B1G stops fall football practice progression
There’s rumors swirling that big will cancel and Penn st, OSU, Nebraska , and Michigan will play in big 12 for this season only if that happens. Its all over Twitter right now
I’m sure the Big 12 is eager to do Nebraska favors.
Idk man, but the rumors are out there.
I don't buy the rumors but it isn't exactly a "favor" when they will make millions from it.
That’s a really stupid rumor
if the big 12 is taking 4 teams to play a season with, there's no way in hell wisconsin is left off for nebraska
I agree this is stupid. But if it did happen would they really add 4 teams that would be great to very good? Seems likely they'd want someone their own conference could beat up on.
Not if they want TV money
This is just the starting point of negotiations, I've heard they are fully prepared to throw Rutger in on the deal.
Alveraz is one of the guys pushing for Big to cancel, he’s been pretty open about it
That's a James Yoder rumor. Which is a no-go on the board because he's a serial fabulist.
He’s not the originator of the rumor, it’s a man who free lances all Texas sports.
So basically Texas version of Yoder.
LOL there's a battle of the Yoders on Twitter right now
Oh, how I wish that Mr. Yoder would scoop himself with a real scoop shovel....
That would serve Michigan fans, and indeed humanity at large, in profound ways.
His name is James, he’s a fucking asshole.
August 8th, 2020 at 10:10 PM ^
"....a source close to the situation", wouldn't that be....
.jpg)
So Yoder is his source?
This Danny Ross fellow isn’t very smart if he’s buying what con man Yoder is selling.
We have the Yoderest Yoder that every Yodered so suck it B12!
That’s a possibility, I’m not taking the rumor as gospel, I was just sharing what’s going on around twitter right now.
"I was just sharing what’s going on around twitter right now. " Generally a bad idea.
Sorry if you guys can’t handle a “rumor”. There’s a difference when someone presents something as a rumor and not the truth.
What's the point of a rumor with no basis in fact? Can you even begin to understand the legal ramifications for a school leaving a conference? That isn't a one year thing that they just get to "take back" next year. To lend any credence to it is simply absurd.
You mean like ND playing in the ACC this year?
Please, explain how ND, an independent school that plays an ACC-heavy schedule every year due to a contract they signed, increasing their ACC schedule is the same as 4 B1G schools LEAVING the B1G to join the Big 12.
Beat me too it
If it was possible to be done I’m sure big ten and big 12 could make it work. For all we know the big dogs osu Michigan penn st could just be throwing their weight around trying to get Warren to allow a season
So the B1G and Big 12 are using an absolute unknown sportswriter to throw their weight around in the media?
Did you recently have a fall where you hit your head and lost consciousness?
ND is not leaving another conference. They also play in the ACC in other sports and already play a half ACC schedule every year.
This is a Yoder rumor man.. come on
Don’t believe everything you see on Twitter. The BIG will be the first P5 to cancel the season and the others will soon follow
August 8th, 2020 at 10:47 PM ^
B10 isn't a league where teams go rogue. It's either all in or all out. And joining the B12 would require air travel, something they want to avoid. Also, it's stupid and will never happen.
August 9th, 2020 at 12:14 AM ^
I think I see James and Danny oiled up, dancing in the background!
August 9th, 2020 at 12:20 AM ^
Not there are not
My turds go swirling every day and they say your rumor is preposterous nonsensical codswallop that only the most credulous, gullible saps would consider for more than a nanosecond.
Thanks a lot, Buckeyes.
They'll be practicing in pads on Monday but everyone will be wearing Groucho Marx masks so the media will just shrug and agree it's impossible to verify their identities so nothing anyone can do.
I expect that the B1G will cancel the season by the end of the week.
Won't take that long
To date, in the state of Ohio (State's own health website)
0-19 yo 2 deaths due to covid for 0%
20-29 yo 14 deaths 0%
30-39 yo 1%
Michigan (state's own health website)
5-14 1 death
15-24 7 deaths
25-34 41 deaths
Testing is going up...more cases are being reported but deaths as a whole are down dramatically.
Test religiously, monitor players and enforce existing rules.
Now follow the science and play football!
The science says not to risk it .
Does it? Do you care to share the clear science that says 18 to 22 year olds should not be playing football? Where is the CDC guidance saying no football or no school? I don’t think there is clear science the other way either but if you are waiting for clear science on this you will be waiting a very long time.
August 8th, 2020 at 11:42 PM ^
Lots of down votes here but no answer on the science question. I have generally been supportive of the take maximum precautions and keep a number of things locked down until conditions warrant reopening approach. Clearly many states down south moved to fast. That being said holding the strongest possible view of maintaining lockdowns and closures does not mean you are following the science. Was Chicago following the science when the health director said the hybrid plan for part-time in-person instruction was safe only to be overruled by the mayor a day later?
Were we following the science in my own school district when the superintendent was told by the Boulder County Health Director that current data supported in person learning but they decided to go to a full distance learning model anyway?
There is a line between caution based on science and fear mongering/hysteria.
Are you looking for a randomized controlled study where they compared a football league in the midst of a pandemic from a novel virus to another that isn't? Good luck with that one.
Following science would say that an admixture of 100+ individuals in close proximity traveling to various geographic locals to have close contact with multiple other individuals at current positivity rates is a bad idea. Particularly when there is no way to keep them in any sort of a "bubble".
I was looking for the CDC to say don’t play football or perhaps Fauci to say that. I did find the CDC guidance on youth sports which by the way does not say don’t play youth sports.
In order to test enough for teams to travel and play each other, you’d have to be testing at a rate that is unavailable to the general public. And you’d have to do it for most fall sports. It’s not going to happen at that level.