A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
Louisiana Tech Athletics announced that Saturday's home game against Rice has been postponed due to health and safety concerns within the Bulldog program.
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A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:
Louisiana Tech Athletics announced that Saturday's home game against Rice has been postponed due to health and safety concerns within the Bulldog program.
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Discuss it here.
Season over!
I am beginning to think you may be correct. At least we have N. Texas rescheduled. Now, there are two more (NLU and Rice). The pandemic is soaring, so I not sure that many teams will have less than 2 or 3 games postponed or eventually just cancelled. If there are bowl games, they may have to waive the current requirements on number of wins. This article states we will still play NLU. I thought I had seen that it was cancelled, as well. I guess I was wrong about that - must have been a dream.Originally Posted by RUBLUE
It doesn’t make any sense to play NLU in S’port in front of a few hundred spectators. Need to cancel the rest of season and start concentrating on 2021.
Rice game will be cancelled. They have already sched Makeup games on 12/12
If Rice doesn't make up their UTSA game (I saw that their coach was lobbying to play them instead of Marshall - which is clearly what you'd prefer if you're him for several reasons) then I think we will become the Roadrunner's single most played opponent in program history. Small sample size of course, but kind of interesting (meanwhile they'd be pretty far down our list, like 35 but rising fast).
Okay.....put on your thinking cap, guys. This looks like one of those "strategic cancellations" I've been speaking & posting about.
Why would LA Tech cancel a home game (Rice), a game against ULM in Shreveport (maybe), and then play two CUSA road games at FIU and UNT.......UNLESS of course, UAB loses another CUSA game this season (to UTEP?), which would put LA Tech in the drivers seat for the CUSA Western division title and a spot in the CUSA championship game?
Skip knows all this of course. Skip may have decided to not play another CUSA game until he sees how UAB fares against UTEP (on 11/20) & S Miss (on 11/27). Skip knows that LA Tech has already played 5 CUSA conference games (3-2 record) and that UAB (2-1) has only played 3. (The UAB vs N TX game is also postponed this weekend) So, why should LA Tech take all the risk unnecessarily? There are no brownie points being given this year for LA Tech to play 8 CUSA games while UAB plays only 6, or 7 (7 only if the UNT game can get rescheduled, which it currently is not). Skip knows all this, and is in the position to cancel the Rice game with no penalty, avoid any chance of another conference loss, and take a "wait and see" attitude toward the rest of the season. He knows he has already played more conference games than UAB will likely play this entire season, so why risk it?
Yep. This is a strategic cancellation, but they are just not going to tell you that. I hope some of you are keeping up at home.
I'm with you.Okay.....put on your thinking cap, guys. This looks like one of those "strategic cancellations" I've been speaking & posting about.
Why would LA Tech cancel a home game (Rice), a game against ULM in Shreveport (maybe), and then play two CUSA road games at FIU and UNT.......UNLESS of course, UAB loses another CUSA game this season (to UTEP?), which would put LA Tech in the drivers seat for the CUSA Western division title and a spot in the CUSA championship game?
Skip knows all this of course. Skip may have decided to not play another CUSA game until he sees how UAB fares against UTEP (on 11/20) & S Miss (on 11/27). Skip knows that LA Tech has already played 5 CUSA conference games (3-2 record) and that UAB (2-1) has only played 3. (The UAB vs N TX game is also postponed this weekend) So, why should LA Tech take all the risk unnecessarily? There are no brownie points being given this year for LA Tech to play 8 CUSA games while UAB plays only 6, or 7 (7 only if the UNT game can get rescheduled, which it currently is not). Skip knows all this, and is in the position to cancel the Rice game with no penalty, avoid any chance of another conference loss, and take a "wait and see" attitude toward the rest of the season. He knows he has already played more conference games than UAB will likely play this entire season, so why risk it?
Yep. This is a strategic cancellation, but they are just not going to tell you that. I hope some of you are keeping up at home.
I lean toward thinking it’s just more of 2020 at its finest.
I thought covid was supposed to be cancelled after the election?
Election hasn't happened yet.
Well I hope you are right about this, but I am giving up hope, to be honest.
Maybe we should just count divisional games toward division titles and throw the cross division records out this season. Have all makeup games just be divisional. So, yes, cancel Marshall-Rice, have Rice make up the division games instead.
I don't think that's the case. Between injuries, covid, and contact tracing we did not have enough players at at least one position group to play the game.Okay.....put on your thinking cap, guys. This looks like one of those "strategic cancellations" I've been speaking & posting about.
Yep. This is a strategic cancellation, but they are just not going to tell you that. I hope some of you are keeping up at home.
Now what North Texas did to us on the other hand.....
Well, now UAB has responded by canceling their game with UTEP. Who will bend first in this game of chicken? Who can play the fewest number of games?Okay.....put on your thinking cap, guys. This looks like one of those "strategic cancellations" I've been speaking & posting about.
Why would LA Tech cancel a home game (Rice), a game against ULM in Shreveport (maybe), and then play two CUSA road games at FIU and UNT.......UNLESS of course, UAB loses another CUSA game this season (to UTEP?), which would put LA Tech in the drivers seat for the CUSA Western division title and a spot in the CUSA championship game?
Skip knows all this of course. Skip may have decided to not play another CUSA game until he sees how UAB fares against UTEP (on 11/20) & S Miss (on 11/27). Skip knows that LA Tech has already played 5 CUSA conference games (3-2 record) and that UAB (2-1) has only played 3. (The UAB vs N TX game is also postponed this weekend) So, why should LA Tech take all the risk unnecessarily? There are no brownie points being given this year for LA Tech to play 8 CUSA games while UAB plays only 6, or 7 (7 only if the UNT game can get rescheduled, which it currently is not). Skip knows all this, and is in the position to cancel the Rice game with no penalty, avoid any chance of another conference loss, and take a "wait and see" attitude toward the rest of the season. He knows he has already played more conference games than UAB will likely play this entire season, so why risk it?
Yep. This is a strategic cancellation, but they are just not going to tell you that. I hope some of you are keeping up at home.
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