You may get a side of B1G football with your turkey and mashed potatoes this year, after all.

According to a report from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the B1G is considering starting the 2020-21 college football season the week of Thanksgiving — more than a month earlier than it’s previous plan to begin in early January. It’s unclear how much momentum this idea has around the conference.

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With more efficient ways of testing becoming more cost-effective over the last few weeks, it may help address some of the B1G’s concerns about playing a season during a pandemic. On Aug. 11, it became the first Power 5 league to back out of the fall football season.

Currently, six FBS conferences are planning to move forward with a fall schedule.

It had been previously reported by Blue and White Illustrated that the B1G was looking at an eight-game model for the revised football season, beginning the week after Jan. 1, 2021. The outline reportedly will have no on-campus games, with domed stadiums in Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Detroit, St. Louis and Syracuse being potential host sites, per the Columbus Dispatch.

The B1G was also considering hosting a B1G Championship Game between the two highest-finishing teams and potentially setting up a Rose Bowl Game between the B1G champion and the Pac-12 winner.

There have been no concrete plans announced at this time. However, it seems like there are plenty of ideas being pitched at the moment.