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[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

Shuts things down until at least September 1. Football not affected. Yet.

https://www.espn.com...ts-least-sept-1

[Mackus]

Does "start of competition" mean first game or first practice?

[BSLChrisStoner]

Source: Big Ten will be conference-only this fall https://www.espn.com...all-sports-fall

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

Though it doesn’t say in the brief article, I assume it means games.

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

PAC 12 is on the clock.

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

Leaving SEC, Big 12, and other non-P5’s to announce the same.
https://arizonasport...rence-only/amp/

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

Notre Dame: https://twitter.com/...7360564225?s=21

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

CIAA cancels all fall sports, except football, whose decision should come in 5, 4, 3, 2...
https://www.journaln...595f61.amp.html

[Mike in STL]

That cancels Towson’s season opener against Maryland.

Also means the Terps will probably go winless.

[BSLChrisStoner]

The Ringer: College Football Is at a Tipping Point in 2020 and Beyond

[BSLMikeLowe]

BSL: College Football 2020: An Intra-Conference Only Season?

 

A quick perspective on what the 2020-21 season might look like.

 

EDIT: I updated the article to note the Pac-12's announcement an hour ago that they are joining the Big Ten in going to a conference-only football schedule.

 

https://pac-12.com/a...ay-several-fall

[BSLSteveBirrer]

If a conference only schedule is to cut back on the number of games expecting that they will have a shortened season then I get that.

 

But if its a travel based restriction then it doesn't pass the snicker test. How can it be ok for Washington State to travel to LA but not to drive 8 miles down the road to play U of Idaho????

[BSLChrisStoner]

ESPN: What do Pac-12 and Big Ten decisions mean for college football?
https://www.espn.com...ollege-football

[BSLWillieSeanCoughlan]

Time to face reality; “No one is playing college football in the fall.”

https://sports.yahoo...-170634809.html

[Mackus]

I think pro sports happen but college sports add an entire extra layer of complexity. I doubt we see a fall season.

[BSLMikeLowe]

I think pro sports happen but college sports add an entire extra layer of complexity. I doubt we see a fall season.

 

And college football, given the sheer number of people involved, is probably the most complex sport of all in a pandemic. I don't see how it happens either. These announcements of conference-only schedules are just kicking the can down the road. I think around the end of this month we're going to get the announcement college football fans are dreading....no games this fall.

[BSLSteveBirrer]

As painful as it is to admit, I think y'all are correct. Just not going to be any fall college sports.

[Mike B]

ESPN: What do Pac-12 and Big Ten decisions mean for college football?
https://www.espn.com...ollege-football

I think it means I am not going to have an excuse for not doing things around the house on Saturday.

[BSLRoseKatz]

I think pro sports happen but college sports add an entire extra layer of complexity. I doubt we see a fall season.

That's where I'm at too, making unpaid athletes show up on campus if no other students will be on campus would look pretty terrible I think 

[Pedro Cerrano]

Play in the spring. Play your games on Saturdays. Hoops plays during the week and Sundays. Very few hoops games on Saturdays. Run the NCAA tourney during the time college is off between the reg season and bowls.

If you need to delay next season till October that’s fine.