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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
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Posted: 6/19/2020 6:14 PM
The Phillies and Blue Jays both closed their facilities today and Clemson announced 28 positive tests amongst student athletes.

After a month of optimism about fall sports (and the return of professional sports), the last week's casted some doubt. Oddly, Texas, Florida and Arizona are seeing the biggest spikes despite the warm weather.
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Posted: 6/19/2020 10:34 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
The Phillies and Blue Jays both closed their facilities today and Clemson announced 28 positive tests amongst student athletes.

After a month of optimism about fall sports (and the return of professional sports), the last week's casted some doubt. Oddly, Texas, Florida and Arizona are seeing the biggest spikes despite the warm weather.
No worries, we’ve not tested yet. The bigger issue is getting athletes to quarantine themselves and not be out and have visitors.
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Posted: 6/20/2020 8:04 PM
According to an article in The Post yesterday,O.U. will close the campus on November 20.

The rest of the semester will be done remotely.

Don't what this means for Fall and Winter sports.
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Posted: 6/20/2020 9:26 PM
If the campus is closed a few days before Thanksgiving, that is what many schools are doing.
Last Edited: 6/20/2020 9:27:29 PM by Bobcat1996
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Posted: 6/21/2020 8:53 AM
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If the campus is closed a few days before Thanksgiving, that is what many schools are doing.
I've seen that.

I presume closing down the campus includes athletic facilities.

So what happens to fall and winter sports ?
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Posted: 6/21/2020 8:56 AM
rpbobcat wrote:expand_more
If the campus is closed a few days before Thanksgiving, that is what many schools are doing.
I've seen that.

I presume closing down the campus includes athletic facilities.

So what happens to fall and winter sports ?
Considering this seems to be the evolving norm (Notre Dame, tosu), the games will go on.
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Posted: 6/21/2020 9:51 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
If the campus is closed a few days before Thanksgiving, that is what many schools are doing.
I've seen that.

I presume closing down the campus includes athletic facilities.

So what happens to fall and winter sports ?
Considering this seems to be the evolving norm (Notre Dame, tosu), the games will go on.
Regular season games,maybe.

What about conference championships and bowls ?

If the campuses and athletic facilities are closed, where do teams stay
and practice.

Same with the basketball and wrestling teams.
What happens to them ?

Especially if the campus stays closed to February.
Last Edited: 6/21/2020 9:52:04 AM by rpbobcat
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Posted: 6/21/2020 11:47 AM
The governor has thrown water on fans attending the Hall of Fame Game. That’s not looking good for actual football, with that only being 1 months away.
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Posted: 6/21/2020 3:40 PM
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The governor has thrown water on fans attending the Hall of Fame Game. That’s not looking good for actual football, with that only being 1 months away.
And maybe the NFL too.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896947-steelers-cam-...
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Posted: 6/21/2020 5:19 PM
Considering the outbreaks at Clemson (28 players and athletics staff) and LSU (1/4 of the football roster), schools will have to do an extremely good job of sanitizing. Look for just about every team to have a sizeable chunk of their schedules cancelled.
We will get by.
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Posted: 6/21/2020 6:17 PM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
The governor has thrown water on fans attending the Hall of Fame Game. That’s not looking good for actual football, with that only being 1 months away.
And maybe the NFL too.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896947-steelers-cam-...
If there is NO college football, do you lay off your staff or do you pay a million or millions to keep them on? That is not an OHIO question but a question for all programs across the country.
Last Edited: 6/21/2020 6:18:55 PM by BillyTheCat
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Posted: 6/21/2020 8:09 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The governor has thrown water on fans attending the Hall of Fame Game. That’s not looking good for actual football, with that only being 1 months away.
And maybe the NFL too.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896947-steelers-cam-...
If there is NO college football, do you lay off your staff or do you pay a million or millions to keep them on? That is not an OHIO question but a question for all programs across the country.
Depends on what's in their contracts. There may be some force majeure clause that spells out what can and can't be done.
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Posted: 6/22/2020 5:29 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The governor has thrown water on fans attending the Hall of Fame Game. That’s not looking good for actual football, with that only being 1 months away.
And maybe the NFL too.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896947-steelers-cam-...
If there is NO college football, do you lay off your staff or do you pay a million or millions to keep them on? That is not an OHIO question but a question for all programs across the country.
Why not the unemployment line? It's not like many other schools could stock pile them and pay them to not coach--everyone would be in the same boat.
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Posted: 6/22/2020 10:46 PM
shoes beginning to drop

https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/22/patriot-league-foot...

Western loses a game
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Posted: 6/23/2020 8:06 AM
cc-cat wrote:expand_more
shoes beginning to drop

https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/22/patriot-league-foot...

Western loses a game
There's potential for some jerry-rigged matchups that could actually be intriguing if these FCS games don't happen. For example, a 9th conference game that counts as a non-league game is very plausible for some schools depending on how many other leagues drop games (even though it looks less promising for a season).
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Posted: 6/23/2020 9:40 AM
I am beginning to doubt we will have a season. All it will take is one MAC team to report an outbreak during camp. This could be an ugly fall - seems like a serious second wave is unavoidable given our piss poor approach to the virus.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 10:14 AM
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I am beginning to doubt we will have a season. All it will take is one MAC team to report an outbreak during camp. This could be an ugly fall - seems like a serious second wave is unavoidable given our piss poor approach to the virus.
It's truly shocking that "pretend it's over" has become the federal response here. As a business owner with a very uncertain future in front of me, I don't think I can recall a time where the government's failed me more obviously.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 11:19 AM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
I don't think I can recall a time where the government's failed me more obviously.
and intentionally
Last Edited: 6/23/2020 11:19:53 AM by cc-cat
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Posted: 6/23/2020 11:59 AM
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shoes beginning to drop

https://www.si.com/college/2020/06/22/patriot-league-foot...

Western loses a game
WMU could schedule a game with Army to make up for the Colgate game. Both play Patriot teams that weekend that could be affected by the league's protocols.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 1:15 PM
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WMU could schedule a game with Army to make up for the Colgate game. Both play Patriot teams that weekend that could be affected by the league's protocols.
True - WMU would have to give up a home game and be comfortable traveling (and get compensated for the travel by Army) - but creative solutions I'm sure will be considered.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 7:29 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
Considering the outbreaks at Clemson (28 players and athletics staff) and LSU (1/4 of the football roster), schools will have to do an extremely good job of sanitizing. Look for just about every team to have a sizeable chunk of their schedules cancelled.
Are you sure that's true about LSU? I read an article about them yesterday, but it didn't mention anything about that big of an outbreak on that team.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 8:26 PM
We may not have to worry about social distancing if the MAC adopts this.

https://www.collegemarching.com/content/aac-sidelines-ban...
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Posted: 6/23/2020 9:04 PM
Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more
Considering the outbreaks at Clemson (28 players and athletics staff) and LSU (1/4 of the football roster), schools will have to do an extremely good job of sanitizing. Look for just about every team to have a sizeable chunk of their schedules cancelled.
Are you sure that's true about LSU? I read an article about them yesterday, but it didn't mention anything about that big of an outbreak on that team.
Paul Finebaum said yesterday that while we have heard about Texas and Clemson, he said he has heard behind the scenes that there are a considerable number of schools that have been hit by the virus but have not been transparent with the information. Said that parents are starting to demand information and action - which will cause the news to come out.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 10:23 PM
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Considering the outbreaks at Clemson (28 players and athletics staff) and LSU (1/4 of the football roster), schools will have to do an extremely good job of sanitizing. Look for just about every team to have a sizeable chunk of their schedules cancelled.
Are you sure that's true about LSU? I read an article about them yesterday, but it didn't mention anything about that big of an outbreak on that team.
Paul Finebaum said yesterday that while we have heard about Texas and Clemson, he said he has heard behind the scenes that there are a considerable number of schools that have been hit by the virus but have not been transparent with the information. Said that parents are starting to demand information and action - which will cause the news to come out.
Here 'tis: https://www.wafb.com/2020/06/20/report-least-lsu-football... -/
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Posted: 6/23/2020 11:44 PM
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We may not have to worry about social distancing if the MAC adopts this.

https://www.collegemarching.com/content/aac-sidelines-ban...
Well shit, there goes Ohio’s. Game Day attendance.
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