2020 College Football Thread (RIP)

[smokymountainrain]

Bingo.

I have already accepted this. Going to spend my saturdays up at the lake this fall. And hunting.

[myboynoah]

Most indications are that a vaccine (or a couple vaccines) will be approved by the end of the year. Moderna is saying their trials should be done and the results handed to the FDA around Thanksgiving and today BioNTech announced they should have approval by December. Both are already building a supply of the vaccine for distribution if/when they get approval. Pushing out the start of the season from early September to late September won't make any difference at all to safety or in the ability to have fans in the stands. Granted now that we know the virus is rarely life threatening to young athletes one person testing positive won't shut everything down like it did when Gobert tested positive, but in football it'll be more than one person. And then when 3-4 starters and their backups get sick and can't play for four weeks, what will they do?

If college football wants to have a successful season, the only way to somewhat guarantee that is to move the season to the spring. But even then the conf only format might still linger. I wonder at what point does ESPN try to take the lead and force some of those non-conference games. I mean, an Oregon/tOSU matchup is a made for tv game but instead we are going to get tOSU beating up on all the patsies in the Big 10. My hope is that the ACC or SEC says that conf only play is BS and that teams that don't play outside their conf shouldn't be considered for the CFB playoff, but I know that is a pipe dream.

Why do you think this? Haven't there already been a number of programs that have shut down practice/interaction because team members have tested positive?

Universities are going to be conservative when it comes to student safety. While the vast majority of 20-year-olds come through COVID very well, they still get sick and can pass it to others, including other students, university and team staff, instructors, and even the local community. Even worse, there are the rare very poor outcomes. One of those in any sport will shut things down comletely.

The NBA and MLB will say a lot about NFL and college football in the fall.

[Moliere]

Why do you think this? Haven't there already been a number of programs that have shut down practice/interaction because team members have tested positive?

Universities are going to be conservative when it comes to student safety. While the vast majority of 20-year-olds come through COVID very well, they still get sick and can pass it to others, including other students, university and team staff, instructors, and even the local community. Even worse, there are the rare very poor outcomes. One of those in any sport will shut things down comletely.

The NBA and MLB will say a lot about NFL and college football in the fall.

Because people are already testing positive and things aren’t shutting down for one person. It’s when clusters pop up that things shut down.


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[All-American]

Welp. There goes three more BYU games. We're down to seven now.

[myboynoah]

BYU football fans suddenly becoming big proponents of more aggressive COVID economic shut down strategies.

...

[myboynoah]

Because people are already testing positive and things aren’t shutting down for one person. It’s when clusters pop up that things shut down.


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But they are shutting down, and it is never limited to just one person. The NBA and MLB have the means to take the best shot at playing without shutting down again, but that is still very iffy.

Maryland suspends football workouts after nine test positive for coronavirus

[Mormon Red Death]

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...dule-look-like

[Bo Diddley]

Lou Holtz is telling us that Southwest flight is going to be canceled.

If you don't have students, how in the world are you going to protect your football players? And with the rules and regulations they have in college football concerning the virus, it's just absolutely impossible to have football.

Now what does Lee Corso say? I'll go with the exact opposite.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lou Holtz is telling us that Southwest flight is going to be canceled.

Lou dropping some truth bombs. Time to wake up and smell the coffee.

[The_Tick]

So...any collision that you may have with any player, be in practice or a game, will require a 14 day quarantine for a positive COVID test.

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/st...848300544?s=20

Good bye 2020 CFB.

[The_Tick]

And I can't figure out how to embed a fucking tweet. Is there an easy way to do it? Linking the URL doesn't work.

[Pelado]

And I can't figure out how to embed a fucking tweet. Is there an easy way to do it? Linking the URL doesn't work.

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[falafel]

And I can't figure out how to embed a fucking tweet. Is there an easy way to do it? Linking the URL doesn't work.

Go advanced, then use the Tweet tags. You have to remove everything from the URL except the long list of numbers at the end of the tweet.

"https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1285601159848300544?s=20" becomes

[exTWEET]1285601159848300544[/TWEETex]

Of course, you remove the "ex" from the tweet tags.

[falafel]

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C'mon Baldy, teach a man to fish.

[Pelado]

C'mon Baldy, teach a man to fish.

And rob you the opportunity? Nay, never.