B1G exploring winter football season in domed NFL stadiums
According to osu writer Bill Rabinowitz.
The Big Ten is considering several domes as sites for a potential winter 2021 football season, The Dispatch has learned.
Amanda Babb, the president of the Ohio State football parents group, said in an interview Wednesday that she had heard that indoor stadiums in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis and possibly even Syracuse, New York, were under consideration.
Later Wednesday, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed that, texting “Yes and others” when asked about those potential sites. He declined to add details.
Michigan-Rutgers at the Carrier Dome?
Michigan-Minnesota at US Bank Stadium?
Michigan-little brother at Ford Field?
August 26th, 2020 at 6:34 PM ^
NOT...GONNA...HAPPEN.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:53 PM ^
Unless ... it... does? Maybe.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:29 PM ^
The rest of the leagues would have to make it through the fall season relatively unscathed and even then, winter is such a worse time to be doing this than the fall. People in the Midwest are going back indoors and this thing is going to spike around the holidays, probably.
The best hope by far was to try to give it a go in the fall.
One thing is almost for certain, the "unknowns" that they cited as the reason they didn't play in the fall are not going to become known in three months. So if they end up playing, it'll essentially be an admission that they were just being too conservative in the fall. But again, if the other leagues make it work, they'll almost have to try, right?
August 26th, 2020 at 6:35 PM ^
Carrier Dome may be an issue with Syracuse basketball. Not sure they could work around the schedule with the differing setup between FB and BB.
August 27th, 2020 at 12:49 AM ^
for the right price i think syracuse could move a basketball game to a fri or sun to allow a sat football game.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:37 PM ^
I'm only in favor of an U of M vs. OSU matchup if it is at the Yooper Dome.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:50 PM ^
That would be awesome. As much as I hate NMU, I love their stadium.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:17 PM ^
I'm a Hillsdale Grad and intended to watch my brother in law (he and my sister went to Hillsdale as well) play up there in 2013 but couldn't make the trip. It's on my bucket list to go see although I'm very aggravated with Hillsdale leaving the GLIAC.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:38 PM ^
Too bad these geniuses couldn't start planning something like this 3-4 months ago. We're pretty much just screwed now.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Why would that have made a difference? If this doesn't end up happening, it won't be for logistical reasons. It will be because, well, we're in a bad pandemic.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:54 PM ^
Sorry...Just paying attention to who has been opting out or foregoing the season. It's kind of a thing for a team that isn't very deep at certain positions. I do feel it's still a pipe dream though.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:39 PM ^
Nothing against OP but my general mindset towards "teh Beeg Tehn" is, I just find it hard to care about. And i likely won't he watching CBS in the coming weeks to see Ole Miss face off against Florida or Bama murder rolling Mizzou.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:40 PM ^
Is the virus not allowed in domes? If so I guess this makes sense.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:43 PM ^
Holy shit, where have you been BB?
August 26th, 2020 at 6:47 PM ^
Just living dude. Try to stay away from the toxicity of social media and message boards for the most part these days. When football returns I’ll be around more.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:06 PM ^
I believe they call that social-media hibernation. Username checks out.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:29 PM ^
I'm trying to get off twitter. It's hard. It's just so toxic but like a burning car I just can't look away. All of my real life friends and my girlfriend have all got off twitter. I appreciate the friendly people I encounter on the internet but sometimes all that negativity from fellow Michigan fans and the news in general can weigh on me if I'm exposed to too much of it. I've blocked over 1,000 people.
Didn't mean to threadjack my own thread.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
I’m pretty much only on IG these days, WD. GIVE ME ALL THE MEMES ONLY
August 26th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Hibernation
August 26th, 2020 at 6:53 PM ^
I would hope there would be some kind of quarantine / testing protocols that go into this as well. If most schools are online-only anyway, it would be viable to bubble the teams. Then the only concern is winter weather in the Big Ten's footprint, which, you know, domes.
But, knowing how this has gone so far, I'm guessing their covid plan is to hope it goes away by the winter.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:58 PM ^
Yeah, it's impossible to play outdoors during winter in the Big 10's footprint.
Please ignore the existence of the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, NY Giants, NY Jets, KC Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, and the Washington Football Team.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:37 PM ^
Don't forget the Ti-Cats, Argos, Redblacks, and Alouettes of the CFL.
Close enough but no cigar, I guess.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:38 PM ^
Well, the NFL does play in the fall so...
Although, without fans, why not play outdoors? The players aren't gonna get cold. Yeah, the elements become more of a factor but...beggars can't be choosers this season.
No need for domes, I say.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:41 PM ^
No domes in Ohio. I consider that a small victory.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:01 PM ^
This just in, Buck Nut and his painted up friends have been spotted putting a dome over Ohio State Stadium. Asked why, Mr. Nut said, "Sooo TTUN get to coXe and play us in Shoe."
August 26th, 2020 at 6:44 PM ^
Domes are for tossers and sheep shaggers.
August 26th, 2020 at 6:59 PM ^
I don’t know if this has any chance at all, but I am more than willing to let this play out. Maybe as quickly as our fall season disappeared a winter option actually might come out and be acceptable.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:07 PM ^
Wasn't this already brought up a few weeks ago?
Edit: That was an idea for spring, not winter.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:09 PM ^
Let's say this happens.What are the chances of Mayfield, Thomas, Collins(not sure if he left) making a u-ey and coming back as long as they haven't signed with an agent?
August 26th, 2020 at 7:29 PM ^
None for Thomas and Mayfield, if they haven't been enrolled for fall semester, which my guess is they aren't because they said or implied they were leaving Michigan and working to prepare for the draft. Collins, if he is enrolled this semester, might play.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:44 PM ^
What about playing on a large yacht that is roaming around the Great Lakes? It could happen.
August 26th, 2020 at 7:47 PM ^
Well, we have seen teams dumb enough to play basketball outdoors on an aircraft carrier. I guess it's time for yacht rock football!
August 26th, 2020 at 7:56 PM ^
Hey it was agreed upon that those yachts were strictly for monkey knife fighting and I think I can speak for all of us that we are not cutting back on that.
August 26th, 2020 at 8:11 PM ^
LMAO
August 26th, 2020 at 8:18 PM ^
By that time, every campus is going to be online only so it just might work.
August 26th, 2020 at 8:29 PM ^
Indoor January football.
This is comedy gold.
August 26th, 2020 at 9:43 PM ^
Better than nothing but still lame. NFL stadiums suck. Football is meant to be played outside.
August 26th, 2020 at 10:38 PM ^
What a stupid waste of time. If the other conferences pull off a season this fall a Spring season will be beyond absurd. Even if they don’t the spring season will be dumb for a hundred reasons.
August 26th, 2020 at 10:44 PM ^
This will not happen unless the other three conferences make it unscathed and there's a semblance of a playoff (which is slim given recent events). Even then, if the Pac 12 doesn't play, the BIG presidents have another cover. This looks like more a PR stunt to satisfy the masses.
August 27th, 2020 at 12:24 AM ^
They're just kicking the can down the road. They're only gonna make it worse if they cancel close again.
August 27th, 2020 at 7:18 AM ^
I can't see how the Big Ten is going to have any certainty's in time for a winter season. There are two professions that will be the last to see risk as permissible and those are Lawyers and Doctors. That said, I still don't understand why the Big Ten and Pac 12 see it so different than the southern conferences.