Big 12-2 approves full 9-game conference plus one non-conference football plan

Death rate is far from the only problem facing people who get COVID.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/co...577215002/

Maybe she’s just confused. Athletes will just quarantine for two weeks and actually be BETTER afterward!

I saw that the socon is considering pushing their season back. The article was behind a paywall, so no idea if a specific date was rumored.

This will impact JMU’s Chattanooga game as well as other regional scheduling options.

Quick update out of Rutgers.

(08-03-2020 01:44 PM)Anders Wrote:  Seeing top players in the CAA transferring from Towson and Villanova with the news that they will not play in the fall.

Towson's 6th yr Sr, 2018 All American, All Purpose back Shane Simpson transfers to UVA:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/...r-BB17wK9f

Villanova's OC Paul Grattan, and WR Changa Hodge, enter the transfer portal. HERO has Gratton as the top I-AA pro propect at OC, 8th nationally, and Athlons has both players among the top 20 I-AA pro prospects.
https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2020/08/villanova/
https://herosports.com/news/football-202...ects-bzbz/

I wouldn't be surprised to see their 5th yr, pre season AA RB go too. He was leading the nation in rushing last yr when he went down to a season ending injury (think was the week before JMU)
https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/...00721.html

(08-03-2020 09:32 PM)DukeDogNation Wrote:  Quick update out of Rutgers.

I mean its Rutgers, what did you expect lol

Hopefully the NCAA Board will make some decisions and announcements today after their meeting so teams and conferences can make their own decision on football for this fall.

No more delays by the NCAA hopefully.

(08-03-2020 01:13 PM)Potomac Wrote:  

(08-03-2020 01:03 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  Not only student-athletes, but also average joe students who want a "normal" college experience. I think a lot of the schools have delayed announcing their intentions to avoid that exodus of students as well.

Yep. Many Universities nationwide could've made these calls in April, May or June and publicly announced. Anyone paying attention knew this was being botched horribly and it wasn't going away by the fall.

However, they waited until June or later to publicly say something because they wanted to make sure those students had to enroll in college and send their checks before they gave them a reason to possibly think twice about going to college.

Enrollment is a big issue with these schools continuing to kick the can down the road before making official announcements that their seasons are cancelled.
The G5 and FCS rely heavily on student fees and university subsidies. Decreased enrollment could be a devastating blow to G5 and FCS athletic budgets. Things could get very lean, with many more cuts at the G5/FCS level because those schools depend on those student fees to adequately fund their athletic departments.

I would bet that most G5 and FCS run huge deficits in their athletic budgets. And I would bet that alot of those G5/FCS lose money on athletics. Most schools feed off the pump of student fees and university subsidies to fund their athletic budgets because they justify it all through the national exposure they get from the athletic department. And if you have some non-revenue athlete paying some type of partial tuition, that's still income that you wouldn't otherwise receive if you didn't subsidize that non-revenue sport.

If enrollment decreases to a significant degree, G5/FCS schools will have to decide whether it is worth to operate with increasing deficits, or whether it is time to scale back and find a different model. This situation could weed out the pretenders. But the most essential aspect for all Universities at this current time and moment, is to find a way to at least maintain enrollment--that's why there are all these delay tactics, and you really can't completely trust what they say publicly, as the try to desperately hold onto their model or find a new one

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/footb...l-covid-19

Indiana OL in the hospital with COVID.

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(08-04-2020 08:28 AM)JMUDukes1750 Wrote:  https://www.si.com/college/indiana/footb...l-covid-19

Indiana OL in the hospital with COVID.

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Obvious the mom does not value other's rights not to have the nuisance of wearing a mask. She's like those selfish hundreds of thousands of people that have been effected with covid.

(08-04-2020 08:28 AM)JMUDukes1750 Wrote:  https://www.si.com/college/indiana/footb...l-covid-19

Indiana OL in the hospital with COVID.

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Scary stuff.

Luckily he is no longer in the hospital and is back with the team, but can't practice or participate until the heart issues are gone The issue which is most likely myocarditis, is inflammation of the heart muscle and can happen after certain infections. Red Sox pitcher going through the same thing after Covid.

"BuT dId He DiE?" - C**********n probably

Brian McLaughlin @BrianMacWriter

FCS STUFF: Strong source tells me apparently 4 SoCon schools feel more strongly than others about playing in the fall.

Chattanooga, The Citadel, Mercer, VMI

Several of the others may ultimately choose to opt out, especially with big payout ACC/SEC games gone now

If it were June and not August, I wonder if the remnants of the Big South, SoCon and JMU/Elon could fuse into a psuedo-FB conference for this 1 season with a scheduling agreement. That is, the ones who are continuing on with FB.

The NCAA is really dragging its feet and doing no favors to these D1AA programs by kicking the can down the road on fall championships decisions. This late in the game, trying to piece together schedules without that knowledge is hurting. For instance, at some point we have to believe UNCheat is going to choose between UConn and JMU regarding who they host as their "plus 1" home opponent. If JMU still has the possibly not going to play this fall hanging over our heads, the Tar Holes will lean towards New England.

Come on, NCAA! This is one of many things everybody hates about you. Make a damn decision!

As expected, the Sun Belt just announced it will play its 8 conference games as normal and then no limits on the number of non-SB games the teams can play (up to 4 max of course).


https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2020/8/4/...OI.twitter

I'm sorry SoCon, but if the majority of your schools don't want to play, you call it a season and let the other 4 schools pursue fall football if they want to as independents.

It's interesting to see that in the CAA, Big South and SoCon, there's been public confirmations that not all the schools are on the same page and are having to make their own independent decisions one way or another.

The problem with most conferences is the dis agreement between schools.

In an earlier post I talk about how as soon as 1 a player tests positive, they are quarantined 14 days and will miss ~2 games (assuming no byes) due to testing happening with 72 hours of Saturday's gametime. I guess looking back that was naive as a LSU LB says he lost almost 30 pounds due to COVID. I think its safe to assume had he gotten COVID during the season he is out ~4 weeks (2 weeks of virus/quarantine and then 2 weeks to regain strength/athleticism due to weight/appetite loss).

(08-04-2020 03:05 PM)DoubleDogDare Wrote:  In an earlier post I talk about how as soon as 1 a player tests positive, they are quarantined 14 days and will miss ~2 games (assuming no byes) due to testing happening with 72 hours of Saturday's gametime. I guess looking back that was naive as a LSU LB says he lost almost 30 pounds due to COVID. I think its safe to assume had he gotten COVID during the season he is out ~4 weeks (2 weeks of virus/quarantine and then 2 weeks to regain strength/athleticism due to weight/appetite loss).

That's BS. Everyone knows covid does not effect college age students.