August 11th, 2020 at 2:49 PM ^
So the thing we all thought was true and then became not *quite* true ended up being true anyway?
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
The season being postponed/cancelled isn't a surprise. That it was so bungled at every step of the way to arrive at that decision, also not a surprise.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:29 PM ^
Yes, yes.
At this point I wouldn't bank on a Spring season yet either. It seems slightly more plausible than fall football, but there's just as many logistical hurdles to overcome and...well, recent news isn't exactly setting a good precedent with these things.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:51 PM ^
Yikes.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:52 PM ^
#bringbackourfootball
August 12th, 2020 at 1:30 PM ^
I'm not sure if the folks upvoting this understand your intent.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:52 PM ^
What happened to my thread?
August 11th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^
Your thread was SO 2:40ish.
This thread is far more 2:47 and therefore better.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:52 PM ^
Fuck
August 11th, 2020 at 2:53 PM ^
So we went from "it's on!" to "it's cancelled!" to "it's postponed?" in just 7 days. That is an impressive level of indecisiveness. The B1G is officially a squirrel running across a busy road...
August 11th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^
Yep - it's a shitshow.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:11 PM ^
Bring back Jim Delaney!! ??♂️
August 11th, 2020 at 2:53 PM ^
do you still win journalism if you were the first one to publish the earliest, but then it wasn't true but now it's true again?
August 11th, 2020 at 2:55 PM ^
Yes, no, maybe.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:55 PM ^
can you repeat the question
August 11th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW!
August 11th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^
Journalism is dead... or at least that is what is going around social media.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:54 PM ^
This is going to turn into a political shitshow if the B1G and Pac12 don’t play but the SEC and ACC do. Presidential candidates will obviously have comments and this will be polarizing
August 11th, 2020 at 2:58 PM ^
Ahhh, I can see it now...
PAC12: "The SEC hates old people and wants them to die!"
SEC: "Why does the PAC12 want to crash our economy?"
B1G: "Won't someone please think of the children???"
ACC: "Trevor Lawrence's hair deserves to play, just look at Sweden!!!"
August 11th, 2020 at 3:00 PM ^
Big XII: ".... stop looking at me!"
August 11th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
So basically something like this: https://twitter.com/AnnieAgar/status/1293261634111246337?s=20
August 11th, 2020 at 3:33 PM ^
Definitely yes, mostly because she's cuter than FauxMo.
August 11th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
You don't know that. I could easily be a gorgeous 21 year old co-ed just working here to pay her way through college...
August 11th, 2020 at 3:06 PM ^
If they can politicize a cloth over the face, then by god they can politicize Football Saturdays.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:36 PM ^
It's already been politicized. Trump already said something about it. The same way he continues to say things about the kneeling players exercising their first amendment rights (with leagues that now fully support them).
We can't expect things to not get political when our "leader" is compelled to divide us on fucking everything.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:42 PM ^
He has a 'we want to play' clip pinned to the top of his twitter. I am sure in his mind getting college football back is important so he can prove things have been handled well and everything is fine and the economy is great. That's likely to force Biden's camp to make a counter argument and then we'll really be off and running
August 11th, 2020 at 2:54 PM ^
For real this time or are you all still messing with me?
August 11th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^
Yes.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:54 PM ^
Now the exodus of transfers will begin, at least to some degree. Damn
August 11th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^
It will happen for sure. Except some transfer to SEC schools
August 11th, 2020 at 3:16 PM ^
If I was a college football player and my conference cancelled the season, I would transfer. I think we are going to lose a lot of recruits from our 2021 class as well.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:23 PM ^
Everyone will. osu lost one today. Wouldn't be surprised if players like nico just opted out all together and will go to the NFL. Its a shame for those that could have went pro last year and stayed.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:29 PM ^
With OSU’s luck, the replacement for the player who left will end up being ten times better next year.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:24 PM ^
Dude relax, no one will be playing this fall. I bet the NFL doesn't finish. If you aren't in a bubble similar to basketball there are far to many land mines for this not to infect teams and cause disruption to a 16 game NFL season. We see what players will resort to in a bubble, watch what happens without a bubble .
August 11th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
who is going to transfer? if you're draft eligible at the end of the year, you'll just turn pro early and begin draft prep early. if you're not draft eligible, how are you possibly transferring to a new school and getting immediate eligibility within the next month before games begin in september? everyone seems trapped.
2021 recruiting should be unaffected, as there should be a 2021 season, in theory.
August 11th, 2020 at 4:06 PM ^
also: we're a month out from games. who even has scholarship space? everyone had to cut to 85 by fall camp.
August 11th, 2020 at 6:42 PM ^
It really says something that half of these threads turn into “oh no players will transfer to the SEC!” “We are losing competitive advantage!” .... then the same people bitch when players want to get paid.
the fact that all anyone cares about is what it means for future wins and losses (ignoring any player safety concerns) is part of the reason we are heading for a major reckoning in college sports.
August 11th, 2020 at 2:56 PM ^
That sucks. That really sucks.
And my guess is the Venn diagram of people angry at football being cancelled vs people angry at having to wear a mask would be a virtual overlap.
I'm sad. This is a sad day.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:29 PM ^
I think you would be correct in the sense that, by and large, the reasoning used for both is an extension of the same line of thought.
The day the mask mandate was signed was the day college football died. Masks were not going to save college football. It is the notion that everybody needs to cover their face at all times that killed it. Gonna do the same thing to basketball too.
August 12th, 2020 at 3:33 PM ^
possibly your most ignorant comment yet.
impressive.
August 11th, 2020 at 5:46 PM ^
August 11th, 2020 at 2:56 PM ^
Oh well.....2020 is a shitshow anyways.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:14 PM ^
Longest decade ever.
August 11th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
The good news is the decade ends on Dec 31, 2020.
August 11th, 2020 at 5:49 PM ^
thank you for understand simple math. Seriously. Some people cannot comprehend it. ??
August 11th, 2020 at 6:22 PM ^
You are most welcome. I told folks the end of the millennium was Dec 31, 2000 and a got a lot of blank stares. I usually followed it up with "there was no year zero" for some more blank stares.
August 12th, 2020 at 1:26 AM ^
Being an ISO/TC nerd it depends on your point of reference in regards to year zero. The ISO 8601 Standard covering date related data, using Gregorian elements, needs to identify 1BC as year 0, or more specifically year 0000.
I usually just go by what you said though as it is most practical and correct in conversations.