2020 Season - Covid Edition

Nice to hear Tommy talk about the student experience at Tech. I haven't really gotten the impression that has been a big facture for him in the past. But this year decisions are going to be based more so on safety and financial considerations. My guess today is we will have college football, not sure the schedule will stay the same and I strongly believe fan participation/attendance will be drastically limited. Too bad for long-time season ticket holders. Will be a huge problem for places with sell-out crowds.

Do we still have to be in our tailgate spot by 8:00am?

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Originally Posted by PawDawg

Do we still have to be in our tailgate spot by 8:00am?

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...tomorrow... with a mask... and a bubble boy suit

This lady has had enough. She's reporting Tommy to the authorities because he seems rational, optimistic and he isn't in a panic mode like that douche AD from ODU.


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Originally Posted by HogDawg

This lady has had enough. She's reporting Tommy to the authorities because he seems rational, optimistic and he isn't in a panic mode like that douche AD from ODU.


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Love it!!

East Carolina University is planning to cut some sports to balance athletic budget

Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/#storylink=cpy

https://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/

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NCAA: The NCAA Division I council voted to approve voluntary athletic activities in football, men’s and women’s basketball beginning June 1st and going through June 30th, Pete Thamel tweets.

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NFHS: The national governing body of high school athletics has provided state associations with
recommended guidelines on what a return to football is probably going to look like.

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https://www.ktbs.com/news/business/n...c55d8c86a.html

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the NFL is working on a helmet face guard that might provide the same sort of protection as a surgical mask.

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“A lot of players have played with a clear shield to protect their eyes,” McKay said Tuesday during a video conference call with Atlanta media. “This would be extended even further.”
Thom Mayer, who is medical director of the NFL Players Association, said league engineers and sports equipment company Oakley are testing prototypes of a modified face mask that might contain surgical or N95 material.

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Insanity

NCAA announces a series of rules waivers due to pandemic:
--Minimum football attendance requirement for FBS members waived for two years.
--FBS schools will not be required to play 60% of their games against FBS members or play five home games against FBS opponents

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

NCAA announces a series of rules waivers due to pandemic:
--Minimum football attendance requirement for FBS members waived for two years.
--FBS schools will not be required to play 60% of their games against FBS members or play five home games against FBS opponents

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The first one has never been enforced anyway.

The second, I suppose would allow for teams that only play 4 or fewer home games or a greatly reduced number of total games. Will 8 games be the norm this year?

New study: Cancellation of the 2020 college football season could cost Power Five schools $4 billion

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Insanity

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Such silliness. They don't realize this thing is over.....unless you're over 70, of course.

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Originally Posted by stodgdog

Do you think the loyal opposition would go that far to keep the economy down, which seems poised for a robust come back?

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Absolutely!

Interesting news from California today. Stanford a leader of olympic sports on the college landscape announced today it is cutting 11 of ots 36 varsity teams.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29429478/stanford-cut-11-varsity-sports-cites-pandemic-breaking-point