College Football in 2020 in danger?

[C-Man 27221]

3 minutes ago, 'stache said:

What a fucking nightmare. I just can't see how it works out with only some conferences playing. I also think outbreaks and cancellations are inevitable, and comparing records when some teams didn't play their full schedules, is going to be a clusterfuck. 

It's not going to be a real season most likely -- if it even gets close to completed as newly-constructed. It will be teams competing for conference titles, nothing more.

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[Hurtlocker 2212]

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

It's not going to be a real season most likely -- if it even gets close to completed as newly-constructed. It will be teams competing for conference titles, nothing more.

If 3 of the 5 conferences play, there will be a playoff. Pac 12 is irrelevant anyways. We are only really missing out on Ohio State, and fuck em. 

[BabaYaga 15291]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Yeah, fuck Nebraska. They chose to leave because things weren't "fair" to them. Live with your decisions. 

LOL let those fuckers wither and die

[Hurtlocker 2212]

So..it wasn't unanimous 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Ohio State enters the transfer portal?

Edit:  Realignment almost certainly ain't happening, but I could see the B1G and Pac negotiating with certain schools allowing them to play on their own outside the conf. for a season with some split of the TV rights.  Win-win for both sides (in negotiations, those that play ultimately may pay a heavy price.)

Edited August 11, 2020 by clapclapclap

[C-Man 27221]

1 minute ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

If 3 of the 5 conferences play, there will be a playoff. Pac 12 is irrelevant anyways. We are only really missing out on Ohio State, and fuck em. 

Perhaps but I wouldn't hold my breath. There will likely be a team outbreak or two (or more) that will fuck things up like it did with the Marlins and Cardinals in baseball.

[DigglerontheHoof 21195]

CFB=FUBAR

[GRHorn 105]

29 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

What will have changed?

In all seriousness, if you put any credence in the theory that we’re closer to herd immunity than we think because of Pre-existing T cell immunity in a lot of the population, then it could have mostly blown over by then. But, it’s a stretch and obviously not one that many of the medical experts consulted believe in. 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[C-Man 27221]

1 minute ago, clapclapclap said:

Ohio State enters the transfer portal?

 

So Ohio State, Nebraska and Iowa didn't vote to postpone the season. If you believe Harbaugh's statement, neither did Michigan.

[Fletch 5800]

34 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

What will have changed?

Most likely nothing. Even with a vaccine 

Come follow UT baseball. We’re pretty stacked for the upcoming year

Edited August 11, 2020 by Fletch

[Pig Bellmont 8715]

Everyone wants a season, but providing for the safety of the students is an impossibility. 

[mdmost 43001]

Nebraska's defiance is trying to push for relevance in a conference where they have none. They think this will prop them up with recruits. It won't. At the end of the day, they're still Nebraska in a conference with bigger schools that dominate them. 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[Newy25 7668]

34 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

What will have changed?

This is the issue. No one can really answer that. 

[mdmost 43001]

 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[Newy25 7668]

1 minute ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Everyone wants a season, but providing for the safety of the students is an impossibility. 

Let’s not pretend this has anything to do with the safety of the athletes. 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10234]

Don't think it was the start he was looking for

[clapclapclap 9000]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

Perhaps but I wouldn't hold my breath. There will likely be a team outbreak or two (or more) that will fuck things up like it did with the Marlins and Cardinals in baseball.

But with their weekly format a team quarantine in football may mean only missing/rescheduling a single game.

Also, as to playoffs, if the conferences manage to complete most of a regular season, I can't see a solid reason for not playing the 3 extra games of the current playoff format.  Especially since there is a multiweek layoff before they begin in which the 4 teams could bubble beforehand.

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[TonyTexas 10510]

Wolves and sheep living together 

 

[crimsonlonghorn 2306]

39 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

What will have changed?

The real answer lies in the CR. 

[Tex Pete 20348]

1 minute ago, Hurtlocker said:

 

Kyle isn't nearly as clever as he thinks he is.

[Bartles 769]

2 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Also, as to playoffs, if the conferences manage to complete most of a regular season, I can't see a solid reason for not playing the 3 extra games of the current playoff format.  Especially since there is a multiweek layoff before they begin in which the 4 teams could bubble beforehand.

I expect all will cancel within a day or two, but there are some bizarre options at the moment.

If the ACC, Big 12 and SEC decide to push forward, and the Sun Belt has already announced it intends to do the same, that would give that group five of the 11 votes on the College Football Playoff board of managers (Notre Dame has its own vote and they are ACC for now).

But you would only need one more conference between the American and C-USA to play in order to have a majority of the board. That's probably not a hard sell in either case (both offices are in Dallas). So in theory they could vote to hold the playoff on schedule without the fall defectors.

[BabaYaga 15291]

5 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

but providing for the safety of the students whether they play or not is an impossibility. 

FIFY

[Patrick Bateman 3912]

8 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

 

Nebraska will back down and accept the scraps they're offered...... like the whipped dog they are.  Fuck them.  

 

 

[Tex Pete 20348]

Just now, Bartles said:

I expect all will cancel within a day or two, but there are some bizarre options at the moment.

 

Sure, but I don't see what the rush is. Announce another delay to the start or fall camps and games and say "we'll re-visit things on September 15." See what happens when students are back on campuses. Unless, of course, they have no intention of playing regardless.

[GRHorn 105]

3 minutes ago, crimsonlonghorn said:

The real answer lies in the CR. 

Salvation lies within. 😆 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

1 minute ago, Bartles said:

I expect all will cancel within a day or two, but there are some bizarre options at the moment.

If the ACC, Big 12 and SEC decide to push forward, and the Sun Belt has already announced it intends to do the same, that would give that group five of the 11 votes on the College Football Playoff board of managers (Notre Dame has its own vote and they are ACC for now).

But you would only need one more conference between the American and C-USA to play in order to have a majority of the board. That's probably not a hard sell in either case (both offices are in Dallas). So in theory they could vote to hold the playoff on schedule without the fall defectors.

If the ACC, B12, SEC, and ND play and can get in a season (and it won't hurt if the AAC plays)...I cannot imagine why ESPN, who basically is the only media partner in the playoffs, wouldn't have the CFP as scheduled.   The mouse is hemorrhaging money right now, they need the eyeballs as much as CFB does.  

[BabaYaga 15291]

4 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

 

Hey. 

Kyle. 

Yeah, you. 

Hey come over here. 

Just for a second and take a seat.

[Dark Horse 2280]

The inept Big 12 to be the savior or destroyer of the 2020 CFB season? 
 

Hilarious

[MonkeyDoughnut 10234]

4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Wolves and sheep living together 

 

Upside to full season cancellation by everybody is might be the death blow to TexAgs.  Might be the only silver lining.

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[TonyTexas 10510]

It’s stupid that the Big 12 is going to be the whipping boy if it decides not to play. 

[Juicy 727]

So you are telling me that all the areas that are currently doing so well with the virus, are going to figure out a way to save college football? 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by Juicy

[Cairn Horn88 8262]

I believe this just may apply:

The shit has hit the fan meaning;

The point at which "the shit hits the fan" is the point at which an already unstable situation devolves into utter chaos, often in spite of--or even due to--a higher authority's attempt to control it.

[GRHorn 105]

I mean we’re playing right? We have the cover of trying to make the season work with two other leagues going full steam. The alternative is siding with the Pac12 that doesn’t even care about football and the B1G that always tries to dictate everyone else’s move. 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

 

[NWBuck 8552]

14 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Ohio State enters the transfer portal?

Realignment almost certainly ain't happening, but I could see the B1G and Pac negotiating with certain schools allowing them to play on their own outside the conf. for a season with some split of the TV rights.  Win-win for both sides (in negotiations, those that play ultimately may pay a heavy price.)

Man, fuck Rutgers and Illinois. If the Big B1G schools go out on their own, everyone else can live without their TV revenue.

[mdmost 43001]

I definitely agree with members of the media that are saying the Big 10 and Pac 12 need to put their medical experts out there to discuss the information given that made the conferences cancel the season. If the other conferences are still going to have a go at it, the information that caused 2 of the 5 to cancel should be out there for public consumption. 

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[mdmost 43001]

 

 

[Hurtlocker 2212]

Two down

[GRHorn 105]

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

I definitely agree with members of the media that are saying the Big 10 and Pac 12 need to put their medical experts out there to discuss the information given that made the conferences cancel the season. If the other conferences are still going to have a go at it, the information that caused 2 of the 5 to cancel should be out there for public consumption. 

Which members of the media are pushing this? Are our medical experts not good enough? Or Duke’s?  The ACC is full of strong academic institutions. 

[mdmost 43001]

1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

Which members of the media are pushing this? Are our medical experts not good enough? Or Duke’s?  The ACC is full of strong academic institutions. 

The Big 10 media members. And yeah, that's my point. One side's medical experts are saying don't play. The others are saying to play. That info needs to be made public. 

[GRHorn 105]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

 

 

Ok. So, if you have underlying heart problems you can’t play. Problem solved. I should be a conference commissioner. 

Edited August 11, 2020 by GRHorn

[HeyMcFly 144]

Pac12 now dunzo