Chance of Football in 2020

Discussion in 'West Mall' started by AC, Jul 8, 2020.

  1. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    Can't at all...Nebraska is obviously serious and aligned internally on this. Much respect.
    But I am having a hard time grasping why Penn St, tOSU, and UM would be looking to play in another conference but yet voting with others to CX the season w/in Big10.
    Unless.......things are even crazier than I imagine.
    ...Or we are just getting premature conjecture/bad info from media (and things arent at all settled in the B1G)...which couldn't possibly happen, right?!?
     
  2. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Simple, the AD and president don’t agree. OR, President said to AD, I will vote no while you work out plan B.
     
  3. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    I'd rather be a reretwitter than a suacists!
     
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  4. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    [Mack] And, that's fair. [/Brown]
     
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  5. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    You're right, LC.
    It doesn't get any worse than saucism. That is real bad...
     
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  6. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    Yeah...and clearly a few coaches...namely Harbaugh..has pretty strong feelings, and you can bet there are more. It seems, though, if they (any persons in positions of power wanting to play within the respective schools) had that much pull it would have shown up for the B1G meeting/vote itself, right??
     
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Sometimes, even Satan gets it right

     
  8. stanhin

    stanhin 5,000+ Posts

  9. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    I know you’re joking and others like to dump on Saban, but I respect his program and more importantly, his players play with class. They could easily act like Miami or the prima donnas at USC, but they don’t. It’s because of Saban.
     
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  10. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

  11. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    This is what we don’t know. How many of these 10 presidents would have voted NO regardless of coronavirus. I would say at least 6-8. Covid is just an excuse with these guys to knock down the athletic department.
     
  12. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

  13. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    Texas (schools that is) combined with the Land Thieves and Okie Lite. Everybody else goes in the other side of a bracket Division issue solved. Could even serve to keep travel costs down while ALSO allowing former Big10 rivalries to remain intact...

    (on edit...yes I know the numbers aren't exactly balanced, but in this upside-down turd of a season, why should it HAVE to make sense and be balanced)
     
  14. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    is this not where Stan puts fingers/hand to eyes and utters 'goddammit' as Cartman does something ELSE uphauling?

    You just HAD to bring saucism into this...IDOIT!
     
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  15. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Here is a grand proposal. Some P5 conferences and the lesser ones play in Fall. B10 and P10 and other lesser ones play in Spring. Have two NC’s. I don’t care. In this way, we get max number of teams playing max number of games.
     
  16. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    No matter what conferences decide, schools can still play football
    Opening door for first super conference
     
  17. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    What is wrong with how it was played in the old days? Loosely organized scheduling.
     
  18. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Three things that could come of this:

    1) End of NCAA as the big boys form their own organization and bid Indianapolis a F O N D farewell.

    2) End if Title IX as the money is drying up

    3) For The University of Texas, the most important issue is in Norman. Rumors persisting (I don’t believe them) that OU is closing workouts and sending players home. Dr Boren was our biggest ally, particularly when our university had NO leadership (not the AD). If this new guy, who I already thought was a bozo, overruled Castiglione and Riley, Texas has a major problem as we have been able to count on Dr Boren to be our biggest ally and carry the ball when Powers and Fenves showed their incompetence.
     
  19. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    All I can say is I can barely imagine all the politics going on with this...though some we don't have to imagine because it's right out there, but wow....fascinating circumstances and storylines and politicking galore.
     
  20. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    The list is endless, Sabre. Many of the things in play may never come to pass, but some will - and you can bet the events of this year will alter the course of collegiate athletics forever.
    On your "Norman" point...
    Those players were sent home....publicly...under the guise of simply adjusting to the schedule change, the fact that OU was preparing early for what was to be an earlier start, and there being extra "vacant" weeks to operate with...giving the players some added rest. (I thought this was suspicious when announced)
    Do you have reason to believe there is more to it?
     
  21. stanhin

    stanhin 5,000+ Posts

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  22. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    TV and big contracts changed everything and no going back

    But I would be OK going back if we could. Let the mercenaries just turn pro out of HS (or before). Or did you mean put in a minimum SAT score to qualify?
     
  23. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

     
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  24. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The Mountain West officially "postpones" its fall sports season
     
  25. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Split teams between two seasons. Fall and Spring.
     
  26. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts


    incompetent
    YEA! We have ^ referees
     
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  27. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    And....no one cares lol.
     
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  28. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    Poor BYU...all those twenty dollar bills in the pockets of fans who travel that won't see the light of day in other cities (making the round trip without leaving the pocket).

    (yes, I know BYU isn't really Mountain West but they sort of go together)
     
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  29. HornHuskerDad

    HornHuskerDad 5,000+ Posts

    Well, it didn't take the Mountan West very long to go from announcing a ten-game season (Saturday) to a total postponement (today). I haven't seen anything yet from the USAFA Athletic Department, but they are usually pretty good about keeping the website up to date.
     
  30. AC

    AC 2,500+ Posts

    :facepalm:

    I thought I was home free on my bet. Sounds like UT is solid. Some of these other schools and conferences. :brickwall:
     
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