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Bartles

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  1. They're tested at least once per week. (Again, this is minimum four months from now, probably more like 10 months. Ideally most of the population is being tested regularly at that point.) Temperature and symptom checks daily. Still somewhat social distanced, like no mingling in large crowds. Schooled on hygiene. So chances of them getting COVID and having time to spread it widely should be very small. Maybe that's crazy talk. Hard to visualize it now, but things could look quite different as the months go by.
  2. "As soon as someone tests positive" is understandably a big talking point NOW, but the idea is for testing & treatment to get to the point where one positive COVID is no different that one positive winter cold popping up in the past. Yes, it might take out more than one person for a brief time, and yes we all know it can be fatal for some people. But the medical consensus is we can reach a good comfort level on sports prior to a vaccine. Not sure the doctors want to talk about full stadiums yet, since that crowd could include at-risk, untested fans.
  3. Chris Fowler video on Instagram with "informed speculation" he is very confident there will be a season played during the upcoming academic year. He is skeptical of the normal schedule, pretty iffy on a "late" schedule that goes from fall into winter. Sounds like he's preparing for a February through May season, since it gives the medical side a chance to settle in and maybe even have fans. He pointed out that this decision will be made on the governmental level, ADs and commissioners won't have much say. That's nothing too different from what national writers have reported, but you know Fowler has high ESPN connections so his guess is as good as any. They've probably talked to him about whether he'd prefer CFB or the Australian Open which he usually does after the season.
  4. I just finished the series. From what I've read, they weren't exactly accurate on the PR girl who appeared to quit or get fired nor more importantly the Maja negotiations. But I agree, what a dickpunch life for the fans. Their 2019-20 ends (hangs in limbo, maybe) with Sunderland tied on points for the last playoff spot, but having played an extra game. Several teams bunched up ahead of them.
  5. Wow, the stories are so varied. Hope those that have beaten it are good to frolic about until well after the vaccine debuts
  6. As horrible as Trump and the federal govt has been, it seems like all governments have strong dis-incentives to testing: - Testing costs money and is logistically challenging - High positive numbers are bad PR (people freak out and think they're not being protected) - The vast majority of positives don't need to go to the hospital before they recover - Many positives don't even know they have it before it's gone - Serious cases end up in hospital anyway, so testing seems redundant Obviously, from a medical and societal standpoint, widespread testing should be a tremendous priority because we can't "re-open" without it. But I can see why even local governments would slow-walk it. Hope I'm wrong
  7. If you remember "Future Me Hates Me" from a couple years ago, The Beths have a new album this summer
  8. OK, put another way, "why he won't even get an offer from another major school"
  9. Pete Thamel de-mulleting column aka why he's never leaving OK State
  10. When the season gets pushed back a semester, we can look forward to trips to both Kansas schools in the dead of winter
  11. Two different Belle & Sebastian songs in one thread, not sure if that's allowed but...
  12. Typical sensationalist Finebaum messaging. I don't know anything about the KSU guy, but we'll be lucky to have a vaccine "in place" (like, for everyone) by July 2021. To have CFB games, we need campuses open which will mainly be about immunity and ability to test quickly. Consensus on that seems to be 2-4 months after whenever the curve comes all the way back down.
  13. More possibilities from The Athletic. Noninvasive temperature checks at stadium gates "Checkerboard" seating for fans (How do you enforce? I can't see this working in CFB or NFL at all) CLEAR-type preregistration so fans can prove they are healthy and jump to front of line. CLEAR is already set up at some venues
  14. McMurphy on some of the radical options being considered, such as the CFP games held after the NFL draft around Memorial Day. Some very awkward conversations will be needed on most campuses. Sounds like a serious disagreement on whether athletes should be allowed on campus if all other students are not. This should come more into focus by late May https://watchstadium.com/spring-football-eight-game-season-ads-ponder-contingency-plans-04-01-2020/
  15. The Scheme was interesting but it was obviously going to be a Christian Dawkins "I'm not a villain, I'm a hero" piece. The producers clearly spent a bunch of money dressing him up and having him do re-enactments around the country, with which he happily complied of course. Most of the documentary was focused on his story, which was certainly interesting and he is an engaging interview. But the stuff CBB fans are looking for is mostly hurried out in the final 30 minutes. The Jay Bilas soundbite kind of summed up the whole thing - NCAA powerless, and the FBI/SDNY whiffed. Not sure why Kansas was only briefly mentioned, maybe they were more involved in the Merl Code proceedings as opposed to Dawkins.
  16. Women and Children First Yankee Hotel Foxtrot The White Album (and The Black Album)
  17. Actor John Callahan, 13 years on All My Children and a bunch of other soaps, passed away ESPN's Doris Burke and Kaylee Hartung both have it but seem to be mostly recovered
  18. Bright Eyes promises a new album some time this year, first since 2011. A single is available now:
  19. If you want to be optimistic, I'd say you're counting on: drug(s) become available which hasten treatment/release of positive patients; and increased serotonin testing which allows former positives to re-enter the world more quickly. Also need improved nationwide social distancing in the near term. And probably the NCAA and power conferences to not be anal pencil-pushers when it comes to things like eligibility, practice times, etc. All of that could certainly happen. Unfortunately we might need to see some Italy-type scenes over here to wake everyone the fuck up
  20. I don't think the empty stadium thing will fly. Too many people involved including players, coaches, med staff, officials, TV personnel, facility staff, media and security. If that number of people (my guess is at least 500-600) can get together, it probably means fans would be OK too. The problem is, I keep reading about hospitals expecting peak demand not to hit until mid-May or later. That means even if the curve comes down quickly (it won't), conditions will not allow campuses to open in time for late summer sessions. That means no facility use, no practice, etc. And pretty much means no games unless they push the season into February somehow. I think it's too early to say it's likely to happen, but I don't blame anyone for preparing for the reality of no 2020 football.
  21. Grew up in the 80s so my formative five were probably: Springsteen, Born to Run Van Halen I Duran Duran, Rio Springsteen, Born in the USA U2, Joshua Tree Then I zoned out of music for like a decade, and was reborn with my internet-era five: Postal Service Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism Arcade Fire, Funeral The Eminem Show The National, Trouble Will Find Me (I was a bit late on them)
  22. Dan Wolken at USA Today has been sending up flares about this for the last week or so, saying that while no one is in panic mode, they are absolutely starting to prepare for the possibility of a reduced or canceled season. Wolken wants more coaches to get on camera and tell fans, "If you want a 2020 football season, you need to stay home for a few weeks right now." I agree, though it didn't seem to work in Louisiana. The vibe I've gotten from most sports is there is not much appetite for playing in empty stadiums just for TV. If it's safe enough to play the games, they will let the fans in. Probably lots of hand-wash stations. It all depends on the famous "curve". If it's still high or in rollercoaster mode this summer, schools won't even open for class and the FB season will be impossible. We'll probably be able to make decent guesses in about a month. (A safe early guess is Notre Dame-Navy won't be playing in Dublin in week zero.)
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