2019-2020 Official Regular Season Thread

[thunderc]

i don't think we getting a college football season

come on man work with us here

 

[dtgold88]

Saw they want to make a decision next month and they won't have sports without open campuses. I just can't see any school making decisions about opening campuses for mid to late august before mid July which means they will probably have to cancel the college sports season.

I don't think they will cancel the season unless they are sure it needs to be done. Too much money at stake.

 

[trojanfan12]

Unless they don't intend to have the season if there can't be fans in the stands, I don't see why students would have to be back on campus to have the games.

Fall sports athletes can be on campus at their team facilities and they would only need essential personnel with them.

 

[dtgold88]

Unless they don't intend to have the season if there can't be fans in the stands, I don't see why students would have to be back on campus to have the games.

Fall sports athletes can be on campus at their team facilities and they would only need essential personnel with them.

Guessing the thinking is if it's not safe for students to be there then they wont risk it with student-athletes.

But I still think decent chance students will be back.

 

[Wamu]

I don't think they will cancel the season unless they are sure it needs to be done. Too much money at stake.

meeeechegan should cancel their program.

 

[DJ Fieri]

How much you want to bet we'll have some kind of a college football season @bksballer89 ?

 

[DJ Fieri]

Ready to have Mon and Tues off....

 

[trojanfan12]

Guessing the thinking is if it's not safe for students to be there then they wont risk it with student-athletes.

But I still think decent chance students will be back.

Why wouldn't it be safe for the athletes to be there? If the point is to keep distance, the team can be kept together at their facilities.

If there is still concern about it possibly spreading, it would be safer if the students weren't there.

The athletes would only be in contact with one another and team personnel. Presumably, all would be tested and cleared.

 

[bksballer89]

I don't think they will cancel the season unless they are sure it needs to be done. Too much money at stake.

But when do you play? Going to clash with college basketball on the weekends come January/February.

Also how can far can they push back the season with NFL draft combine in February and draft in APril?

 

[dtgold88]

Why wouldn't it be safe for the athletes to be there? If the point is to keep distance, the team can be kept together at their facilities.

If there is still concern about it possibly spreading, it would be safer if the students weren't there.

The athletes would only be in contact with one another and team personnel. Presumably, all would be tested and cleared.

Because they might be thinking they are student athletes (yeah, I know) and if they cannot be students they should not play sports.

 

[trojanfan12]

But when do you play? Going to clash with college basketball on the weekends come January/February.

Also how can far can they push back the season with NFL draft combine in February and draft in APril?

Most that I have heard are talking about starting practices in August and the season starting in September.

There wouldn't really need to be much, if any, pushing back of the schedule.

At worst, they might have to cancel the first game or 2 of the season and just go with a 10 or 11 game season.

 

[dtgold88]

But when do you play? Going to clash with college basketball on the weekends come January/February.

Also how can far can they push back the season with NFL draft combine in February and draft in APril?

Wouldn't it be worse to cancel the season if the draft is the concern? I mean, with no 2019 season Joe Burrow is a 5th/6th round pick. And what about the kids who never got to play and wont be drafted? Do they get another year? If they do, what happens to the next crop of enrolees (sp)?

 

[trojanfan12]

Because they might be thinking they are student athletes (yeah, I know) and if they cannot be students they should not play sports.

Why wouldn't they be students?

My understanding is that classes are being done online right now. Do the athletic facilities not have internet?

 

[dtgold88]

Why wouldn't they be students?

My understanding is that classes are being done online right now. Do the athletic facilities not have internet?

A fair point. But don't you think they'd get a ton of complaints from other students who aren't allowed back on campus?

or at least their parents. Probably media, as well. would not play well.

But I'm for it.

 

[trojanfan12]

A fair point. But don't you think they'd get a ton of complaints from other students who aren't allowed back on campus?

or at least their parents. Probably media, as well. would not play well.

But I'm for it.

There would be some complaints, but there will be complaints no matter what they do. People looking for something to complain about will always find something to complain about.

These are unique and unprecedented circumstances and I think most would understand that.

Those that don't understand are the complainers referenced in the first paragraph and don't need to be listened to anyway. lol

 

[bksballer89]

Most that I have heard are talking about starting practices in August and the season starting in September.

There wouldn't really need to be much, if any, pushing back of the schedule.

At worst, they might have to cancel the first game or 2 of the season and just go with a 10 or 11 game season.

Yea but Mark Emmert comments about no sports without open campuses is concerning and that comment was just made yesterday i think

 

[trojanfan12]

Yea but Mark Emmert comments about no sports without open campuses is concerning and that comment was just made yesterday i think

It is. But I think it's more of what he has to say.

They don't need to start practices etc. until August and it's only almost mid May.

 

[bksballer89]

It is. But I think it's more of what he has to say.

They don't need to start practices etc. until August and it's only almost mid May.

Yeah but problem is he also said he wants to make a decision next month. I don't think most schools make a decision on campuses until mid to late July since students aren't moving in until early August so that's a major problem.

 

[msgkings322]

could be worse. try San Diego...

San Diego is not less expensive than SF. Only Manhattan is worse, barely.

 

[thunderc]

For anyone having trouble sleeping these days give the Korean baseball a try.