📡 Conference-only Sporting Events in the Big10 This Fall (maybe?)

[OldPlayer]

Big Ten going to conference-only slate this fall

Not a good sign for all college football

 

[bama alum]

Good point from Cecil:

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

I could see conferences deciding to expand the conference schedule. And I doubt there will be a playoff or bowls this year.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I was very optimistic about a somewhat normal CFB season late last week. At this point, I'm going to be surprised if there's anything even close to that. In fact, I think it's 50/50 at this point that Alabama even holds a practice. And much like most things I can't control, I've made my peace with it. I hate it though for the people, schools, and businesses that it will financially cripple (other than some media outlets who have basically rooted for it).

 

[50+yeartidefan]

All sec....better than what was scheduled...
@Brandon Van de Graaff ....I just wish I could be optimistic.....

 

[rick4bama]

Big Ten going to conference-only slate this fall

Not a good sign for all college football

Well I guess the B1G will have a winning record!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

All sec....better than what was scheduled...
@Brandon Van de Graaff ....I just wish I could be optimistic.....

I think it's going to come down to potential lost revenue Money Guys vs. the Above Reproach Academia Elites. Normally, I always side with the $ Guys in any situation, but there is power in numbers and I don't believe they'll have that.

Also, take into account my long time disclaimer that I'm an idiot who is wrong a lot.

 

[planomateo]

Only way we'll ever get to 9 conference games.

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Now the PAC-12 is likely to follow suite with Big10 plan. That means no USC-Alabama game. That bites. I hope we do have a football season at this point. Ivy league has cancelled/postponed all Fall sports. I guess we'll see what's gonna happen when we get there!

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Also, take into account my long time disclaimer that I'm an idiot who is wrong a lot.

I am also.... just ask @TerryP ...lol

 

[bama alum]

If the same holds in all P5 conferences (at this point...), that means Bama's first game of the season is against Jawja. Poor Kirby Dumb. If CNS is given this much time to prep for an opponent, history dictates that opponent is coming into a slaughterhouse.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

It's going to be a F up year for college football.

 

[MunchyOs]

Damn...the Big 10 could have at least given us a sweet little peck on the cheek before bending us over with no Vasiline. Those douche bags just made the decision for ALL of college football. I knew it...I knew that one of the P5 conferences would be scared into folding after the Ivy League made their decision. And now...it's only a matter of time before the rest of the P5s run for cover. Does any of this sound familiar? It should. It's exactly how basketball played out. First the Ivy League pulled the plug on its tournament...then the Big East, the Big 12, the ACC, the SEC, the Big 10, the PAC 12. This continued until the whole fucking NCAA tournament came crashing down. Here we fucking go again. Just sickening.

 

[MunchyOs]

Now the PAC-12 is likely to follow suite with Big10 plan. That means no USC-Alabama game. That bites. I hope we do have a football season at this point. Ivy league has cancelled/postponed all Fall sports. I guess we'll see what's gonna happen when we get there!

The Ivy League did this in March with basketball. They kicked that first rock down the hill which started the landslide that resulted in the cancellation of all conference tournaments which resulted in the termination of the NCAA tournament. It's deja Vu all over again. I smelled a rat when the Ivy losers cancelled all fall sports. I knew that this was basketball all over again. And now that the B1G has cancelled all non conference games...there is no other choice for the others but to do the same. And I'll bet it eventually leads to the cancellation of the season. Just like in basketball.

 

[BamaFan334]

They'll do anything they can to try and win another Natty. They had some interesting out of conference games this Fall.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I fail to see how only playing within one's conference helps avoid the spread of the virus. It just seems like another "feel good" solution that isn't a solution at all. What's going to happen if/when they just cancel the season like the Ivy League did? Do the decision makers think these players are going to go sit in a protective HEPA filtered bubble and read up on their chemistry books all fall? They're gong to be doing what college kids do, congregating at parties and anywhere you can find alcohol, weed, food, and females (not necessarily in that order). And all that to say that it isn't going to be an issue for the players being infected anyway. How many players overall have tested positive so far? Out of those (and its been a bunch), how many have actually been hospitalized? Let the players decide if they want to play. If not, give them a redshirt year. Then, play football.

 

[mando]

Big Ten going to conference-only slate this fall

Not a good sign for all college football

I read it differently, they are trying to find ways to not cancel the season. They are working to find compromises that allow the Presidents to say they did everything they could do short of canceling the season to manage the risk while balancing the $$.

It just seems like another "feel good" solution

Of course that is what it is but it just needs to be something they can spin enough to manage the heat they will get.

I am like you also I am wrong a lot so will likely be wrong here also.

 

[Tidestalker]

Not...Looking....Good....

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Well I guess the B1G will have a winning record!

It'll be about .500...

 

[It Takes Eleven]

MAC athletic budgets just took a hit.