Fall season not dead yet
Some buzz on twitter that day-by-day becoming more of a reality as reports from verified accounts are coming out.
Started with this guy. He has 22,000 followers
The Big 10 conference is reconsidering possibly having a football season this year, in response to worries of players bolting to other conferences or to the NFL, per source.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 15, 2020
This is in response to Ohio State putting pressure on the B1G saying they would join the SEC this year as well. Nebraska is threatening to join the ACC for good also. So there is an emergency meeting today in to try and prevent this.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 15, 2020
Source: B1G officials just met. Ohio State, Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan are set on playing this fall. Illinois and Northwestern are only schools that are not thinking about playing.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 15, 2020
If Big Ten doesn’t have football, teams will be allowed to join other leagues.
Main reason for the call btw was that Ohio State and Nebraska will play elsewhere if the B1G does not have a season
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 16, 2020
Purdue is moving forward as if they are playing a fall season, per source.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 16, 2020
B1G commissioner Kevin Warren scrapped the idea of Big Ten teams playing in the ACC and the Big 12, per source.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 16, 2020
Warren is working with B1G presidents to reverse his original idea and see if they are able to have a conference season this fall.
What I know about B1G and college football as of now:
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
-Some Big Ten teams are threatening to go play in the ACC and Big 12 if there is no conference season
-Commissioner Warren thus is trying to have a Big Ten season to prevent this as well as legal action from players' parents
The teams that are the most vocal are Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska, and Iowa.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
Everybody from the presidents, the athletic directors, to the parents and players, are pissed with how Commissioner Kevin Warren has handled this.
The talks are real. The B1G wants to have a season. It might not happen, but they are doing everything they can to have a season so teams like Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Iowa don’t leave.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
For people that think i'm lying or backtracking, I am not.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
The B1G is trying to have a football season now. Everybody wants to and Commissioner Warren realizes he messed up. Several teams are pushing to play in the ACC and Big 12 this year if the Big Ten does not have a season
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren is “hoping to God” the other conferences cancel their college football seasons, otherwise he’s going to have to let the B1G play, per source.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
Things are getting really ugly behind the scenes.
In a shocking turn of events, unless there is a drastic outbreak of cases in the next few days, the B1G will resume their college football season this fall, per source.
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 17, 2020
Expect an announcement later this week that the Big Ten will be playing again.
And now this
An attorney I respect who long worked inside college football programs predicts that the pressure from parents, players and some schools will result in Big Ten reconsidering its cancellation of fall sports. COVID-19 might force re-cancellation but expects a second chance. 1/
— Bill Rabinowitz (@brdispatch) August 18, 2020
I don’t have a clue who Mr Yacht is here but... I think the “Pluck the schools from the leagues that ain’t playing” thing MIGHT HAVE SOME LEGS AGAIN https://t.co/4yyF7VyHHf
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 15, 2020
August 17th, 2020 at 10:17 PM ^
God I hope we can play in the acc this year. I’d love to drive down to Chapel Hill and hang out with some of the coeds on campus
August 17th, 2020 at 10:30 PM ^
Careful, you could catch an unwanted thing on your genitals...or Covid.
August 18th, 2020 at 12:08 AM ^
Could also catch a wanted thing on your genitals, or covid.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:57 AM ^
We have the technology. Condoms.
August 18th, 2020 at 11:57 AM ^
Just make sure you are using it correctly - to work properly they need to cover you mouth, nose and eyes.
August 18th, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^
Those are called dental dams. Never seen 1 though.
August 18th, 2020 at 9:01 AM ^
They'll have a college football season, you know because of the implication
August 17th, 2020 at 10:19 PM ^
Sources on this seem...less than legit. It’s a fun fantasy but I don’t see it happening.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:28 PM ^
I don't know man. It says right in Sir Yacht's bio that he's the CEO of Ohio.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:38 PM ^
It doesn't any bigger or more yachty than that, for sure.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:50 PM ^
He's got 22,000 followers - he must be legit!
August 17th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Yachty McYachtface is just trying to drum up more followers by playing on the hopes of desperate people. Basically like Hair Club for Men, Nugenix, and all products marketed to women.
August 18th, 2020 at 2:46 PM ^
We could ask the Queen about Sir Yacht's good standing. However.... considering TV contract payouts are tied to conferences and not teams, Big 12 and ACC will have some payin' to do to cover that $50M annual gap for each new joiner unverified voracity has not been verified in this case...
August 18th, 2020 at 12:14 AM ^
maybe it is the guy on THIS yacht?!
(link to Urban Xeyer naked torso episode) https://twitter.com/DavezONAIR/status/1293288978846711808
August 18th, 2020 at 12:23 PM ^
Maybe it’s that Yoder guy again
August 18th, 2020 at 8:07 AM ^
Zach Smith called him out on Twitter as being full of shit (yes THAT Zach Smith) - and that is a man that knows a thing or two about lying and BS.
(heard about this yesterday on a podcast - do not follow that PoS on Twitter.)
August 18th, 2020 at 10:20 AM ^
On the contrary....if Zach Smith called him out, then he is the real deal! Zach is a confirmed liar, and therefore we are required to believe the opposite of what he says. It's the law.
August 18th, 2020 at 10:23 AM ^
You know, if you rearrange the letters in "Sir Yacht", you get "Cray Shit", so take that for what it's worth.
August 18th, 2020 at 2:08 PM ^
Logged in just to up-vote this.
August 18th, 2020 at 5:02 PM ^
Eyebrow belongs to the people
August 17th, 2020 at 10:23 PM ^
Yeah... I'm not going to hold my breath here.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:24 PM ^
Sounds like a bunch of bullshit. While Michigan, OSU and a couple other schools would make big money regardless of where they played, I don’t think they’re stupid enough to try and leave a conference where they are the top dogs for another conference when it’s unlikely college football will be played at all until spring at the earliest. A risk not worth taking.
August 17th, 2020 at 11:02 PM ^
In all fairness what is the big ten without Michigan and Ohio State? Seems like an interesting game of chicken to me.
August 17th, 2020 at 11:19 PM ^
Probably nonexistent. But OSU, Michigan and PSU wouldn’t have nearly as much power in another conference. They’d have to share it with Texas and Oklahoma in one, or Alabama and Florida and others in the SEC. Maybe the ACC withClemson but that conference sucks as a whole (though would be awesome for b-ball)...make more sense to move to Pac 12 but they’re not playing football either.
But we have to remember that football isn’t the only factor. Academic issues also come into play when it comes to conferences. We have a ton of great schools in our conference. SEC and Big 12, whole possessing some very good schools, have some degree factories as well.
August 18th, 2020 at 11:52 AM ^
They would only "leave" for this season.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:26 PM ^
Et tu Brutus?
-Iowa, Michigan & Nebraska are talking joining Big 12 seriously
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) August 15, 2020
-Ohio State if it plays anywhere else will be in the ACC. Big reason for this is to schedule home game vs. Notre Dame in the fall
-No B1G teams will play in SEC
-Conference call tomorrow at 3 pm to finalize plans
August 17th, 2020 at 10:56 PM ^
I'd gladly play in the big 12.
And if osu is stupid enough to want to play against Clemson in the regular season...
August 17th, 2020 at 11:51 PM ^
I am not sure how constructive it is to entertain these thoughts, but I would love to see Michigan play OU/Texas
August 18th, 2020 at 7:32 AM ^
August 18th, 2020 at 7:56 AM ^
I honestly wish they would tell the Big Ten go go fuck themselves, leave, go independent, and then make MSU our main rival every year.
August 18th, 2020 at 2:42 AM ^
I think he posted this when he realized the SEC had already posted their schedule and there is no way in hell that any of those schools are gonna share TV revenue or risk their schedule to play OSU.
Same with Big 12. As much as UM vs UT/OU would be great (even, or maybe especially, sans OSU), I think there is 0 chance this hapens.
August 18th, 2020 at 3:41 AM ^
Ok sir yacht a lot. I heard you are the commissioner of Ohio?
August 18th, 2020 at 6:43 AM ^
Imagine being stupid enough to think this would happen, let alone happen in mid-August.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:30 AM ^
August 18th, 2020 at 6:01 PM ^
Lmao this is a new low for you man. And that's saying something
August 17th, 2020 at 10:27 PM ^
OSU is going to play in the SEC? Didn't justin fields tell his team about the racism that is going on down there? He couldn't have made that story up so he could play immediately could he?
Fuck O$U. . .
August 18th, 2020 at 8:32 AM ^
OSU also won't be able to complain about SEC bias as the reason why they get excluded from the CFP when they lose to a .500 team.
I'd personally love for OSU to get the hell out of here and have Bama, OSU, Georgia, LSU and Auburn all smack the hell out of each other. UM might finally make the playoffs then, ND style.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:37 PM ^
Leaving the Big Ten would at least be an upgrade on officials.
And OSU won't be playing Clemson every year, they would be owned.
August 18th, 2020 at 9:38 AM ^
Good observation about Justin Fields. A double standard applies for him.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:28 PM ^
Take it from someone who spends way, way, way too much on Twitter and has a sizable following: "Sir Yacht" is not a reliable source. Also so many of the things he's saying don't add up. It was Gene Smith himself who said OSU wasn't going to leave the B1G, and also I'm loling at the idea of "legal action" from players' families. They're going to sue the B1G for NOT putting their kids at risk?
Anything is possible, simply because institutions can change course, and it only takes Michigan and OSU changing their minds to make the B1G do whatever. But lol at this guy on Twitter trying to drum up attention for his podcast
August 17th, 2020 at 10:34 PM ^
I tend to believe this. The B1G is too corporate to change its mind on a matter this important, even though selfishly I want the conference to change its mind.
August 17th, 2020 at 11:59 PM ^
Your comment is going to be more correct than the ones that are saying this isn't going to happen or at the very least be discussed. I would probably lean heavily on there will be teams playing at this point.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:39 PM ^
There are players whose careers are riding on this potential season. That's what the families would sue the Big Ten over, especially if the other conferences move forward with playing.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:48 PM ^
They’d have to prove that the B1G prevented them from enrolling in other schools and playing. And that the players lost money by not playing this year. Not even close to feasible.
August 17th, 2020 at 10:52 PM ^
Feasible or not, if it gets the Big Ten to reverse course on this farce then I'm all for it.
August 17th, 2020 at 11:09 PM ^
It won’t reverse their course because they won’t lose in such a lawsuit lol
August 17th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
This lawsuit wouldn’t make it past the initial motion to dismiss stage. What legal duty did the universities owe to the players and how did they breach it? I won’t hold my breath.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:59 PM ^
It wouldn't be the universities so much as the ones providing the bankroll? Isn't that what brought down SMU?
August 17th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
So if I enroll in med school and it goes belly up because it was poorly managed, I get to sue? Yea, no. This is not how any of this works.