Big Ten expected to go to a conference only football schedule
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Big Ten expected to go to a conference only football schedule
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Similarly, I’ve never read any expert views on whether repeatedly jamming a rusty fork into my eye is bad for my health. Socially distanced football is going to be lit.“ COVID is part of our society. It wasn’t caused by football or caused by sports. There’s no expert view right now that I’m aware of that sports is going to make that worse.”.
—Jim Harbaugh
https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/07/08/jim-harbaugh-comments-football-covid-19/
I mean, there won't be any fall football games, but this kills any hopes for a Notre Dame season. Well I guess they could team up and schedule BYU, Army and Liberty ...Yeah I agree. That moves the pretend start date to 9/26.
They will be a quasi ACC team this year. They have 6 ACC games scheduled and the ACC will help them with the remaining.I mean, there won't be any fall football games, but this kills any hopes for a Notre Dame season. Well I guess they could team up and schedule BYU, Army and Liberty ...
college football isn't happening. It's not. Colleges are just not set up to track kids for 4 months .... kids will be kids...there will be parties..there will be get togethers...there will be transmission.....What if 5 starters test positive during the week? What if kids get really sick? NFL has a shot because it is a business. You simply can't put kids health in jeopardy and having a football season does just that.I will be very surprised if college football is played at all this Fall. I think the NFL is in danger too. Football has to be the sport with the most potential for transmission, joined by hockey. It's hard to imagine it coming off in the traditional calendar time frame.
It’s not about the travel. It’s about trusting the environment you’re in. B1G schools have the resources to test athletes more often than G5 or FCS conferences. If you can just play teams who you know test players every week and not be out there with possibly asymptomatic kids from a MAC school, you should do that. This is why football at the lower levels just isn’t safe. A lot of schools just can’t afford to test everyone.B1G still think there's no problem having Nebraska fly to Rutgers and back?
They're not busing that.
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Also wonder if B12-2 is regretting inviting the Mountaineers in yet?
From what I hear it's not even about that. The conference has control over conference games but not non-conference games. If a team were to become suddenly stricken with COVID and become unable to play, the conference office can move around the schedule to make accommodations or switch games around.It’s not about the travel. It’s about trusting the environment you’re in. B1G schools have the resources to test athletes more often than G5 or FCS conferences. If you can just play teams who you know test players every week and not be out there with possibly asymptomatic kids from a MAC school, you should do that. This is why football at the lower levels just isn’t safe. A lot of schools just can’t afford to test everyone.
That is a big part of it too. Fitting in 9 or 10 games over a 14 week period is much easier. Gives everyone flexibility. That’s even if we play.From what I hear it's not even about that. The conference has control over conference games but not non-conference games. If a team were to become suddenly stricken with COVID and become unable to play, the conference office can move around the schedule to make accommodations or switch games around.
As I was corrected about this above, the ACC has adopted them this year so they'll play an ACC schedule.With the Big 10 going with conference-only competition, if other conferences follow suit, then Notre Dame wouldn't have anyone to play football against this season.
Oh I missed that. That kinda sucks to be honest. Notre Dame should have to pay a penalty for insisting on being independent. Somehow they've convinced the college football world that they should have all the benefits of being an independent with none of the drawbacks. Bugs me to no end. You want to be an independent and not support a conference? Fine. But when the crap hits the fan, you should have to deal withe the consequences of being an independent.As I was corrected about this above, the ACC has adopted them this year so they'll play an ACC schedule.
If your scenario comes to pass, I hope the respective university and the NCAA are legally bludgeoned.So how big is the lawsuit going to be when a college football player gets covid and dies from it? The argument will be that he was essentially forced into it by his team, and it will be compelling.
There's a joke in there somewhere about Notre Dame football in and of itself.With the Big 10 going with conference-only competition, if other conferences follow suit, then Notre Dame wouldn't have anyone to play football against this season.
If there is college football and I’m a early round draft prospect, I’m probably not playing. Hell, I’m probably not even going to campus. There’s too much doubt about damage to the respiratory and other systems. At least some of the NFL players have gotten some money in their lives.The NFL is going to play. I am personally convinced of that. No matter what, they are just going to play.
But college football might get through 3 weeks of games before they have to shut it down. Logistically, this is a nightmare. And it's dangerous. And the players aren't getting paid. I assume most of the players actually want to play. Athletes generally want to plow ahead no matter what.
But the staffs, the medical, the coaches, everything, it's just going to be impossible. It's too many people, too much travel, too much danger. These are students, not professionals.
I go the other way. If you're a prospect, you want to play because you have to show off your skills for the NFL. It's a brutal situation. And a NFL prospect has literally been the best player at his position for his entire life. By far. Everything he has done is perfect and congratulated and rewarded.If there is college football and I’m a early round draft prospect, I’m probably not playing. Hell, I’m probably not even going to campus. There’s too much doubt about damage to the respiratory and other systems. At least some of the NFL players have gotten some money in their lives.
Not sure I understand why, for example, Oregon thinks it's safe for Arizona State to visit than Hawaii.PAC 12 joins the Big 10, no out of conference games.
I agree 100% . They only shot they have is if there is big drop in cases during the next month, but bottom line, colleges are simply not set up to baby sit student athletes. I'm sure some kids will adhere to social distancing and wearing a mask, but many will not. If you were to choose a setting to facilitate the spread of a virus, a college campus would be a good choice.The NFL is going to play. I am personally convinced of that. No matter what, they are just going to play.
But college football might get through 3 weeks of games before they have to shut it down. Logistically, this is a nightmare. And it's dangerous. And the players aren't getting paid. I assume most of the players actually want to play. Athletes generally want to plow ahead no matter what.
But the staffs, the medical, the coaches, everything, it's just going to be impossible. It's too many people, too much travel, too much danger. These are students, not professionals.
+100 u are so rightOh I missed that. That kinda sucks to be honest. Notre Dame should have to pay a penalty for insisting on being independent. Somehow they've convinced the college football world that they should have all the benefits of being an independent with none of the drawbacks. Bugs me to no end. You want to be an independent and not support a conference? Fine. But when the crap hits the fan, you should have to deal withe the consequences of being an independent.
The ACC has no interest in joining them in being penalized.Oh I missed that. That kinda sucks to be honest. Notre Dame should have to pay a penalty for insisting on being independent.
Some universities won’t be doing in-person classes and dorms will not be open.I actually think there is a better than 50/50 chance that the NCAA completes their football season. Only playing conference games gives them extra weeks to work with. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me to see them play 4 games, then shut down for two weeks, then play another 4-5 games. And I think they'll shoot for having 10-15k people in the stands.
I haven’t heard that about any P5 schools. Maybe I missed it.Some universities won’t be doing in-person classes and dorms will not be open.
USC is doing hybrid .Cal-Berkeley too. Most classes will be onilne for both.I haven’t heard that about any P5 schools. Maybe I missed it.
Right, which means campuses will be limited but open. Which means they can play football if they want to.USC is doing hybrid .Cal-Berkeley too. Most classes will be onilne for both.
Speaking Tuesday with Vice President Pence, LSU Coach Ed Orgeron declared, “We need football.” “We need to play. This state needs it; this country needs it,” he said as Pence applauded.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, who also attended the meeting, said afterward: “Time is an asset that’s rapidly slipping away. … The fact we’ve seen increasing cases over the last few weeks across our region is not a positive indicator.”
An athletic director for a Power Five school expressed a more negative outlook Monday to Yahoo Sports, saying anonymously: “Right now, I don’t see a path in the current environment to how we play. I’m confident we’ll get back to what we all think of as normal, but it may be a year before that happens.”
Yep FCS and G5 schools are struggling without the buy games. It will be the same for basketball season unfortunately.The big schools going to conference only schedules is going to really destroy some mid-major athletic departments. Think of the guaranteed money that is now lost. I'm guessing most schools - like Eastern Washington for example - rely pretty heavily on big pay days from Washington or Washington State to fund budgets.
He filed for divorce recently. Maybe he's lonely.I love Coach O, but what selfish thing to say. The country doesn't "need football."
You’re underestimating the power of football in Texas, southern LA, Alabama and Georgia. They truly believe its mandatory.I love Coach O, but what selfish thing to say. The country doesn't "need football."