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Bartles

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  1. Riley has "paused" practice for a week because they have decided not to play on Aug. 29 after all, game will be pushed back into September. Also he gave an ominous nod to "conversations across the country with regard to the 2020 season." Only one positive test out of 205 in their last two rounds. Hate to say it, but Riley has navigated the COVID crisis as well as anyone, at least with his public comments and actions.
  2. Great song & album, but mainly posting for the dark performance by Aiden Gillen (Carcetti/Littlefinger)
  3. Nothing really happened this week COVID-wise to make presidents all of a sudden decide to shut down practices. Hell, many leagues' schedules were set for late September so they could gauge any outbreaks on campus before holding actual games. Presidents aren't following sports day-to-day, but surely they were aware of money being spent on housing, testing, etc. So maybe it's something else:
  4. ^That would make more sense if they delayed players coming back in person before pulling the plug. They've spent a bunch of money on that and on testing. Maybe we take them at their word for now, they don't want to rush into contact practices after just a few days of meetings and workouts. Get through another round or two of testing to see if the coast is clear to proceed.
  5. I have no idea what a university president's workflow is like, but I find it hard to believe they authorized: opening of facilities, hundreds of student-athletes brought back to campus to begin practice (helmet or no), and most importantly the release of full season football schedules which would activate their 8-figure TV contracts if played. Only to turn around days later and say, nah it's too dangerous.
  6. MAC cancels 2020 football, guess that's the big story because it is a big story Initial reaction - it's debatable whether this was mainly a financial call or due to safety concerns. McMurphy article says NIU pulling out due to safety was the catalyst, and their president is from the medical field. The rest of the league didn't want to go without NIU. But they obviously stood to lose a ton of money off guarantee games, and their TV contract (with no fans) probably wasn't gonna make enough difference.
  7. Added Florida at home, and a road trip to Knoxville...good luck with that. Also LOL Mizzou gets Bama & LSU now
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    2020 MLB thread

    Guess I shouldn't have tempted fate with my post yesterday, apologies (although it's Cards again so the question is still valid)
  9. Has there been a COVID liability lawsuit that has any legs in the five months we've been dealing with this? Meatpackers, Amazon warehouses? I know it takes time and money for those things to unfold, but surely Pac-12 realizes the legal odds are in their favor. Watch the movie "Dark Waters"...DuPont was knowingly poisoning drinking sources, they had to settle some suits years later but they aren't exactly out of business today. Whether that's right or WRONG is a cloak room matter
  10. Been with this show since day 1, even started a thread here back then. My LOL rate at whatever Christian DeVille (Lance Reddick) says is pretty close to 100 percent, and Grace (Aparna Nancherla) isn't far behind
  11. A large, incredibly loyal fan base that gets drunk and aren't total assholes? That's what they've done to be P5, dickhead
  12. Had to go back and check we weren't calling this an "NFL Survivor pool" because, damn that doesn't sound right in 2020
  13. Maybe the partiers (athletes and other students) are mostly immune by now. Gotta watch out for the sheltered ones who can finally break loose from their suffocating families. Only expecting 50% campus population so I guess that will help
  14. SEC will test players twice per week, typically Sunday and Wednesday. The other conferences need to do this, especially for the first month when we'd expect to see a higher number of positives. Wish it could be daily, but hopefully this snuffs out any team-wide outbreaks before they get going. Also really cuts down on chances virus transmits during a game. SEC also requiring face coverings for everyone on sidelines. Even participating players are supposed to have neck gaiter they can pull up when they come off the field (that one seems tough and probably not necessary).
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    2020 MLB thread

  16. Good luck to y'all...seems like symptoms have been around a few days, so hopefully you're on the back end of it. Lots of people keep testing positive for a while even when they feel recovered.
  17. Bartles

    2020 MLB thread

    Other than the MIA & STL outbreaks, has a single MLB player been ruled out with COVID since the regular season began? USA Today tracker shows none since July 22. Votto and Moustakas had concerns but turned out negative. Teams don't have to disclose names, but it would probably leak after a few days.
  18. 2020 Coaches Poll released 1. Clemson (38 1st place) 2. Ohio State (17) 3. Alabama (4) 4. Georgia 5. LSU (6) 6. ou 7. Penn State 8. Florida 9. Oregon 10. Notre Dame 11. Auburn 12. Wisconsin 13. aggy 14. TEXAS 15. Michigan 16. OK State 17. Southern Cal 18. Minnesota 19. North Carolina 20. Utah 21. UCF 22. Cincinnati 23. Iowa 24. Virginia Tech 25. Iowa State Votes for: Baylor (66), TCU (7), SMU (3), KSU (1)
  19. This is true, but I worry about Trump quickly spinning it into "Dems coming for your guns" all through the campaign. That resonates with low-info and bad-info swing state voters, who won't read a word about the actual lawsuit(s) but just hear the distorted message.
  20. I'm sure they are aware of these regulations, and probably already well into lobbying their way around them as MLB has done. NFL probably doesn't even have to make a phone call about it. Even CFB teams can point out there will be no interaction with the community (other than the game, which is a bit problematic but whatever)
  21. Paulding HS will be the Miami Marlins of education...lessons in what not to do
  22. I'm not sure why people get really irked by posts suggesting mild optimism. I know every hopeful point I make in favor of sports being successful has legit rebuttals. College football is trying to move forward in 2020 America. Unions and adequate health care or testing aren't happening. There's no financial support to wait for vaccines. There will continue to be outbreaks. But there is a much higher than zero chance that in January, at least four major conference will produce a champion who has played 9-10 games and CFP will be able to hold a quasi-bubbled playoff that 30 million people will watch on TV. Sorry if that line of thinking ticks people off. I am not dismissing COVID and truly feel awful for those who have suffered personal losses and sickness. My posts on Texan/CR are more in that vain. But of the football board, I do actually think it's possible we have a season.
  23. Looks like they picked the wrong year to go independent. Half their schedule had already bailed on them. They probably could have kept the Liberty and Army games, otherwise they'd have been fishing for FCS opponents. Ironically one of the safest COVID areas in the nation at the moment. This isn't a warning sign for any other schools doing the same, unless they're just broke
  24. Can't imagine there's much money in United Soccer League (traveling and allowing fans in some venues), Major League Lacrosse, Women's Pro Soccer League, World Team Tennis or the lower division European soccer leagues. I think it's instructive to look at the lower budget operations because they can't lock down as strictly and they can't test as frequently as the big time leagues. There have been plenty of problems but no one has abandoned ship at this point.
  25. Pretty much every US and world sport that has attempted to come back has gone through this pattern: Skepticism before re-start; Early COVID flare-ups intensify skepticism; Protocols followed or tightened; Play resumes; Flare-ups decrease NHL, NBA and especially MLB can't take any victory laps just yet. But lots of international leagues and smaller US ventures have successfully completed their seasons. Quite a few traveling around, not in bubbles. Football, especially college, has by far the toughest task due to roster size and physical demands. But we're still in the skepticism phase, they haven't really locked in protocols yet or even set the schedule. I'm not exactly optimistic but far from giving up.
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