How so? Because of how soon they'd be starting? Their goal is to be in consideration for the CFP and starting on Oct 17th would enable them to do so.
I thought October 10th was the cut off.
How so? Because of how soon they'd be starting? Their goal is to be in consideration for the CFP and starting on Oct 17th would enable them to do so.
Good chance this game does not get played this year.
I thought October 10th was the cut off.
I thought October 10th was the cut off.
Good chance this game does not get played this year.
Can you site this? I don't remember the BIG ever having a cut off date. Maybe a media member was hypothesizing because of the playoff?I thought October 10th was the cut off.
Can you site this? I don't remember the BIG ever having a cut off date. Maybe a media member was hypothesizing because of the playoff?
That seems very shaky, doesn't it?
The virus will be gone in 6 months!This jumbled mess of fall football is silly. Pac12 playing in spring makes much more sense, and increases the likelihood of a steady, complete season
This jumbled mess of fall football is silly. Pac12 playing in spring makes much more sense, and increases the likelihood of a steady, complete season
Like @ahoelsken said the CFP will work to accommodate the Big Ten even if it means having to move back the semi's a week or two
Accommodate for the conference champion or all Big 10 schools?
What? The conference champion will be determined at the conclusion of the Big Ten season. If it so happens that the Big Ten can't have their championship game until 12/26 then I'm sure the CFP would work with them and adjust accordingly.
Even if the Big Ten only ends up playing an 8 or 9 game regular season then that's what happens. Chances are all ACC teams won't end up playing their games, same with the Big 12 and SEC.
Talking about the NY6 bowls. Pretty big distinction between the Big 10 champion and all Big 10 schools.
This jumbled mess of fall football is silly. Pac12 playing in spring makes much more sense, and increases the likelihood of a steady, complete season
Even if the Big Ten regular season were to end as late as Dec 19th then the rest of the conference could still play in the NY6 games. What am I missing?
No it doesn't increase the likelihood of a "steady, complete season". A spring season would probably start in......February or March right? That's only slightly past the peak of the cold and flu season per the CDC. COVID cancellations like what we saw with UVA-VA Tech or Houston-Memphis would still undoubtedly occur in the spring. If you want to avoid COVID altogether, the only way to do it is to say no sports period during 2020-21. We know that won't happen (given the NCAA basically HAS to hold something resembling a mens basketball tournament next spring).
The only way this whole spring idea works is if the B1G doesn't move up their calendar. That allows something resembling a normal season-as well as some bowl games or the round robin type deal that was rumored a few weeks back. If the Pac 12 tries to go it alone, we've basically turned ourselves into the Mountain West. It would be an AAF/XFL type product with those types of ratings. If the B1G does go next month, I expect the Pac 12 to get it together in a hurry-especially given Newsom and California public health officials are allowing NFL games/practices to basically go off as planned from tomorrow on.
The CFP would work with the Big 10 to give their champion an opportunity to get in this year if they played in the fall-even if that means pushing back their dates by a week or two. Think of it this way-
A: Alabama (SEC Champ), Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ), Clemson (ACC Champ), Georgia (SEC runner-up........MEH)
B: Alabama (SEC Champ), Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ), Clemson (ACC Champ), Notre Dame (ACC runner-up and two years removed from being absolutely punked in the Cotton Bowl)
C: Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, UCF (LOL)
D: Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State
Things may look quite a bit different in 4 months.... People keep telling me this virus is OVER, so imagine how OVER it will be in another 4 months!
You sound like Trump
Nice one dude!You sound like Trump
Is he?You sound like Trump
Have *you* ever seen them in the same place at the same time?Is he?
Lol why would best case mean the Pac 12 starts 2 weeks later?
Lol why would best case mean the Pac 12 starts 2 weeks later?
I realize that A LOT has changed in seven years, especially in the last nine months, but when I joined this board, the overall sentiment was joy at being in the Pac and out of the XII.
I’m still good with the PAC. The recent sentiment is short term jealousy of tv contracts and playing this fall.I realize that A LOT has changed in seven years, especially in the last nine months, but when I joined this board, the overall sentiment was joy at being in the Pac and out of the XII.