Brett McMurphy Tweets Insane New Big Ten Kickoff Rule That Isn't Real

The best thing about this international pandemic is how irrational some ideas are and how many people actually believe them. But while injecting disinfectant into your body to cure coronavirus used to lead the pack, there's a new joke that wins the gold medal.
As with its predecessors, it's not true. No way, no how. But still, it's so insane that people actually believed it, which showcases how crazy of a place we are in as a society.
Respected college football insider Brett McMurphy took to Twitter this morning to report on the Big Ten schedule release as well as a new rule. This rule IS NOT true, but here's what he said.
Weird new Big Ten rule this year: team that has been most recently quarantined gets choice to receive opening kickoff or defer to 2nd half
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 5, 2020
People believed him.
Mike Greenberg’s Dumb Rules! https://t.co/R85CNEXNwf
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) August 5, 2020
I think my favorite thing about everything right now is how much sense it all makes https://t.co/eIgMRzw0JX
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) August 5, 2020
First of all, Brett, you gotta be more clear with the jokes. Can't just go around tweeting out insane new rules on the same day the Big Ten releases its schedule for the upcoming season. Not in this climate at least.
Secondly, could you imagine if this was real? It would legitimately impact the game. Most teams want the ball to start the second half. If you got that option based on which team was more recently quarantined, I can't even imagine how much anger there would be amongst players, coaches and universities.
Thankfully, Paul Pabst got to the bottom of this and confirmed it was all a joke.
Brett just told us that he was joking. https://t.co/X7HdmrwtO2
— Paul Pabst (@PaulPabst) August 5, 2020
Good one, Brett. You got the whole college football world riled up on a Wednesday morning with a fake idea that never seemed real to begin with. But in these times, even the most outlandish things can be real, which made this idea just dumb enough to be believable.