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ELA

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #196 on: August 05, 2020, 12:35:02 PM »
They certainly lined it up nicely for Minnesota and Wisconsin in the West, being the two schools to avoid both OSU and PSU

Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska get both, but Iowa and Nebraska miss that next tier of Michigan and Indiana, while Illinois has to play the Hoosiers.  So it certainly seems like the Illini drew the short straw.

That goes both ways, as OSU and PSU both miss UW and Minnesota.

As far as who plays both?  Maryland and Michigan.  But Michigan misses both teams from that next tier (Iowa and Nebraska), while the Terps play Iowa.

So they gave the 4 favorites the easiest schedule, and hosed Illinois and Maryland?  Bad for creating a fun conference race, good for getting a team into the playoff I suppose

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #197 on: August 05, 2020, 01:04:48 PM »
Guys, it's not happening, doesn't matter

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/big-ten-covid-19-football-season
I guess that's that.
Some of those asks would be thorny to put into practice, but that's not a crazy sounding list
Agreed. Most of that is quite frankly common sense, and should have ALREADY have been put in place by either the NCAA or the conference. 

There are a few things regarding eligibility/etc in the case of medical redshirt, missing competition / season cancellation, that impact NCAA rules and not just conference rules. They also impact a lot more--what if a player is a senior and misses one game due to COVID, does that senior get an extra year of eligibility and a medical redshirt? If the season is cancelled do all players get an extra year of eligibility? If so, what do you do regarding scholarship limits for incoming freshmen? I see those as less of a demand than a negotiating point. 

And there are a few, reimbursement for ANY COVID related health costs for either short or long term, that I doubt can be open-ended. If it's time-limited to a certain period after eligibility ends, universities can insure against it. But if it's open-ended, that will be a sticking point.

But it's MUCH less ridiculous than what the PAC-12 athletes put out there.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #198 on: August 05, 2020, 07:17:59 PM »
I normally start my Game by Game prediction thread the first Monday of August.  Feels pointless, sigh...

I remember in May when my neighbor, who works for Pitt, and whose husband played for Pitt, worked in the athletic department there, and still has contacts at several schools, said there might not be college football, I felt like that was laughable.

Now, I'm getting everything set for a virtual season thread.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #199 on: August 06, 2020, 12:44:53 AM »
Rivalry week is Hawkeyes @ Buckeyes this year. The eyes better be prepared.
Actually, this is not about to happen, and I am almost dumbfounded that Ohio St / Michigan is not game #2.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #200 on: August 06, 2020, 08:50:22 AM »
OSU-UM in mid-October?



Only took a pandemic to move The Game from the end of the season. 

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #201 on: August 06, 2020, 09:53:44 AM »
Sounds like UConn is canceling their season


What a glut of crybabies. Anyone else suspect UConn's coaching staff gladly caved in? Or even lobbied behind the scenes to dip out? The pandemic excuse allows Edsall & Co to extend their flailing employment into another season while getting paid for doing nothing this season. We'll see how a roster handles missing a whole season, but this might implode a shallow UConn program that's already at risk thanks to under-attended games, bad season after bad season, and CTE keeping worried athletic departments up at night. Edsall built UConn football and now he's burning it down.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #202 on: August 06, 2020, 10:08:41 AM »
I think they should just cancel everything now and be done with it.  This isn't going to be any fun, and if they play a few games, I can't see how the season lasts anyway.

A large school system here opened up and had a 2nd grader test positive on Day One.  If the rate of false positives are even 5% .....


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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #203 on: August 06, 2020, 10:13:36 AM »
I'd rather have one or two games than nothing
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #204 on: August 06, 2020, 10:24:29 AM »
Let's imagine best case scenario.  Somehow, every game is played, and you have conference champions come out of this.  OK, that's something (I think it unlikely.)

And then the playoffs happen, but some champ is left out, maybe two champs are 9-2 or something.

The asterisk for the winner will be .... significant.

But, we'd have some football anyway, more like the olden times.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #205 on: August 06, 2020, 10:58:56 AM »
I just don't see it happening. We've seen what's going on with baseball. All young, healthy people, all of whom have a significant financial interest in staying healthy and COVID-free, and this thing is ripping through locker rooms.

Maybe the NFL will get it done because there are millions at stake for the players, and billions at stake for the owners/networks. 

But I don't see how the NCAA/B1G will be able to justify this after a few high-profile clusters. After one game it wouldn't surprise me if you see based on a single player being infected (let's say a lineman) and in close/violent quarters with others, not spreading to 20+ infections on both teams within days. 

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #206 on: August 06, 2020, 11:00:46 AM »
I agree, and IF the test gives a 5% false positive rate, out of 80 people, you'd have 3-4-5 testing positive falsely.


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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #207 on: August 06, 2020, 11:10:43 AM »

What a glut of crybabies. Anyone else suspect UConn's coaching staff gladly caved in? Or even lobbied behind the scenes to dip out? The pandemic excuse allows Edsall & Co to extend their flailing employment into another season while getting paid for doing nothing this season. We'll see how a roster handles missing a whole season, but this might implode a shallow UConn program that's already at risk thanks to under-attended games, bad season after bad season, and CTE keeping worried athletic departments up at night. Edsall built UConn football and now he's burning it down.
In fairness, that may all be true, but with all of the conferences going to conference play only, what's left for UConn to do?

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #208 on: August 06, 2020, 12:06:26 PM »
Home and homes with New Mexico State, UMass, Liberty, Army, and BYU?

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #209 on: August 06, 2020, 12:19:51 PM »
I don't think we are going to make it through camps, let alone games.
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