Not sure of the date but the 2011 freshman class is reporting to campus on June 25th.
Yes, I read that recently too. That's very soon and should give us a handful of things to discuss here soon.
Not nearly soon enough! I love summer, but I almost have the shakes for some football!
My cousin, a team manager, doesn't report until the first week of august
My cousin is a team manager and he reports in the first week of July (the 5th I believe).
My cousin is a district manger and could kick the shit out of your cousin.
Yeah, well, MY cousin is an assistant (to the) regional manager, and when his mother was pregnant with him, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that he had absorbed the other fetus. Does he regret this? No, he believes his tissue has made him stronger. He now has the strength of a grown man and a little baby.
Additionally, he is faster than 80% of all snakes.
On Xbox 360 it never stops.
That's less than three months away. And some of that boredom will be alleviated by preseason practice news.
I need a football fix in the worst way. Normally, the NFL starts near the end of July with preseason games starting in early August. Not this year, at least not the way things are looking.
If the NFL doesn't play, I would like to see some college football on Sunday, but I suspect that may only happen by watching the DVR's.
Arghhhh...and it seem like Hoke keeps things a bit quieter than did RichRod.
Last year, fall practice started on August 9.
...from the Division I Manual:
17.02.11 Practice Units. In determining the first permissible preseason practice date, an institution shall count back from its first scheduled contest, one unit for each day beginning with the opening of classes, one unit for each day classes are not in session in the week of the first scheduled intercollegiate contest and two units for each other day in the preseason practice period, except that the institution shall not count any units during the preseason when all institutional dormitories are closed, the institution’s team must leave campus, and practice is not conducted. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, Revised: 1/10/92, 4/14/03)
17.02.11.1 Sunday. Sundays are excluded from the counting. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)
17.02.11.2 Week. The “week” of the first scheduled intercollegiate contest is defined as the six days, excluding Sunday, preceding the date of competition (even if one or more of the days fall into different traditional calendar weeks). (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)
17.02.11.3 Opening Day of Classes. The “opening day of classes” is defined as the first day of classes as listed in the member institution’s official catalog. Required freshman orientation is not considered to be the opening day of classes for the academic year. (Adopted: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91)
17.9.2.1 First Practice Date. [FBS/FCS] A member institution shall not commence official preseason football practice sessions, for the varsity, junior varsity or freshman team, prior to the date that will permit a maximum of 40 units (see Bylaw 17.02.11) prior to its first scheduled intercollegiate game. During the preseason practice period, institutions may not engage in more than 29 on-field practice sessions (see Bylaw 17.9.2.4.1).
Following these rules, the earliest start date for fall practice is 8 August. One practice unit each for 27, 29-31 Aug and 1-2 Sep (6 units) plus two practice units each for 8 - 13 Aug, 15 - 20 Aug, and 22 - 26 Aug (34 units) equals 40 practice units. The Fall 2010 term begins on 7 September, so the portion of 17.02.11 that discusses days after the start of classes is not applicable.
This does not take into account the possiblity that the program will schedule some of the remaining docked practice sessions from the NCAA penalties during this period. If they do, it could push the start to the right.
That makes sense too, since it's a Monday and it's about when practice started last year.
Also, I get back from my honeymoon on August 7th, so this is perfect. I won't miss any of the news coming out of practice (or I won't be distracted with it on my honeymoon) and I'll have something to pass the two weeks prior to practice starting. Thanks Coach Hoke.
I got about six lines into your quote before my eyes glazed over and I started twitching.
...drink and it will be all better.
I just appreciate that this thread was started at 6:36AM this morning. We never stop thinking about the team.
In early july. Now that may not actually be practices, I know they do football related things things though then. Practice doesn't probably start till august.
the players report for fall camp on august 7th