November 5th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
Washington @ Cal
November 5th, 2020 at 3:34 PM ^
That too! I am beginning to not mind if the whole damn season is cancelled. Save me some horrible emotions.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:57 PM ^
Join me. I am not watching this College Football shit show. My Saturdays are stress free and enjoyable now. Anything less than a blowout of Indiana will be disappointing...and they aren’t going to blowout Indiana.
November 5th, 2020 at 5:26 PM ^
Why would anything less than a blowout of the #13 team in the country, at their place, be a disappointment? At this point wouldn’t a 1 point win over a top 15 team on the road be a good thing? I have a hard time believing Indiana is a legit top 15 team, but a win is a win right now
November 5th, 2020 at 6:37 PM ^
I'd rather tank for a high draft pick. That's how head coaches are chosen, right?
November 5th, 2020 at 9:17 PM ^
I could be mistaken, but for this year I think they changed the rule...Think if you want a new coach you write down all the top coaches on a piece of paper, throw them in a hat and then pick until you get one you like. Also they changed recruiting to where all the top players can’t care about recent success and can only pick schools based on historical records
November 5th, 2020 at 9:58 PM ^
Apparently Harbaugh is treating this season like the scholarship situation for seniors, this year is a freebie and it doesnt count against you. Its all about next year!
November 5th, 2020 at 8:03 PM ^
If we beat #13 Indiana on the road they'll immediately drop Indiana to #23 in the polls and then the next week put a huge graphic on the screen "HARBAUGH 0-60 AGAINST TOP 20 TEAMS ON THE ROAD."
November 5th, 2020 at 8:11 PM ^
There are way too many teams and variables for rankings to even make sense in the first place. In my opinion we should drop rankings from CFB completely, and instead have in conference Standings based on Ws vs Ls only and not on SOS. After conference champions are chosen, the winners from each conference would be placed into a playoff again based on record only... or fuck it the Big Ten against the Pac 12 in the Rose bowl and the top 4 SEC teams can play each other for the playoff lol.
November 5th, 2020 at 9:20 PM ^
Agree with both your posts. My opinion is that rankings really don’t matter unless you’re in the top 6 or 8 and have a legit shot at the playoffs, any other number is pretty meaningless
November 5th, 2020 at 3:34 PM ^
That is not a good sign, as the COVID-19 rates in the Bay Area are are probably lower than anywhere else in America with 50K or more people.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:38 PM ^
All 3 service academies aren't going to play this weekend either (Army was playing Air Force) so it's a tough week for the "just be disciplined!" argument as well.
COVID has exploded (though I was told it would be gone by November 4). Michigan just had it's highest day ever, and deaths and hospitalizations are slowly but surely rising. Hopefully we can pull it together before it gets as bad as April here, but I don't know.
To end on a positive note: the University of Michigan got their outbreak under control! I'm not sure I heard this mentioned due to the loss to MSU and election hub-bub, but the "stay in place" order was lifted on Monday b/c undergrad cases have gone way down (while testing has actually gone up -- interesting how that can happen!). So good job by everyone involved on making the changes to make that happen.
https://campusblueprint.umich.edu/dashboard/
November 5th, 2020 at 6:02 PM ^
While I would agree that deaths are rising slowly, hospitalizations are rising much more quickly. On October 4, there were 29,942 hospitalizations for covid in the US. On November 4, there were 52,049. Between November 1 to November 4, they increased from 47,520 to 52,049. The two previous peaks were 59,718 on July 23 and 59,780 on April 21. It would not be at all surprising to see us surpass both of those peaks next week. Numbers from Covid Tracking Project.
November 5th, 2020 at 5:00 PM ^
Well, it's only one confirmed case. Cancelled because of contact tracing. However, if that's going to be the Pac12 approach then I cannot fathom how they thought this would work for them.
November 6th, 2020 at 6:56 AM ^
It sounds (from "insiders" - so who knows how accurate this is) like the city of Berkeley is the limiting factor here. Had this happened at a different PAC school they would have played.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:35 PM ^
Just send in Ace the Architect - he'll fix everything.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
Some color from Cal Athletics. One positive result apparently triggered the cancellation:
Cal Family,
Cal’s football game vs. Washington scheduled for Saturday night at California Memorial Stadium will not be played as scheduled and will be declared a no contest due to the Golden Bears’ inability to field a competitive roster following the results of one positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing.
Earlier this week, a member of the Cal football program tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first positive test within the Cal football program since the start of daily testing at the beginning of October. At this time, the student-athlete who tested positive is asymptomatic.
After receiving a positive result through his regularly scheduled daily antigen test, the student-athlete took a supplemental PCR test, as is protocol. The PCR test also produced a positive outcome. Cal Athletics followed guidance from University Health Services Infection Control and Berkeley Public Health on contact tracing, quarantining, symptom monitoring and treatment. As a result, several football student-athletes are in quarantine due contact tracing.
Since student-athlete testing began on June 4, Cal Athletics has conducted 3,547 total PCR tests among all student-athletes (through Oct. 30) with 20 positive results.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:43 PM ^
"... not being able to field a competitive roster.."
That could go a number of ways.
November 5th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Cal, interestingly enough, rarely fields a competitive roster despite dumping talent into the NFL.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
Seems like the PAC12 is taking a very conservative approach if 1 positive can cancel a game. But not having enough scholarship players makes me think half the team or maybe a whole position group is out due to contact tracing.
Now that the season's gotten underway, I definitely feel fine with the conservative approach. Some football is infinitely better than no football. Not a huge difference between playing 8 games or 6.
November 5th, 2020 at 4:31 PM ^
Yeah I am not sure how to take the message here. If there is just one asymptomatic case, wouldn't the next move be to test and see if anyone else is positive rather than cancel? I suspect Cal was dragged kicking and screaming into playing football to begin with, but maybe I am missing some aspect of PAC12 protocol or something.
November 5th, 2020 at 3:42 PM ^
Okay but how is avance88 doing?
November 5th, 2020 at 3:59 PM ^
Damn.... not even Bruins and Huskies are immune....
November 5th, 2020 at 4:21 PM ^
I live near LA. I haven't heard a single word about UCLA or USC football. (But that's true for non-covid seasons as well.)
November 5th, 2020 at 4:48 PM ^
my bad..... golden bears, no offense intended
November 5th, 2020 at 4:03 PM ^
WHO IS ACE THE ARCHITECT
November 5th, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
Art Vandelay’s brother.
November 5th, 2020 at 5:43 PM ^
Best comment on MGoBlog since last Friday
November 5th, 2020 at 4:34 PM ^
Take it from me, he's good friends with Bob the Builder, Chuck the ConcreteMixer, and Doug the Digger.
November 5th, 2020 at 5:44 PM ^
Also that other sporting great, Mick the Miller:
November 5th, 2020 at 4:54 PM ^
i dont think you guys are telling me the truth
November 5th, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
Sigh...GO BEARS!
November 5th, 2020 at 7:34 PM ^
ROLL ON YOU ..... well shit
November 6th, 2020 at 8:53 AM ^
Just cancel the season so everyone can hide in their basements and not get the bug