Broncos: Big Ten, PAC 12 coaches who could be fun 2020 consultants
If rules allow, the Broncos could have Big Ten, PAC 12 coaching consultants in 2020.
The Big Ten and PAC 12 have postponed their fall sports schedules, potentially re-evaluating a revised schedule in the Spring of 2021.
The Denver Broncos and the rest of the NFL have been moving forward towards playing football in 2020, and with so many major college programs opting out of the 2020 season including every team in two of the ‘Power 5’ conferences, what comes next is anyone’s guess.
The sting of no Big Ten or PAC 12 football this fall is still fresh, there’s no question about it. The entire football world is going to be impacted by not only their decisions to not play in the fall but the decisions of plenty of other programs across the country at varying levels of the NCAA.
The Big Ten and PAC 12 are the most high-profile conferences to decide to not play in the fall up to this point, leaving us all with some major questions.
Do all of these players get their eligibility restored for 2021? Is playing a Spring 2021 season and Fall 2021 season really safer for the athletes?
What are the high-profile coaches of these teams going to do?
I thought Peter Schrager of Good Morning Football had an interesting idea about college coaches potentially being recruited by NFL teams to help out in some way, shape, or form during the 2020 NFL season.
"Make no doubt about it, the NFL is a competitive world & there are now hundreds of qualified CFB coaches who have time on their hands this Fall. You better believe NFL HC's are going to their rolodexes & seeing who they know & what they can get to give them an edge."- @PSchrags pic.twitter.com/oORT2MgACG
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) August 12, 2020
There’s obviously not much clarity about rules for or against this sort of thing as Schrager alludes to, but it’s certainly fun to think about the ideas.
Vic Fangio in his first year as Broncos head coach had a number of coaching staffs come in to observe practices or just to watch an NFL team teach, but what about some collaboration?
I love a good mash-up or shared story universe and having some big-time NCAA head coaches come into Denver and share some of their expertise could be beneficial for a variety of reasons.
For one thing, many of the players in Denver played in the Big Ten or PAC 12, and even as often as things change in college football.
For another, with scouting limited to a sample of mostly 2017-19 and often less for all of the guys playing in the Big Ten and PAC 12, coaches from those conferences could not only come in and provide some help to the Broncos’ current roster, but potentially provide intel on players who could be part of the team in the future.
Some of these college coaches also have unique areas of expertise in player development where the Broncos could certainly benefit from having an extra voice.
Just for fun, let’s look through some of the coaches in the Big Ten and PAC 12 who may be able to offer their football knowledge and help the Broncos in some way in 2020.