There's a huge difference between being a rebel ALONG WITH OSU, PSU, and Michigan than being a rebel alone.
B1G...We knew it was coming and now it's official.
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We have gotten a hell of a lot more research dollars as a B1G school than we got as a member of the B12. One of the reasons that Lincoln was quick to ditch the NSF to GI. They needed those old buildings gone so they could build their new research facility, up to B1G standards.
Nothing wrong with riding the rebel coattails with Ohio State. Just not alone. That would be suicide.
The Pac12 and Big10 have publicly declared they don’t care about their students, athletes, alumni, or fans They represent an ever-shrinking, bitter, radical group of anti-science alarmists who have been trying to destroy football for years
WTF -- anti-science -- that's a bit over the top, IMO.
Anti-science bullshit. Keep your Qanon crap on facebook or I will do to you what I did to reasonablehuskerfan yesterday.
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Let's talk about the science then.
1. Barry Alvarez has said that the FB teams will still get to practice and work out for 20 hours per week. They won't be sitting isolated at home away from campuses either. They will be in school and still working out and practicing football. They just won't be playing games. That makes no scientific sense at all if the point is to keep them safe from Covid.
2. All students, not just student athletes will be at risk back on campus. Dorms are like docked cruise ships. That makes no scientific sense at all if the point is to keep them safe from Covid.
Playing football is a public activity though and draws much more attention. This is about perception and liability and not about science.
1. Barry Alvarez has said that the FB teams will still get to practice and work out for 20 hours per week. They won't be sitting isolated at home away from campuses either. They will be in school and still working out and practicing football. They just won't be playing games. That makes no scientific sense at all if the point is to keep them safe from Covid.
2. All students, not just student athletes will be at risk back on campus. Dorms are like docked cruise ships. That makes no scientific sense at all if the point is to keep them safe from Covid.
Playing football is a public activity though and draws much more attention. This is about perception and liability and not about science.
I just wish that the Big 10 Commish and university presidents would have just come out and said that they want to see how things go with schools opening back up the next month. That they would see what numbers look like, see how things are and then revisit the season. They could have pushed the season start back to the end of September and said we will see how things are at the end of August. This is what the SEC, ACC and BIg 12 are doing. They may not have a season either but they are least look like they have prepared something rather than sending out schedules, a week later cancelling the season, and not really detailing what changed to drive that decision.
Questioning the application of science is reasonable - but I have to agree with SOC here. If we want to debate how B1G's medical team said no while Big 12 says yes - fair game.
Put me in a bad mood yesterday and I still am today I guess.
I need a vacation.
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As I stated earlier, part of me would be thrilled to see the Huskers play this fall while another part of me wonders what we're doing trying to play football in the midst of a pandemic.
I liken it to eating a bowl of ice cream and getting a dirty look from my wife.
Big Ten Commissioner: Nebraska isn’t allowed to play in fall 2020
Warren publicly stated again that DONU cannot play football in 2020 and stay in the B1G
Warren publicly stated again that DONU cannot play football in 2020 and stay in the B1G
Hey SOC you can take up half of all conversations or threads but if someone has a different point then you ban them or delete... typical. I'll save you the trouble alright. Nice knowing all you folks. I have no idea where this SOC came from. Probably Minneapolis.
Come on, innmc! Don't leave!
We're all royally P'O'ed by the situation. But the mods have (IMHO) been pretty tolerant of some political stuff seeping into these discussions. I'm guessing the very reason for the no politics rule is we DON'T want good posters like yourself getting upset (whatever the politics) and leaving.
Hang in there, man. First and foremost, we're all Huskers. GBR!
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Don’t take it in the parking lot of Memorial Stadium. That’s probably where he’s crying. A bottle of Jack in one hand, and I don’t even want to guess what’s in the other hand.
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