Football Power 5 conferences moving toward postponing 2020 NCAA football season - Page 7

Breaking news story with @RossDellenger: Nationwide conference meetings this week are expected to result in the postponement of the 2020 college football season and all fall sports.

"We've got work to do that's no fun." https://t.co/4uo3BufqSh
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) August 9, 2020

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Originally Posted by Eleazar:
I don't understand the need to cancel entire sports seasons. Certainly they'd need to be played with no fans, but with the small number of people actually involved on the field, there should be plenty of ability to test and trace and keep everyone safe. They did it in Europe, all their soccer leagues were able to finish the season and they didn't have any outbreaks.

I think this makes more sense for other sports baseball, soccer, basketball etc have so fewer people. But football teams are massive and the support system needed to make them run on the ground is massive.
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Herbstreit saying they’re just going to delay the start of the season
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Originally Posted by backinblack:
damn no Boise State football, local media will have nothing to talk about for 80% of their newscasts now.

Perfect time for Boise St to do a trial run season in a Power 5 conference this year.
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The ACC is full steam ahead...

Link: https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...etings-monday/

Originally Posted by :
A murky day for college football got a bit brighter for those who hope to see the sport on the field in 2020 as an ACC official told CBS Sports on Monday said the conference "absolutely" intends on playing this fall. The comment from a high-ranking source within the league came after an ACC conference call with athletic directors and a similar call involving university presidents.

"We are trying to move forward [with playing] absolutely," the ACC official said.

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Originally Posted by Bewbies:
Controlling a virus.

Why not work on choosing which days it will rain for us too while you’re at it.

And I’m not in the “only virus is the media” camp, but we need to accept reality at some point here...

Exactly.
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Originally Posted by O.city:
Herbstreit saying they’re just going to delay the start of the season

Til the spring
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Til the spring

All the big names players and any of them wanting to get drafted will opt out
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Originally Posted by O.city:
All the big names players and any of them wanting to get drafted will opt out

Which would be wonderful like a team like Nebraska. Would also make it for a very competitive and compelling college football season for once.
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Ohio State in the SEC for a season would be epic.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said if the Big Ten cancels the football season the Buckeyes would explore playing in another conference: https://t.co/8QHiHhdGmf
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 10, 2020

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Gotta wonder what the recruiting ramifications will be going forward. Entire conferences full of teams that players committed to, only to be told that now they aren't even going to play.
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Couple more weeks after the new year and we should know more
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The thing I don't get is why it's ok to cancel fall sports but still let students in dorms, all crawling and wiggling with each other like night-crawlers.
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Originally Posted by mlyonsd:
The thing I don't get is why it's ok to cancel fall sports but still let students in dorms, all crawling and wiggling with each other like night-crawlers.

Mankato and Duluth are only having one kid per room.
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Originally Posted by displacedinMN:
Mankato and Duluth are only having one kid per room.

What happens to the rest of the kids after the dorms are full? What is the pecking order for who gets a dorm room?
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Well this is clearly what's driving the Big Ten. Myocarditis.

Heart issue linked to COVID-19 fuels Power 5 concern; medical sources say at least five Big Ten athletes and other athletes in the Power 5 have been found to have post-COVID heart issues. https://t.co/x7DgMJNkqW
— Paula Lavigne (@pinepaula) August 10, 2020

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