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Bartles

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  1. Last full weekend, we should finish up with 254 out of 294 match-ups between Power 5 teams having been played on schedule That's 86.4 percent, case closed CFB 2020 is NOT in trouble. There will be a bunch more bowls canceled and even New Year's major bowls will have issues as players run home for Christmas and come back positive. But they'll find four teams to play semis and the championship, all of whom will be even more careful at that point. Trophy handed over and let's flush these awful memories
  2. First question at Oats next zoom call should be, "Would you have made that statement if Duke was in this conference and you had to play them this season?"
  3. Sounds like Purdue bailed them out with their outbreak. No way B1G farms out an easy W and more clear path to CFP, especially at the risk of pissing off Fox if they didn't get the game. Now they can keep everything in the family and let the Bucks roll again at Big Noon. I suspect aggy would have taken their chances that ND beats Clemson again, as opposed to a sure loss to tOSU in front of a massive audience (and again, having to navigate the Fox/CBS situation).
  4. People would hate it, but this is a layup for the committee: 1 Clemson: Preseason 1, only loss on the road in OT without your QB 2 Alabama: Best team start-to-finish, slips up on neutral site to a Top 5 challenger 3 Ohio State: Eye test is all we got, but they'll be a dominant 7-0 4 Florida: Early close loss redeemed by beating No. 1 and winning best conference
  5. Waited til Saturday for this week's update. Probably will still need an edit, but... We should wake up Monday with 233 out of 267 match-ups between Power 5 teams having been played on schedule 87.3 percent, pct figure is rising for the second week in a row
  6. You absolutely wear a mask in public. No need to give deniers another excuse to happily yell to everybody as they walk into CVS
  7. Well, I sure hope I don't JINX!!! the Buckeyes, but it's Friday so here's the weekly stat: We should wake up Sunday with 207 out of 238 match-ups between Power 5 teams having been played on schedule That's 87.0 percent and trending UP again.
  8. It's a mess, predictably, but it's basically the same as what CFB has gone through, with the added burden of being indoors. Every single sport has had COVID issues at the re-start, from the women's pro soccer league to even the vaunted NBA having to hold players out in the bubble for a while. It's harder with college kids for obvious reasons. I would argue having the messy re-start, where a bunch of meaningless non-conference games don't get played, will actually help teams get into a routine of living safely in time for conference season. If they just punted until January, then all these cases would start popping up in January.
  9. Auburn self imposes a 2021 post-season ban. We'll see if NCAA adds anything, if they ever they get around to it
  10. Announcer: Chip Kelly is showing a lot of faith in his young QB Chip Kelly: Calls for 60 yard hail mary with :05 in half Oregon: Hits QB, pick 6 as time expires
  11. Clemson at FSU called off, sounds like Clemson tried to sneak a positive player out there
  12. Along those lines, barring a late Pac-12 puss-out, we will awaken Sunday with 183 out of 209 match-ups between Power 5 having been played on schedule (I threw in the UCLA quickie-game from last week on the plus side). Down to 87.6 percent, and I suspect it will get a little worse as cases are still way high and also we may be approaching the period where some teams with nothing to play for just shut down for safety reasons. But we're also quickly approaching the point where the true CFP contenders will have enough games to not have to panic if anyone backs out on them.
  13. No Cowboys home game that weekend. Jerry World opportunity, with fans
  14. People going home for Christmas is gonna be a problem. Semifinals Jan. 1
  15. NCAA announces the entire tournament will be played in the Indianapolis area (was already hosting Final Four)
  16. Wonder if this is covered in the Bruce Feldman book chronicling the legendary 2019 national champs. Or in his other book featuring Coach O from the Ole Miss days. Part of the problem is so many great college sports writers simply aren't interested or able to acknowledge rampant crime if they want to keep their access and status. And of course the local media won't touch it for the sake of their careers. So it's left to Nancy Armour types to swoop in once in a while, cause a stir and maybe get someone fired. Meanwhile Hugh Freeze and Art Briles are in the queue for better jobs this off season.
  17. Friday Power Five report: After this week, 162 out of 180 games involving two Power-5 teams played on schedule (90.0 percent) No scientific basis, but I think we're almost at the top of the current wave
  18. Thank you for the post, and this is just one Philadelphian's opinion...most people here are well aware that we didn't save democracy or beat Trump. It was a timing quirk and more importantly, a result of republican voter suppression attempts that allowed the Philly ballots to finally put the state of PA in the blue a few days after the election. We also can't forget that PA was a huge reason we had Trump in 2016, and it could happen again. Still, it was a great few days up here. Great weather, Dancing Grittys, Elmo, dancing mailboxes, and then the unexpected gift of a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, next to a sex toy store in an obscure neighborhood far from Center City. Still feels good.
  19. Nice, UND athletics can just print your post and show it to the ACC office when 17 players test positive in a few days
  20. I might be off a game or two on this weekly count but looks like we will get to Sunday with: 142 out of 152 games involving two Power-5 teams played on schedule (93.4 percent) RE: Wisconsin and the Pac-12, getting off the ground is the hardest part. I think only the SEC got underway with no issues the first couple weeks. Raging COVID numbers everywhere doesn't help
  21. Fairly common Eagles game for me the last few years...I can't imagine losing but also don't expect to be happy either way They may as well play this game with the injury cart rolling behind the play like an extra ref
  22. Friday update: After this weekend, 116 out of 122 games between P5 opponents will have been played on schedule Pct is going UP now at 95 percent. Nine weeks in, no talk of "shutting it down" from within CFB or any local government
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