won't happen unless they make teams who cross the positivity threshold forfeit games.Eight games in eight weeks. Conference championship game Dec 19.
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won't happen unless they make teams who cross the positivity threshold forfeit games.Eight games in eight weeks. Conference championship game Dec 19.
My spouse is scheduled to get her vaccination the first week of November. Right now the plan is that every M.D. in our state to be vaccinated that first week. Along that same time they'll also start vaccinating nursing home patients.I would say another reason is that it is about as close as possible to a potential vaccine release date. I’ve heard from multiple sources, including the doctors who do the daily Covid briefing here locally at KU Med, that late October/early November is when a vaccine could be available. While I doubt programs will have it readily available prior by the end of the season, each person vaccinated is one step close to herd immunity and therefore a decrease is risk factors.
They just kicked the can down the road thinking this will be enough to stop the lawsuits and then they'll find some reason to cancel it again.6 freaking weeks. B1G is still a joke.
Time to expand the walkon program.5% threshold to make the whole team sit out. That's like 7 or 8 players for most teams.
They might finish 9-0 with 9 forfeits.Ohio State will finish 8-0, and might still be left out of the playoff due to the late start and playing 2 or 3 fewer games than Bama, Clemson, etc. This conference cannot get out of its own way.
FIFY. Only the B1G could screw this thing up this badly......er well maybe the PAC 12 too.*Start season during cold and flu season
*Give yourself no wiggle room to play full schedule
*Players out 21 days if they test positive, even with no symptoms
*Team out for a week if a handful of guys test positive
Great plan
Wow! What a bunch of Debbie Downers. Have you ever had a glass of anything half full?
Iowa needs to catch OSU this time. They have avoided them for several years now and they have been bragging about the last game they had vs OSU. I know the Buckeyes are dying for a revenge game against Iowa. If Iowa plays OSU this year, it won’t be pretty. That much I’m sure of.Does this mean 6 division games and two crossovers? Am curious to see who were draw for those two games vs what Wiscy and Minny get.
B1G West Crossovers (1st Schedule)
Nebraska: OSU, Penn St, Michigan St, and Rutgers
Iowa: Maryland, Penn St, Michigan St, and Ohio St
Wisconsin: Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, and Rutgers
Minnesota: Maryland, Michigan St, Indiana, and Michigan
Northwestern: Michigan St, Maryland, Michigan, and Penn St
Purdue: Michigan, Ohio St, Rutgers, and Indiana
Illinois: Ohio St, Indiana, Rutgers, and Penn St
OSU is our permanent cross-over, so it stays and will be @ their placeIowa needs to catch OSU this time. They have avoided them for several years now and they have been bragging about the last game they had vs OSU. I know the Buckeyes are dying for a revenge game against Iowa. If Iowa plays OSU this year, it won’t be pretty. That much I’m sure of.
OSU is our permanent cross-over, so it stays and will be @ their place
second east opponent will be PSU in Lincoln
Does this mean 6 division games and two crossovers? Am curious to see who were draw for those two games vs what Wiscy and Minny get.
B1G West Crossovers (1st Schedule)
Nebraska: OSU, Penn St, Michigan St, and Rutgers
Iowa: Maryland, Penn St, Michigan St, and Ohio St
Wisconsin: Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, and Rutgers
Minnesota: Maryland, Michigan St, Indiana, and Michigan
Northwestern: Michigan St, Maryland, Michigan, and Penn St
Purdue: Michigan, Ohio St, Rutgers, and Indiana
Illinois: Ohio St, Indiana, Rutgers, and Penn St
Seems silly to worry about who's played who recently/in the future with a shortened season that's going to screw up all the rotations, anyway. Why not just make it simple and have teams play the team in the same position and the opposite position in the standings (ie 1st place from last year in the West plays 1st and 7th from the East). Have to fudge it a bit in the middle since 4 can't play 4 twice, but you end up with something like
Wisconsin: OSU, Rutgers
Minnesota: PSU, Maryland
Iowa: Michigan, MSU
Illinois: Indiana, Michigan
Nebraska: MSU, Indiana
Purdue: Maryland, PSU
Northwestern: Rutgers, OSU
As a bonus, you limit contact across divisions to "pairings" for most teams and get some flexibility if you have to reschedule things on the fly.
Players should all just get sick and get it over with now
I'm sure Wisconsin is the reason that this deal can't get started on the 17th. F'n dirt rats.
We may need to add every student that tests negative to the roster to keep the number under 5%
I don't think the B1G refs are going to be unhappy about NU forcing the issue. Game checks are a big deal for those guys.Sounds like our Husker players have released their lawsuits as well. Probably not a bad idea, I have a bad feeling we are already going to have the BIG 10 refs all over us and calling us every little thing and then some already, let alone that helping things along (as if they weren’t already).
Yep. Then they had some positive tests on their football team which would have meant I think 14 guys would have to sit for 3 weeks of practice.
Was that not taken into consideration when he said that?Yep. Then they had some positive tests on their football team which would have meant I think 14 guys would have to sit for 3 weeks of practice.
I'm sure Wisconsin is the reason that this deal can't get started on the 17th. F'n dirt rats.
We can't get out of this clown show league soon enough.
Wisconsin is the model for all colleges nationwide. How fortunate we are that we have their AD helping determine when we can play and then the schedule each team plays.....42 Wisconsin football players and staff members — 29 since Sept. 1 — test positive for COVID-19 as the Big Ten prepares for its season
Forty-two players and staff with the Wisconsin football team have tested positive for COVID-19 as the Big Ten makes plans to get the season started.www.chicagotribune.com
I think they had another large wave of positive tests right after he said that but I could be wrong. IF you've ever been in Madison, you would understand how that many players got infected. It's an extremely hard partying town and they don't get those O linemen as big as they do just at the training table. Beer is their friend.Was that not taken into consideration when he said that?
There are some people who are just play out of their minds with preventative measures. You can go shop at a packed Wal-Mart and go through checkout lines packed with people but you can't have 25% capacity in an outdoor stadium? Insane.Conference owns all TV rights until 2022, after that it’s a $100M fine but your free to leave and find a new conference.
While most aren’t totally happy, it really isn’t any different in another conference.
I don’t see N leaving or any other school for that matter. We just have to suck it up for one year.
The no fans was a compromise to get the needed votes to play. TV money is 10x the gate receipts.