Everything posted by Bartles
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2020 AP pre-season poll (don't freak out)
They told voters to do pre-season rankings as if everybody was playing. Once games start, they are only supposed to vote for teams who are playing in the fall. i.e. Ohio State about to go from #2 to unranked 1-Clemson 2-Ohio St 3-Bama 4-UGA 5-OU 6-LSU 7-Penn State 8-Florida 9-Oregon 10-Notre Dame 11-Auburn 12-Wisconsin 13-A&M 14-TEXAS 15-OK State 16-Michigan 17-USC 18-UNC 19-Minn 20-Cincy 21-UCF 22-Utah 23-Iowa State 24-Iowa 25-Tennessee Others receiving votes: Memphis 86, Virginia Tech 85, Boise State 68, Arizona State 66, Miami (FL) 42, Louisville 32, Appalachian State 26, Washington 21, Kentucky 20, Indiana 19, Baylor 15, California 11, TCU 9, Virginia 7, Navy 6, Florida State 6, SMU 3, Mississippi State 3, Air Force 3, Northwestern 1, UAB 1
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Kellyanne quitting
I can't be the only one who thinks this is a coordinated effort by the entire family to set themselves up for a multi-year Kardashian type contract. Reality show at the center of the business, all kinds of other branding opportunities.
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College Football in 2020 in danger?
- College Football in 2020 in danger?
The college football world is in no way ready to delve into accurate COVID stats. Games start two weeks from today, the only numbers we'll hear are reported positive cases, and I guess we'll find out if there's a high enough number to shut down the sport. Or it may not matter if any major teams get too many cases to even practice.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
U of Bama clarified that the 29 percent sample was from a small group of people experiencing symptoms and/or those who were in close contact with people experiencing symptoms. So it's good news!- College Football in 2020 in danger?
The conferences had already bumped volleyball to spring a couple weeks back. This just confirms the NCAA will try to stage a tournament, which is great if it works out. No idea where it puts them for 2021, they will probably want to get back on their fall schedule to preserve the pre-xmas Final Four on TV.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
Guess they are mainly doing it for media attention, which makes some sense from their perspective- College Football in 2020 in danger?
This Big Ten parent protest is bizarre. Why would anyone physically be working at the league office these days anyway? Why would the commissioner every really need to go to the office?- College Football in 2020 in danger?
Most of your questions have been answered. Eligibility was addressed yesterday. All players get an extra year. They can opt out and still get an extra year. Teams are going out of their way to break up into groups so the entire team isn't in the same closed room at once for any length of time. Sounds like most teams are even splitting the positional groups so that for example the entire WR corps can't all become infected. Who will enforce? What if coaches knowingly play a positive player? What if there are outbreaks and games are called off? There are no great answers to these, teams are expected to self-police and it's in their best interests to be honest and safe. But if you're assuming the worst of CFB/human nature, yeah things can get ugly and the season could abruptly end. But no conference is going to say right now, "We can't play because this is a corrupt sport run by evil assholes."- 2019-2020 NBA Season Thread
As a fan living in Philly, most people really supported the process although a lot of season ticket holders were upset (and left). Others rallied behind the guys like TJ McConnell and Robert Covington who we knew deserved better, and eventually got to enjoy some success. I mainly argue that what Hinkie started, within the rules, worked out almost exactly as planned in terms of collecting picks staggered over time to also allow financial flexibility. It should have resulted in a multi-year shot at the finals, instead they continually flubbed personnel decisions and the 2019 game 7 loss to Kawhi is probably as far as Embiid/Simmons will ever get with this team. I agree season-long tanking is not good for the game, and don't want to see it again to that extent. Obviously the current powers who either paid and/or developed their way to the top are a better model for others.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
This will send some people to their fainting couches, but I think it's a good move. They can broadcast in the corner of an empty stadium without disrupting the pregame. Bring some coaches, etc. over for distanced interviews. Use zoom to still let people hold up signs. Corso can still do the mascot hat thing, assuming he's good with traveling (private plane I assume).- 2019-2020 NBA Season Thread
The process was a clear success, it's just that they made massive mistakes with some of the lottery picks that they tanked so hard to get. Jahlil Okafor, Markelle Fultz (plus the #1 pick we gave rival Boston for him) and Zhaire Smith provided nothing. Now this year they blew it on the contract side. But all that tanking put them in a great spot to build a contender for several years.- 2019-2020 NBA Season Thread
Sixers getting humiliated. Was gonna be tough without Simmons, but this has really shown the drop-off from last year's team, mainly letting Butler go and maxing Horford in his place. Probably have a new coach/GM next year, but it's hard to see them making much of an inroads against the top 3 in the east, not to mention some other improved teams.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
They had to do that. Can't ask these guys/girls to endure all this shit with no reward. Next year will be messy either way, with high school kids not having full seasons, etc.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
I want to ask people stop posting fringe nut jobs like Deace and C Travis, but I guess it's kind of instructive. This drumbeat of how it's all about fear of organizing is likely coming from a certain type of "believer". I won't cloak room this, just point out that I don't see a lot of very qualified local and national journalists touching the player organizing angle as a reason for not playing right now. The organizing issues are real, but: some issues (revenue sharing) have been around for decades, so buying a few months time is pointless; some like NIL are already well underway and postponing fall football does nothing to prevent their progress; the players themselves are mainly demanding health protocols that are being addressed for the most part. Also wish someone kept an accuracy rate of "little birdie told me" tweets, most are forgotten pretty quickly- College Football in 2020 in danger?
I wonder if this mess is an indication that some presidents weren't happy about Warren as Jim Delany's replacement and are using COVID as a power play, either to set him up to leave at some point or at least to assert themselves in future shaping future Big Ten policy. Kind of like Beebe never really had control of the Big 12 presidents.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
A few weeks ago, I posted pretty much exactly that plan laid out by SI (football on campus with other "essential" students only) and people here got quite huffy about it. Was called something like "the dumbest thing ever posted on a message board" as I recall. I don't see it happening though, there are good reasons people would be upset.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
Those are great article clips by @Hurtlocker and @Sbbruin on this page. Thanks for pasting. Between them they clear up a lot of the misperceptions that ordinary fans have about this is all playing out. I know it wouldn't be college sports if we didn't get mad and insult other teams/conferences (and even each other), but everyone has to navigate COVID USA based on their own circumstances. Those articles do a great job explaining that challenge.- 2020 CFB Catch All Thread
SEC opening week promises at least six of seven games will be snoozer blowouts. How exciting! I know, maybe UKY hangs with Auburn but who cares.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
It's contagious as fuck. I don't care how ignorant, liberated, or "non-compliant" Americans are, we can't march tons of people into certain sickness. A college and its town can't function without adults doing maintenance, food service, security, IT, office administration, transportation...basically every job that exists. Even Tuscaloosa isn't gonna stay open if everyone is going around infecting each other.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
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Just getting ready for their Chi-O-carditis mixer- COVID-19 2nd wave - Texas only - Stats and such
Dallas tossing in 5K new cases due to "coding error" may not help the stats. Clay says they're mostly from July- College Football in 2020 in danger?
At least that group is outdoors. (there are probably twice as many indoors we can't see) This is a good read from Julia Marcus, another really steady voice throughout the pandemic. College age kids are at the age most likely to take risks anyway, and they also are most at risk for mental setbacks from lack of socialization. Their government didn't curb the pandemic for five months, their school still charges them full rate and invites them back to campus, their local community allows bars to stay open. There will be individual acts of idiocy, but we shouldn't blame them when teams have outbreaks and campus closes down.- College Football in 2020 in danger?
It's everywhere, even Villanova had like a thousand kids partying (outside) with no masks this week. Unfortunately those aren't one-off events, that will be every weekend everywhere. Not much chance FB players can avoid those kids for very long. You can do instagram searches for campus bars and look for their recent tags. I did it a little bit in Auburn and Baton Rouge and see some obvious violations. Not sure where to look in Austin, the 6th Street places actually show people with masks for the most part. - College Football in 2020 in danger?
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