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ELA

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #490 on: August 15, 2020, 08:43:20 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 15, 2020, 08:12:51 PM
9 Sooners report with Covid.

This will need its own thread if conferences actually go through with this.  It'll be repetitive, sad, and unnecessary.
If they are defensive players, Oklahoma could just hold them out with no harm done.
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #491 on: August 15, 2020, 08:45:00 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 15, 2020, 08:12:51 PM
9 Sooners report with Covid.

This will need its own thread if conferences actually go through with this.  It'll be repetitive, sad, and unnecessary.
I'm not terribly certain what the strategy is.  To me, given how little the virus affects young people, I think you have to pick a pony of the guys are young and healthy this isn't a particular problem for them, so we'll have college and football and whatnot.  Or, we'll try to be extremely online for classes and make our best efforts to keep everyone apart.  But the idea of having kids on campus for school, and also trying to monitor tests for everyone, seems like a lame half measure that both spreads the virus and reduces the ability to play meaningful sports.
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #492 on: August 15, 2020, 09:28:46 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 15, 2020, 08:12:51 PM
9 Sooners report with Covid.

This will need its own thread if conferences actually go through with this.  It'll be repetitive, sad, and unnecessary.
Well let’s be clear here the players were sent home because of the delay in schedule. It’s when they got back they tested positive. Maybe we need a special thread for that for all of the big 10 players who get it from not participating in football?
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #493 on: August 15, 2020, 10:18:39 PM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on August 15, 2020, 09:28:46 PM
Well let’s be clear here the players were sent home because of the delay in schedule. It’s when they got back they tested positive. Maybe we need a special thread for that for all of the big 10 players who get it from not participating in football?

https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1294727038058860544?s=19
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #494 on: August 15, 2020, 10:43:53 PM »
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #495 on: August 15, 2020, 11:37:24 PM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on August 15, 2020, 09:28:46 PM
Well let’s be clear here the players were sent home because of the delay in schedule. It’s when they got back they tested positive. Maybe we need a special thread for that for all of the big 10 players who get it from not participating in football?
The point is there will always be something.  You can poo-poo all the reality you want, but 20 year olds and bubbles aren't compatible.  

This experiment - and that's what it is - is a failure before it even begins.  I'll hang up and listen.
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #496 on: August 15, 2020, 11:39:57 PM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on August 15, 2020, 10:43:53 PM
My point stands.  They were let out of the bubble
There isn't going to be a bubble
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #497 on: August 16, 2020, 12:05:32 AM »
Meanwhile Kevin Warren and his SEC son have yet to take advantage of their ability to opt out without penalty. Kid doesn't have to play. But Dad doesn't seem too worried about it. 
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #498 on: August 16, 2020, 08:35:25 AM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on August 15, 2020, 10:43:53 PM
My point stands.  They were let out of the bubble
They’re not in a bubble. 

Now I suppose one could argue they were given a modicum of extra freedom and that was the difference. They were still in beautiful Norman with the task of staying disciplined, and things slipped. 
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #499 on: August 16, 2020, 08:42:10 AM »
Whether they are in a campus town or their hometown would seem to make some difference, versus being "at home".  Home arguably is a slightly more controlled environment, perhaps, versus a college town (??).

I think the key variable is being "on campus", not playing football etc.

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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #500 on: August 16, 2020, 08:51:03 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 16, 2020, 08:42:10 AM
Whether they are in a campus town or their hometown would seem to make some difference, versus being "at home".  Home arguably is a slightly more controlled environment, perhaps, versus a college town (??).

I think the key variable is being "on campus", not playing football etc.


I live in a college town. Sorority rush started this weekend. Many blonds. Many short shorts.

This is gonna be tricky. 
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #501 on: August 16, 2020, 08:57:53 AM »
Like everything else it doesn’t really matter because it will be interpreted two completely different ways.

The players are practicing, being tested every couple days, restricted in terms of having a curfew and going outside of the alleged bubble and things seem OK.

They have the restrictions and the testing lifted and I give them their “freedom“ and come back with corona.

Now half of us say “ see”, when they got away from football they got corona and the other half say “see “ they are football players they got corona. LOL.  

Messed up.  No facts or truth will prove anything.  Everyone either disputes them or twists them.  
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #502 on: August 16, 2020, 10:01:56 AM »
the truth is that football players within the program are much more motivated to do the right thing

pissing off the coach and taking the punishment is a deterrent

does this stop all  poor decisions and misbehavior?  no, but it's much better than turning them loose

Afro might have some experience at the high school level, some kids that are good at and want to play football will even show up for class and try to get a grade so as to be eligible to play.  Some of those same kids might not show up to school w/o the motivation
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Re: Odds we have a football season poll
« Reply #503 on: August 16, 2020, 10:05:47 AM »
I tend to agree that football players playing CFB would be somewhat less likely to contract the illness than football players not playing and going to class.

If they were all at home, maybe somewhat less likely than being in class.  

Maybe.
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