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whatalife said:
We’ll see...It only takes one of the power 5 to collapse the whole thing. Don’t forget...We live in a world of cupcakes...Fear makes people do a lot of crazy and unnecessary things.


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MAC isn’t a power 5 so I think we are only waiting on the Big Ten I think. I don’t see any P5 canceling the season. Just too much money. It’s like you said people do some crazy things . You lose football and you lost all your money for every other sport. It would be a disaster for many years to come.
 
NoSnowATL said:
MAC isn’t a power 5 so I think we are only waiting on the Big Ten I think. I don’t see any P5 canceling the season. Just too much money. It’s like you said people do some crazy things . You lose football and you lost all your money for every other sport. It would be a disaster for many years to come.
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Yep! 100% agree! If we can hold the P5 together we should be ok but if one folds all bits are off at that pt.


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Great day for the Braves. Sweep over the Phillies and now they are in 1st place. Great day for Acuna and Freeman. I kinda like the 7 inning games.
 
While protocol is that everything has to freeze with even just 1-4 positive tests, any kind of football is going to be a poop show.

It sucks. But at least I rigged my Wii to where I can play again and I most likely have school.
 
After I saw an AL.com article and have had some time to think, then sleep on it, I think the SEC and ACC probably try to tell the Big 10 to pound sand for now. There is a small chance they succeed if the Big 12 will lean with them.

Doing so is unlikely to end well for sure, but in the case of the SEC especially, a little over 48 hours ago, you released your +2, and now another conference is trying to coordinate a widespread cancellation? Personally, I'd be miffed.

Sankey so far is taking the correct move, but that correct move is also revealing that sports without a bubble can be insanely difficult right now.
 
Dan Patrick says the Big 10 and Pac 12 will cancel their seasons tomorrow. The Big 12 and ACC are on the fence, and the SEC is trying to get other teams to join them for a season this fall.
 


If the SEC and ACC can get the Big 12 to lean with them, the small possibility of fall football will live on for at least a few more weeks.
 
I wonder why there's such a difference in opinions between the Big 10/Pac 12 and SEC. Why would those 2 conferences cancel but not the SEC ? Is covid more rampant in the midwest than in the south ? Maybe football isnt a big money maker in the Big 10 like it is in the SEC ?
 
According to Dan Patrick, 12 of the 14 presidents from the Big 10 voted against having a season. Nebraska and Iowa were the two that are pushing to play. BTW, why is it called the Big 10 if there are 14 teams ?
 
It's apparently now official that the Big 10 has cancelled.

All I have to say is wow.

2019 was worse than 2020 for me and my family, but this is a year I'm going to be telling my grandchildren about.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
I wonder why there's such a difference in opinions between the Big 10/Pac 12 and SEC. Why would those 2 conferences cancel but not the SEC ? Is covid more rampant in the midwest than in the south ? Maybe football isnt a big money maker in the Big 10 like it is in the SEC ?
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Politics believe it or not. Conferences that are cancelling are generally majority Blue states while those not are majority Red. Silly politics have crept into everything related to Covid. Smh
 
I love how the Big 10 and Pac 12 are wanting to move the season to the spring.... but what happens if the SEC,ACC, and Big 12 play this fall ?
 
Just got back from my tasks of the day. While I was out and had lull periods, I saw that the Big 10 was "uncancelled" for now.

Huh. I'm guessing they didn't expect to meet solid resistance this time and their school presidents likely also got a knock on the door by the big donors after that announcement that 12 of 14 wanted to cancel, along with I believe a Nebraska senator drafting a letter to Big 10 schools saying that we don't need to cancel.

Things don't look great with the protocols right now (if we do try you're likely going to see entire teams have to postpone doing prep work), but if I were to guess, we're not at cancelling yet. At least outside of the Big 10/Pac 12 maybe.
 
Tell Nebraska and Iowa to come on over to the darkside SBC. We got room lol. I know 1st hand kids are in camp and first hand their have been posotives. They quarentine, and the train rolls on. Several have made it back.
 
ACC perspective at least as of this moment is: after a rough start we have had ZERO cases for several weeks, as long as our players keep taking precautions (wearing a mask and not partying), we can likely continue to move forward in continuing to get ready to play.
 
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I predict the Big 10 will announce today that the season will be delayed until Sept 26. Not sure about the Pac 12.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
I predict the Big 10 will announce today that the season will be delayed until Sept 26. Not sure about the Pac 12.
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I think it's already been said that the Pac 12 is delaying until October 24th.

I think that's simply a tactic to try to prevent a wave of transfers as I've already been assuming that there's no chance that they play. I don't feel great about anyone playing but the right move right now is to just keep watching the MLB to see what happens.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
I think it's already been said that the Pac 12 is delaying until October 24th.

I think that's simply a tactic to try to prevent a wave of transfers as I've already been assuming that there's no chance that they play. I don't feel great about anyone playing but the right move right now is to just keep watching the MLB to see what happens.
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I don’t think enough is being talked about in regards to how well MLB is doing. 1/3 of the season is complete and there have only been 2 teams out of 30 with positives since the season began. Not to mention those 2 teams broke protocol. It’s so funny to me how everyone especially national sports broadcasters and writers were saying there’s no way it can work, the season will be canned 2 weeks in. The success needs to be talked about and modeled.
 
Big 10 is cancelling fall football season. Will attempt to play in the spring. There is NO way they will play in the spring. That's just silly.
 
Can someone tell me why the ACC medical expert says that football can be played safely and the Big 10 is postposing the season ? I guess football can be played safely in the ACC but not the Big 10 ?
 
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Can someone tell me why the ACC medical expert says that football can be played safely and the Big 10 is postposing the season ? I guess football can be played safely in the ACC but not the Big 10 ?
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Politics. Big 10 is mainly in Dem states whereas the ACC is mainly in GOP states. It is silly but true.

Big 10 is a stupid name.
 
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Politics. Big 10 is mainly in Dem states whereas the ACC is mainly in GOP states. It is silly but true.
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I mean the midwest is pretty conservative isnt it ? I don't think of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa being very liberal states. If anything the ACC is in states that are more liberal such as MA, NY.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
I mean the midwest is pretty conservative isnt it ? I don't think of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa being very liberal states. If anything the ACC is in states that are more liberal such as MA, NY, MD.
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Well Ohio state, penn state, and Nebraska have already said they will play if they can join another league for this year. The precedent has already been set for that with Notre Dame coming to the ACC.
 
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