I read something about that too. My concern was with Saban, et al., who talked about them going home.
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Are they and can they really stop them from "socializing" when they don't during the season now? Have there not been "issues" before in other seasons?? I went to college. I had one class mate come drunk every class. One day he came high. And he was a professors son... MLB players are supposed to get up, go to practice, play a game and go home. Seems that is not what they did very well. And they are paid millions to play. I guess call me skeptical.
They are going to do it at home too. But at College you are mixing thousands together and then sending them at times home (Fall Break, and Thanksgiving and Christmas). It sounds like one big cesspool and then the Baby Poop wonders off.
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True. I know UNL is not all about football, and the other sports that it supports, but there is a whole a$$load of money being donated every year to elevate the football program, and in turn enable UNL to avoid cutting several sports, and not to mention the new $155 million athletics expansion.....
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Dude, relax. I didn't say it was bulletproof, or if it would even work, I said it was a theory presented by athletic staff...that's all I implied
Its fine. I am just pointing out that College kids are dumb and whether they are home or at school they are going to screw up. My fear is that if they are home then maybe we have spread in like Scottsbluff. But you put them on campus and they mix and then you send them home and you have cases in Grand Island, Kearney, Norfolk, Omaha, Wahoo, Colorado Springs, Fort Morgan.... And to answer someone else's comment, I am not anywhere near sold that having everyone on campus is a good idea.
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Well, no doubt you are correct that College kids are dumb. But usually there is one thing you can get their attention with, and that is to jeopardize the ability to enjoy something they love dearly....with my daughters it's the threat to take their phone away....you would be amazed at the behavior modification I've gotten away with using the "no phone" threat (and enforcement).....
I also want to make make note that if we "play" with the Big 12 that we are kinda like that old saying "thank you sir, may I have another." If I remember correctly we got jobbed by said conference. Like repeatedly... Does the Big 12 have a network yet or is it still the Long Horn Network still? And have we checked to see who the Big 12 puppet master is now? Is it still Texas?? The only teams I respect in the Big 12 is Oklahoma and.... Wait that is it. K-State might be fun to bash on but other than that...
Wait I have an Idea. Lets do this. 3 game season Us and Oklahoma. Winner take all. One game at Memorial Stadium and one at Oklahoma and one at Arrowhead in KC. Winner is 2020 National Champ. Would we beat them. Probably not but you have to admit this is the way it should be.
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Wait I have an Idea. Lets do this. 3 game season Us and Oklahoma. Winner take all. One game at Memorial Stadium and one at Oklahoma and one at Arrowhead in KC. Winner is 2020 National Champ. Would we beat them. Probably not but you have to admit this is the way it should be.
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My middle daughter plays volleyball for a school in Florida that competes in the NAIA Southern States Athletic Conference. The member schools are located in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana. They have moved their conference games to the spring and left the member schools with autonomy to play non-con in the fall if they choose. My daughter's team is scheduling some more local non-con games in Florida to minimize travel. Maybe it isn't as workable for the Big D1 conferences due to all the financial agreements, but I have wondered over the last couple of weeks if that would be workable for some of the D1 conferences?
Who here feels like they should make a decision on what's best for Nick Heinrich or Garret Snodgrass and ignore their opinion? Wandale, Amart, Scott Frost, etc.
What makes you so superior that you can tell them that their opinion is wrong and you have to stop them from making their own decision?
What makes you so superior that you can tell them that their opinion is wrong and you have to stop them from making their own decision?
I think this is interesting. So bear with me a second.
You have heard this from me before, but I want to restate it. MLB. They have been playing for what a couple weeks or so. We have had the Marlins, the Phillies and now the Cards lose games because of "outbreaks" I will call them. We are talking something like a few dozen players, coaches and staff.
College Football you have, lets say hundreds, between players, coaches and staff. In the case of UNL you might have Thousands on a regular home game in normal years. I think that would be fair. If you have ever been to a home game and walked downtown you defiantly have that many people "working" and milling about.
Now add the thousands, or in many college campuses, tens of thousands of students. You have hundreds or thousands of staff and professors working.
So scaling up from MLB to a full college with college football, I am concerned that we are not sure that this is going to be "fine" Or in other words if MLB can't get it going without issues then can a college or college football??
So I want to take this and give something I have not seen on these boards. I am a "concerned" person. What would I think would be doable. (I don't speak for the others on here that seem to be "concerned" and so maybe they can speak up.
First, lets have a few weeks to see if College life is going to work out without being a gigantic cluster. Say October 1st we would have a good idea if this is event going to work.
Second, If step one works then proceed into a limited season. Say 6 games.
Third, play local teams. I guess we can look at K-state and Kansas, maybe Wyoming... or SDSU if we pay for the testing??? Iowa too.
Fourth, ditch the fans in the stands. You are just making things to complicated.
Fifth, yeah playoffs and bowl games are going to be pointless.
Oh and test, test, test...
I don't know but I thought some definition of creating a comfort level for some of us "concerned" fans would be helpful.
Now I don't know if we have "time" to do any of this and so I get to the point of cancel the season and prepare for 2021.
There now you have it. Rip it apart.
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We used to encourage/allow players to race back onto the field when they were clearly concussed. In hindsight, that wasn’t a great idea. Now imagine if Nick Heinrich’s concussion could end up killing 140,000 people....
Throughout this pandemic, thousands and millions of people are affected by decisions that people are making. People's live are on the line.
Sure some people who are fully vested in something want to do one thing. But sometimes we don't get to do it our way.
This should be a community decision. With everyone's opinion. Even those that want to say hell with it lets play and have fans. So that means that people from the communities the colleges are in and the leaders of involved institutions like the Big10 and the University, to the medical experts at UNL and UNO and community safety people and the Hospitals should have a say.
Scott and Co. can share there opinion too. We are not going to stifle that. But this is not just about them. It is about everyone that could be affected by an outbreak or a person who spreads the virus. It is about anyone who could be affected by this decision. The business people too.
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Gawd, this sh** is a is mess, wrapped in clusterf***, surrounded by fubar, with complications on top.
You know, I've thought we could beat this Covid but the more I think about it, Coach Frost is right, we're going to have to deal with Covid19 whether football happens or not. I also agree that Covid19 isn't going away anytime soon--if ever. Clearly as Americans we're too ignorant, selfish, and dumb collectively to do the right thing, so F it throw caution to the wind and just damn those torpedos, full speed ahead.
If we would have done tbe right things early, like New Zealand, we'd be free and clear at this point. But we didn't do that. So now, we gotta live with the permanent consequences of our collective imbecilic mentality.
When Coach Frost expresses concern about losing 80-120 million dollars without football, it's an extremely valid point. I also agree that the longer we keep things shuf down, the more difficult it'll be bring things back. Everything in society is so inter-connected. This is a mess and right now the only way forward is full speed ahead.
You know, I've thought we could beat this Covid but the more I think about it, Coach Frost is right, we're going to have to deal with Covid19 whether football happens or not. I also agree that Covid19 isn't going away anytime soon--if ever. Clearly as Americans we're too ignorant, selfish, and dumb collectively to do the right thing, so F it throw caution to the wind and just damn those torpedos, full speed ahead.
If we would have done tbe right things early, like New Zealand, we'd be free and clear at this point. But we didn't do that. So now, we gotta live with the permanent consequences of our collective imbecilic mentality.
When Coach Frost expresses concern about losing 80-120 million dollars without football, it's an extremely valid point. I also agree that the longer we keep things shuf down, the more difficult it'll be bring things back. Everything in society is so inter-connected. This is a mess and right now the only way forward is full speed ahead.
Here's my problem with what you said SOC. Test, test, test. The average citizen on the street is having difficulties getting tested. We have testing in GI but very limited and the slots fill up almost as soon as they are announced. But, in order to play the Holy Grail known as CFB, we will use an exhorbitant number of tests. Kind of tells the general population that your health doesn't matter. If we have to use tests on any kind of athletics right now and the public cannot get equal access to testing; we don't need sports.
At least that is my opinion.
At least that is my opinion.
Unity of purpose is alive and well at the university of Nebraska to play football this fall regardless of the big 10 playing or not.
the board of regents is unanimous in their support of a modified season without the big 10 as well as the entire leadership team.
Huskers 'prepared to look for other options' for football schedule if Big Ten cancels season
the only issue now is if the big kicks the can down the road with a delayed start to the season , Nebraska wouldn’t be able to come up with an alternative schedule
I fully expect the big to do just this. They are able to cancel the season and prevent conference members from scheduling more games by just saying they are taking a wait and see approach, then cancel in September or October when it’s probably too late to set up games with other teams
the board of regents is unanimous in their support of a modified season without the big 10 as well as the entire leadership team.
Huskers 'prepared to look for other options' for football schedule if Big Ten cancels season
the only issue now is if the big kicks the can down the road with a delayed start to the season , Nebraska wouldn’t be able to come up with an alternative schedule
I fully expect the big to do just this. They are able to cancel the season and prevent conference members from scheduling more games by just saying they are taking a wait and see approach, then cancel in September or October when it’s probably too late to set up games with other teams
Ohio state wants to play also
Coach day stating his case
Ryan Day Says Big Ten Canceling Season Now Would Be “Abrupt,” Ohio State Will “Look at Every Option” if Season is Canceled
Coach day stating his case
Ryan Day Says Big Ten Canceling Season Now Would Be “Abrupt,” Ohio State Will “Look at Every Option” if Season is Canceled
Harbaugh wants to play and lays out a pretty compelling case of how successful Michigan has been at controlling the spread of covid within his team. Well written letter with lots of good data and compelling argument to play
I’ve always liked harbaugh, a tireless advocate for the game
Jim Harbaugh’s last-ditch effort to save college football: ‘This virus can be controlled’
I’ve always liked harbaugh, a tireless advocate for the game
Jim Harbaugh’s last-ditch effort to save college football: ‘This virus can be controlled’
Good point. This reminds me of the early stages when there were almost zero tests available, but once Kevin Durant tested positive, the NBA (maybe some owners rather than the league) started spending ungodly amounts of money to stockpile kits to get all of their players tested. Meanwhile, common folks were sick but couldn’t get tested.
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