How big of a disaster will it be if the SEC, B1G, and Big 12 have their seasons and the Pac 12 cancels theirs? It would be peak Larry Scott.
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2020 CU football season POSTPONED until Nov 6th?
- Thread starter Jens1893
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What if everybody in Pac-12 can't go, should USC go?
OK, here's the thing that jumped out from Larry Scott's Thursday interview with Jon Wilner. That there have been "discussions at the highest levels of Pac-12 power -- among
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Virus will decide.
It could play out either way in the national narrative. If the other conferences played, but then a few student athletes get really sick I think the Pac12 emerges having done the right thing; I'd put my money on that outcome.
Today I was reminded Jens is still a sassy little twat.
I’m more speaking of the financial and recruiting ramifications for our conference if the PAC sits this season out while the rest of the P5 plays.
Time is no longer on college football's side as myriad issues remain for 2020 season to start as scheduled
From rising COVID-19 case numbers to testing procedures to scheduling, there's no room for delay
www.cbssports.com
Dennis Dodd article on this upcoming season. What is emerging is the cost of testing athletes and time is starting to run out on starting the season on time.
If spring football happens, it's possible that seniors and juniors who could go early in the NFL because the NFL isn't willing to accommodate college football.
Spring football appears much more likely at this point.
BerkeleyBuff
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If the NFL goes in the fall I'm all for a spring CFB season. Seems more likely to be safe and much more likely for fans to be involved, plus stretches my football viewing pleasure across more of the year.
If the main problem is player safety and that you don’t know how to stop them from getting infected, how are things going to be different in the spring?
BerkeleyBuff
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"If you don't understand something as fully as you want that you nonetheless understand vastly better than you did three months ago, how do you expect to understand it any better six months from now?"
Would not hate.
any idea when in Spring ? March, April & May ?
Seems reasonable.
Probably have the players report in February for training camp and fire up the season in March. Run through May and have the Bowls & playoffs in June. Might kind of suck playing the Orange Bowl in June in Miami or the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, but maybe they could do some one-offs in Northern locations.
Fiesta Bowl is now played where the Cardinals play so it is indoors
You want to tailgate on an asphalt parking lot in June in Phoenix?
I’m not saying the heat would keep the games from being played. Just might not get very good crowds. That’s why I added in the possibility for some one-offs in northern locations. How about the MNC being played at the Meadowlands? If there’s a city that has suffered more from Covid than NYC, I haven’t seen it. What a great way to bring college football back - assuming it’s safe to do so.
Highly likely they are postponed to the spring at a minimum. Harvard just announced 100% virtual classes for the fall.
But not exclusively, they're looking to bring 40% of all undergraduates and all freshmen to campus.
GuySmiley
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
Do you think the P65 teams will come to a consensus to all play in the Spring? I have seen a bunch of press releases for individual conferences, but have not seen anything close to a joint statement. Does anyone know if the P65 conferences are actually coordinating with each other?
GuySmiley
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
Ivy League scraps college football and fall sports for 2020, will evaluate feasibility of playing in spring
This move by the Ivy League is the first big domino to fall for the 2020 college football season
www.cbssports.com
Classes still virtual though.
Expect some FBS schools to take the leap of cancelling or postponing by the middle of the month. No one wants to be first, so everyone is waiting for the first domino.
remember ...those crazy folks down there tailgate in parking garages
BerkeleyBuff
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LS, for what it's worth, says all the P5 commissioners are having regular convos and are pretty aligned with each other.
GuySmiley
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
I agree. With the exclusive TV contracts, many of the FBS schools have limited access to television already. If a school has no TV revenue/exposure and no fans in the stands; I cannot see many FBS schools undertaking the legal and medical risks incident to a fragmented season without generating substantial revenue. To survive, I would think they would have make a one-off TV arrangement for the season, whereby unless they are on national TV, a local network can carry their games.
Also don't underestimate the cost of the testing program you'd need to have in place.