Osu Day - mid October football maybe?
I haven’t seen anything posted on this. Interesting article from espn today, as Day makes the below comments. Franklin even chimes in with the awful communication. Stuff like this won’t go over well for Warren, not saying he loses a job, but big time coaches calling you out doesn’t help.
Thoughts from board, think we see Big Ten football? A) October B) Nov-Dec C) Early 21 (winter/spring) D) Fall 21. I’ll say they get something done for Oct., so A. They find a way to have a limited schedule but chance to compete for playoffs. Maybe it’s the hope in me, and not actually gonna happen. I would rather hear guys like Ryan Day say October though vs. some Sir Yacht guy. Please keep politics out of this discussion.
“Ohio State coach Ryan Day on Thursday issued a statement through the school that hinted at a possible return in mid-October, but also continued to question the communication from the Big Ten since its decision last month to postpone the season.“
September 10th, 2020 at 8:54 PM ^
"Communication has been awful, nothing has been worked out. But I'm still feeling lucky that we'll fix everything in a month."
September 11th, 2020 at 3:53 PM ^
So when I read "shall not be revisited" I think, "so your saying theres a chance then"
September 10th, 2020 at 9:03 PM ^
Day’s statement was at odds with itself. In the first sentence he says “While I understand the Big Ten Conference’s decision to postpone the football season because of health and safety considerations” and then goes on to basically say he actually doesn’t understand... weird.
September 10th, 2020 at 10:01 PM ^
Yeah, I noticed that as well. I mean, he's a protege of Urban Meyer so I can see how being internally consistent doesn't come naturally.
September 10th, 2020 at 10:55 PM ^
He forgot what he was saying earlier on in the sentence.
September 11th, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
Jmstranger - I totally agree with you on this but what do you mean by that?
September 10th, 2020 at 9:03 PM ^
I think there's very little chance we see big ten football before the new year. At that point I don't know why they would bother.
September 10th, 2020 at 11:54 PM ^
I think the main reason is they could conceivably get into the playoffs at the end of the year really only if they start in October. But I've heard nothing about the playoffs and what the plans area. Is it just supposed to be business as usual? Some teams may be 2 or so fewer games than others.
September 11th, 2020 at 12:07 AM ^
On College Gameday this past weekend they shared the schedule. I can't remember exact dates but selection day is mid December. The semi-finals are on Jan 1 and the Championship game is the week after. If the Big Ten is not wrapped up by first or second week of Dec they will not be in the playoffs. There was no mention of bowl games.
September 11th, 2020 at 9:21 AM ^
If they cared about that they could have stuck with the end of September, which is functionally the same as October.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:04 PM ^
D) Fall 21
Nothing substantive is going to change in the medical information between now and November in terms of being able to point to any evidence that a season can happen. A Spring season just presents a different kind of health and safety concern. Let's all settle in for Fall of '21.
September 10th, 2020 at 11:42 PM ^
We might see that by October the first wave through campuses is over and it’s OK to play. I don’t think that will happen but it would be nice if it did. Medically you are probably correct though.
September 11th, 2020 at 2:29 AM ^
What could change it is if the conferences playing now do not experience pandemaggedon. If the ACC/SEC play without major outbreaks, it will put a lot of pressure on the B1G/PAC 12.
September 11th, 2020 at 8:19 AM ^
Nothing really, the decision is locked in.
This has been a weird gamble ever since the decision was made, if the seasons elsewhere are disasters they look like heroes. If the seasons elsewhere go okay, they look like idiots and the power dynamics in the early part of the decade where the PAC-12 and B1G were terrible and the SEC/Big XII/ACC fans were insufferable, comes back for a bit.
Probably better for the country but worse for us if the latter scenario comes to pass.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:07 PM ^
Fart shit piss
September 10th, 2020 at 9:09 PM ^
You forgot vomit and rit-rots.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:33 PM ^
What's with down votes for the above two comments? I'll add...
Bollocks, preseminal fluid, and anal leakage.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:46 PM ^
Nothing goes better with bollocks than a flabby labby!
September 10th, 2020 at 9:51 PM ^
:-) Thought twice and decided to edit my comment.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^
Guhh, not the rit-rots
September 10th, 2020 at 9:39 PM ^
The cool kids now call it "shartiss"
September 11th, 2020 at 7:58 AM ^
Not another COVID fecal plume thread!
September 10th, 2020 at 9:08 PM ^
I think it’s always been the same even if no one wants to admit it. We’ll have football when there is a vaccine.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:19 PM ^
Silly comment. In fact, watching NFL football right now. 99.99.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^
Not really silly. The NFL is not the B1G.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:40 PM ^
They are both based upon the same outcome:
$$$
September 10th, 2020 at 9:44 PM ^
Fair enough, but the B1G is not dependent on football monies while the NFL is.
September 11th, 2020 at 6:05 AM ^
That might be the most outlandish comment on the board. “The B1G is not dependent of football monies”, would you care to expand on that...
Every B1G team is dependent on football monies. Football is what makes everything else go, and we are going to see the fallout soon if the 2021 season doesn’t get played. To think that Michigan can just keep asking donors for money, while the economy goes down the tubes as it is hanging on by a thread is silly. We might have a money cannon, but when funds dry up, your shooting blanks like everyone else.
September 11th, 2020 at 7:13 AM ^
Seems you filtered my comment through a football sieve.
The university does a lot more than field a football team. Compare the money brought in from tuition and compare that to the money football brings in.
The Detroit Lions and the University of Michigan are two separate organizations with completely different missions. Without football games, the Lions and the rest of the NFL go away. Take away football games and Michigan carries on with its prime mission: education.
That and you misquoted me.
September 11th, 2020 at 8:00 AM ^
The monies from football surely help the BIG. Even koalas know that!
September 11th, 2020 at 8:32 AM ^
I'm sure it does, but it's dwarfed by the tuition collected. :-)
Anybody seen Mean Joe lately?
September 11th, 2020 at 12:46 PM ^
Haven't seen him on the board. Hope he is well. Take care RG.
September 11th, 2020 at 8:59 AM ^
The B1G only exists because of sports. There is no B1G for engineering, medicine, etc. The B1G, it's network and all the ancillary sports only exist because of football revenue. This becomes even more evident as we watch Minnesota cancel 4 sports because its football team isn't bringing in any revenue.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:46 PM ^
NFL players aren't on college campus teeming with virus. They aren't going to frat parties. Also, it's the NFL's first game. Little early to call it the right approach, wouldn't you say?
September 10th, 2020 at 9:58 PM ^
I don't think it necessarily depends on a vaccine. If we come to find out a few weeks into the football season, teams are mitigating the spread of Covid, the B1G is going to have egg all over their face for cancelling.
We'll probably have our answer in 4-6 weeks whether or not there is a vaccine.
September 11th, 2020 at 12:28 AM ^
The people putting any stock into a worthwhile vaccine before late summer/fall 2021 have the real egg on their faces.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:09 PM ^
I can’t see presidents changing their votes to play. Since they are the decision makers and authority of academic integrity, wouldn’t the optics look they capitulated to sports vs academics?
September 11th, 2020 at 4:10 AM ^
Rutgers is on the record saying no restart, so that’s one no.
The cynical side of me thinks that many of the universities were willing to push unrealistic in person learning plans to get paid then most backpedaled. That’d be one vote against integrity. I agree with your point though
September 11th, 2020 at 10:45 AM ^
This right here is a reason to start the season literally tomorrow and kick Rutgers out of the B1G for not participating. I'm just sayin.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:17 PM ^
Communication being bad doesn’t seem like a reason for university presidents to change course.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:45 PM ^
Meanwhile, much like Miami tonight, ill just watch every other conference play. I have found it funny that the Bigten has gotten hammered by everyone while the Pac 12 hasn't even been mentioned. Irrelevant much?
September 10th, 2020 at 9:50 PM ^
Good point, but the Pac 12 doesn't have a football cult masquerading as a university like they do in Columbus.
September 11th, 2020 at 8:06 AM ^
I was more referring to analysts and other media types. It just strikes me funny that the Bigten is the only one bearing the brunt of cancelation.
September 11th, 2020 at 11:01 AM ^
If anything good comes out of this it will be that a loaded OSU team was DQ'd from a shot at a national championship.
September 10th, 2020 at 9:54 PM ^
Just an observation, but it seems that the coaches stating "poor communication" are the same ones that were a "Yes" for football since the beginning. So long as the Presidents from Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois are mute I don't think you'll see a Big Ten season until early January at the earliest
September 10th, 2020 at 10:00 PM ^
It's all political positioning at this point, so I get Day and Franklin voicing their displeasure and the conference largely responding with "duly noted". I find the various state officials writing a letter to the B1G to be comical, but I guess they'll be able to fundraise off it.
I will say that I find Franklin to be a lying putz, so it's funny to see him prattle on about leadership.
September 10th, 2020 at 10:01 PM ^
The more football that is played Covid free - high school, college and now NFL - the more the B1G looks like they fucked up. If the ACC pulls off this big weekend of games with no Covid issues, the pressure is on the B1G to start the season. Any B1G university President that votes no is on the hot seat for getting fired by the alumni/regents.
September 10th, 2020 at 10:08 PM ^
ACC has already postponed games. So has BIG12. Hard to imagine a full schedule for anybody - or does that not count as “no Covid issues”?