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I don’t think it’s that “ far fetched”.  Not so much a civil war analogy as much as a political one. Let’s be truthful - everything related to the pandemic has been politicized much to our dismay. You could have easily predicted that the conferences based in the north in the far west would be the ones most likely to bow out and the ones based in the South would opt to try to play

you could also make a valid argument that leaves Ohio State has the most vulnerable school from a recruiting standpoint given that they have the current top rank class and are considered the standard bearer for the Big Ten.  It’s already happening many schools are already coming after their big recruits.

https://lettermenrow.com/ohio-state-football-recruiting/ohio-state-recruiting-ryan-day-cancelled-2021-two-seasons-freshmen-class/

Yeah, see, you typed it all out.  I just shared the initial thought.  Same difference.

You know, if you spent a little more typing your reasoning rather than saying "See? The Civil War states want to play football! Isn't that interesting and somehow relevant???" perhaps we might have understood where you were going with it.

As it stands, I don't for a SECOND believe that your rationale was what @Honestbuckeye posted.

I doubt it's a big thing... All the 2020 guys are already on campus, signed their LOI, and would need to enter the transfer portal.

All the 2021 guys aren't thinking this will affect their PT much. Any 2021 guy who isn't enrolling early won't really have much difference to their decision anyway.

In fact, any 2021 guy who is planning on enrolling early could potentially play real spring ball for a B1G or PAC team, while going to a team that already played in fall will have completed their season. That can get them real game experience to prepare them for the fall season and get them ahead of any non-early enrollees on the depth chart because they'll have gotten real reps against real opponents.

Not only that, even 4*/5* guys at a place like OSU won't get a lot of PT as a true freshman. But if the season is in the spring, all the high draft potential guys who opt out to prepare for the draft in spring ball won't be on the depth chart ahead of them, so they might even have MORE chances at PT as a true frosh.

I don't see why this would affect recruiting all that much.

the B1G really screwed the pooch here in canceling without waiting for more information

easily could have kicked the can down the road a couple weeks

You know, if you spent a little more typing your reasoning rather than saying "See? The Civil War states want to play football! Isn't that interesting and somehow relevant???" perhaps we might have understood where you were going with it.

As it stands, I don't for a SECOND believe that your rationale was what @Honestbuckeye posted.