College football hindsight season

[Andy]

There's been a little bit of chatter from The Athletic's CFB writers that fans won't want to go back to a 'normal' schedule after (if) they get a taste of a 10-game league slate. Just selfishly, I hope that isn't true. CFB schedules are already becoming a bit too uniform for my tastes with many schools playing 9-game conference schedules. Give me more high-octane non-league matchups (lots of fun future matchups have been announced in the last couple years) rather than more league games.

[UMFan83]

There's been a little bit of chatter from The Athletic's CFB writers that fans won't want to go back to a 'normal' schedule after (if) they get a taste of a 10-game league slate. Just selfishly, I hope that isn't true. CFB schedules are already becoming a bit too uniform for my tastes with many schools playing 9-game conference schedules. Give me more high-octane non-league matchups (lots of fun future matchups have been announced in the last couple years) rather than more league games.

 

I tend to agree, however maybe playing a very limited NC schedule breathes some life into the non-NY6/playoff bowl games. I find all bowl games outside of those games boring and pointless (though I see how GO5 schools may like them).

[Andy]

There's been a little bit of chatter from The Athletic's CFB writers that fans won't want to go back to a 'normal' schedule after (if) they get a taste of a 10-game league slate. Just selfishly, I hope that isn't true. CFB schedules are already becoming a bit too uniform for my tastes with many schools playing 9-game conference schedules. Give me more high-octane non-league matchups (lots of fun future matchups have been announced in the last couple years) rather than more league games.

 

I tend to agree, however maybe playing a very limited NC schedule breathes some life into the non-NY6/playoff bowl games. I find all bowl games outside of those games boring and pointless (though I see how GO5 schools may like them).

I suspect the genie is out of the bottle on that front. Now that CFB has succumbed to bracket fever, I don't think the average fan is going to care about the non-playoff bowl games anymore regardless. (This is the part where I concede I'm a CFB lunatic and really like watching the NY6 games, at least, and often tune in for at least bits and pieces of the minor bowls too.)

[jersey cubs fan]

There's been a little bit of chatter from The Athletic's CFB writers that fans won't want to go back to a 'normal' schedule after (if) they get a taste of a 10-game league slate. Just selfishly, I hope that isn't true. CFB schedules are already becoming a bit too uniform for my tastes with many schools playing 9-game conference schedules. Give me more high-octane non-league matchups (lots of fun future matchups have been announced in the last couple years) rather than more league games.

 

I tend to agree, however maybe playing a very limited NC schedule breathes some life into the non-NY6/playoff bowl games. I find all bowl games outside of those games boring and pointless (though I see how GO5 schools may like them).

I suspect the genie is out of the bottle on that front. Now that CFB has succumbed to bracket fever, I don't think the average fan is going to care about the non-playoff bowl games anymore regardless. (This is the part where I concede I'm a CFB lunatic and really like watching the NY6 games, at least, and often tune in for at least bits and pieces of the minor bowls too.)

The average fan has not cared about the non top bowl games for decades.

[Andy]

MAC cancels fall football. Says they'll try to play in spring (LOL ok). Rumors the B1G might be headed that way too.

 

This will all be over by Tuesday.

[NOLA]

MAC cancels fall football. Says they'll try to play in spring (LOL ok). Rumors the B1G might be headed that way too.

 

This will all be over by Tuesday.

Yeah, there’s been a lot of chatter from Pat Forde and several SEC beat writers that there’s no way college football’s starting in September.

[Soul]

Emergency meeting today, apparently. Fat lady warming up the pipes.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[WrigleyField 22]

Ah yes, it's the framework of their mission statement which has them so disconcerted over a players union.

Edited August 10, 2020 by WrigleyField 22

[Andy]

B1G set to announce cancellation tomorrow, per the Detroit Free Press. Pac-12 will probably be soon after. B1G is said to be trying to coordinate with the other power conferences.

[UMFan83]

This whole thing is fascinating in a sad way. Right as the news breaks that the Big Ten presidents voted to cancel the season, a vote where Michigan voted to cancel, Harbaugh releases a statement urging to play the season stating how well the safety protocols he’s put in have worked. Now a ton of UM coaches and players are tweeting statements of support and desire to play and those tweets are being retweeted by the official UM football account.

[WrigleyField 22]

This whole thing is fascinating in a sad way. Right as the news breaks that the Big Ten presidents voted to cancel the season, a vote where Michigan voted to cancel, Harbaugh releases a statement urging to play the season stating how well the safety protocols he’s put in have worked. Now a ton of UM coaches and players are tweeting statements of support and desire to play and those tweets are being retweeted by the official UM football account.

Likely lending credence to the fact that this is partially a larger fight over athletes rights and university admins digging in and canceling rather than risk a unified players association?

[Derwood]

 

 

The guy who is wrong about everything chimes in

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[Andy]

Mountain West is out.

[Andy]

B1G is now officially out. After the #WeWantToPlay stuff started, there was brief thought they might reverse course.

 

Pac-12 will soon follow by all accounts.

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I follow JeetHeer

Great tweet

[OleMissCub]

Week 1 SEC schedule released

 

[Andy]

Week 1 SEC schedule released

 

As Stew Mandel put it, that's definitely the "eh, if we have to cancel this week, I'm sure we'll get over it" week.

[jersey cubs fan]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Boy the B1G is a mess right now. Several people out there floating the rumor that Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State are gearing up to play their own home and home 10 game schedule this fall.

[UMFan83]

Boy the B1G is a mess right now. Several people out there floating the rumor that Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State are gearing up to play their own home and home 10 game schedule this fall.

 

Yeah I was actually going to ask if that was a legit rumor because I keep seeing it all over twitter from sources I don't recognize. I'm guessing Day and Harbaugh are putting pressure on college presidents to play as they've both been vocal about wanting to play and having the proper protocols in place. Obviously we know Nebraska and Iowa want to play. I think Franklin has been pretty open about playing too.

 

I'd love to have B1G football this year if done right but I'm not sure I can handle 2 losses to Ohio State in one season...

[Derwood]

Ryan Day has been a John Lackey-esque red-ass about playing this season, and he's influencing people to make really bad decisions.

[OleMissCub]

Ryan Day has been a John Lackey-esque red-ass about playing this season, and he's influencing people to make really bad decisions.

 

What's the possible harm in at least trying to play a season? What if the ACC, SEC, and Big 12 have somewhat normal seasons and the Big 10 ends up sitting on their butts?

 

The students are mostly on campus, the players have BEEN on campus for months. Hell they are even playing intramural sports up there. It was an extremely knee jerk reaction by the Big 10 to cancel that quickly. It's going to cost tens and tens of millions of dollars for those programs. Those athletic departments are going to have to cut numerous sports due to not playing. The only reason the Olympic sports are funded is because of football TV money. Given that the players were ALREADY THERE for the past few months, why in the world would they not even do a cursory attempt to play and see if it works out.

 

Oh, and here's the kicker, they want the players to STILL stay on campus and STILL do workouts and STILL go to team meetings because they might have a spring season when everyone knows they won't.

 

It was foolish to at least not TRY to have a season. If it doesn't look like it's going to work out then fine, shut it down, but to not even attempt it is a terrible mistake IMO.