibilities for the 2020 college football season.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott relayed the range to Jon Wilner of the Mercury News on March 31.

"The optimistic model has an elongated training camp and on-time start [to the season]," Scott said. "The most pessimistic has no season at all."

On April 2, Brett McMurphy of Stadium also spoke with numerous athletic directors who proposed various ideas, including playing spring football and holding a shortened season that features only conference games before the playoffs.

The other issue is that campuses nationwide have closed due to the pandemic, and there's no guarantee that they reopen on time for the 2020 fall semester.

With that in mind, McMurphy relayed the idea that student-athletes could be allowed to return to campus, take online courses, undergo daily testing and play.

That idea brought mixed reviews.

"I believe it would work," one Power Five athletic director told McMurphy. "Campuses have to stay open for essential services and some housing for those who need it. We have to believe this containment will work and we can get back to normal—which means we play football."

Another Power Five AD is pessimistic.

"There is absolutely no way my president would allow something like that to occur. I don't see that being permitted. I also find it hard to believe our conference would allow that to happen."

The college football season could also hypothetically start under a delay and finish a full slate. Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp believes that is possible based on April 8 comments to the Texas Tribune (h/t Associated Press).

"In some conversations with SEC officials and NCAA, I think they've come to the conclusion that you can probably start football as late as October and still have a 13-game schedule," Sharp said.

As it stands, seven Division I-FBS college football games are scheduled to take place on Aug. 29, highlighted by a game between Navy and Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland.