New Big 10 Scheduling Information
While I appreciate the information I still say Teddy Greenstein can eat a dick
Yeah but haven't you heard? He went to Medill
The open dates are wicked smaht
expect this to change multiple times before settling into its inevitable final form...
2020: no football
Front loaded makes sense. Two week gap in the middle for make-up of divisional games. Then decide if cross-over games make sense depending on result of divisional play.
UM's schedule would look something like:
- Sept 5 vs. PSU
- Sept 12 @ MSU
- Sept 19 vs. Maryland
- Sept 26 @ Rutgers
- Oct 3 vs. IU
- Oct 10 @ OSU
- Oct 17 pause / make-up week
- Oct 24 pause / make-up week
Decide if cross-over games are even feasible. If not, go straight into East vs. West title game. Bubble the teams in Indy for 10 days to ensure no outbreak occurs, then play the game on Nov 7.
Eliminate the CFP given total uneven playing records across P5 conferences. But hold the Rose Bowl on Jan 1 ... have the Pac12 and B1G champs bubble in Pasadena for 10 days and play the grand daddy in its normal slot.
Eliminate the CFP given total uneven playing records across P5 conferences.
Or just invite the five champs...
Nov 7 - Conference Championship Games
Dec 5 - #5 at #4
Dec 19 - #4/#5 at #1, #3 at #2
Jan 1 - National Championship
Home team hosts everything. Can't have fans, anyway, so why make both teams travel?
"Can't have fans, anyway, so why make both teams travel?"
Tell that to the bowl committees. They're still talking about having bowl games. That's one great pitch to teams.
"Come shelter in place for two weeks in warm, sunny [name] then play a bowl game in empty [pro football stadium name]."
A Teddy Greenstein article that isn't summarized in the slightest! Is it Christmas already?!
Anyone really think there will be a season? I feel like we just continue to push back and ponder the inevitable of no season for 2020. I get there there are many variables up in the air, which leaves room for them all to fall into place to have a fall football season, but it also means a lot of things have to work right, which seems unlikely. That's like assuming McCaffrey & the o-line will all be awesome in year one, there will be no key injuries, and guys like Sainristill, Jackson, Haskins, Charbonnet, Hinton, Hutchinson, McGrone, Ross, Thomas, Hill, et al. all make developmental leaps and we beat everyone we are favored to and go 11-1. It could happen, but statistically is unlikely.
At this point, I think the question is more who, exactly, is going to stop it from happening? I think the things that could stop it from happening would be 1) a substantial player/coach boycott, 2) enough schools that actually decide they are not going to field teams, 3) executive orders from enough governers that would make it impossible for teams to play actual schedules.
I don't see 1 happening, I would guess that upwards of 95% of those involved with college football want to play, with risks understood. There are huge financial implications with 2, and while it is not completely absurd that some schools would make such a move, it sure doesn't seem to be the trend. 3 is still possible, but none of them seem particularly eager to pull that trigger.
I see a lot of "football is not happening" takes still at this point, but it sure looks like the people who are currently in charge of determining whether football is happening think that it is, and those who could act to change that don't seem particularly eager to.
I am pretty sure that football will be happening somewhere. It may be that Alabama and Auburn play a full years worth of home and homes, but they will playing football down there. Take that to the bank.
At this point, I think the question is more who, exactly, is going to stop it from happening?
Too many positive cases for the powers that be to take the risk of something terrible happening. A number of programs stopped voluntary workouts due to positive tests. Why wouldn't you expect the same come Aug/Sept/Oct, etc?
I see a lot of "football is not happening" takes still at this point, but it sure looks like the people who are currently in charge of determining whether football is happening think that it is
Really, because I feel like ADs are not sold on the idea. Gene Smith was most recently no longer confident in a season. Manuel is in "wait and see" mode. Emmert is saying the data point is in the wrong direction. What more are you looking for from these people to know they are concerned?
and those who could act to change that don't seem particularly eager to
I think you're right there. They don't want to cancel categorically unless someone forces them to do so. But, at the same time, I don't see anyone suiting up to actually play any games either. At some point someone has to start required practices in earnest, make it through camp, and play a game without significant case numbers, and I don't see that happening. No decision could just mean each deadline...practices, scheduled games, etc. gets cancelled or postponed one at a time until there is no longer a feasible way to have a "season" and we give up on this fall.
I am pretty sure that football will be happening somewhere.
I hope you're right, but I don't see any P5 games played in the fall of 2020. I just don't see players, coaches, and support staff making it through fall camp with few enough positive cases to prevent them from having to stop and socially distance the entire teams. They will all have policies in place about when to stop due to case numbers and I think they will all pass those thresholds, even more so if students return to campus.
The MLB, NHL, NBA are all playing. I don't know whether they will finish the season but they will play college football.
Now, I'm not making an argument for getting on planes, but honestly what's the difference between a plane and a bus? Especially a private charter.
I'm guessing it has more to do with being in an airport than being in the plane. There are fewer variables of bus travel than air travel. I'm not sure UM has the same sort of control over the team and who they interact with when flying as they do when driving their own bus that departs from campus, arrives at other campus, and returns to home campus. There is no middle step of dealing with the airport unless I'm making an incorrect assumption of how we fly. I don't think we are flying our own private jet from our own private campus airport, landing at the other school's private airport on campus, then returning. I'm guessing we use private charters, but they are still at an airport. But, I could be wrong.
Should rent a fleet of Winnebagos and caravan to away games ... avoid all outside contact and have kitchens, showers, bathrooms, beds, etc. for the players.
I think when UM charters planes they fly out of Willow Run so you aren't dealing with a typical airport. The basketball team was flying out of Willow Run when they slid off the runway.
When I worked for the team we flew out of a hanger at DTW - bypassing any interaction with the peons.
Hard to not think of the Charlestown Chiefs bus in slap shot when you think of teams actually traveling that way.
"Walt, what are you doing?"
"Making it look mean!"
Couple possibilities:
Maybe it's easier to recycle the air? (Though I've heard that planes do a pretty decent job of filtering) This article suggests that socially distanced indoor spaces need to be able to recycle all the air 5-6 times/hour to mitigate the risk of Covid spread. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-make-indoor-air-safer/
Cost? You're probably not loading the whole travel team and staff on one plane, given the need for distancing, so at that point I'd guess chartering 5-6 buses cheaper than chartering 2-3 planes.
All good reasons, but it is nearly impossible to socially distance in an enclosed space like a bus or a plane. I was just curious and wondered if their was a logical reason. Thanks!
The main difference is the number of hours cramped on a bus versus a plane. Unless they mandate that everyone takes the same transportation, I'd prefer the plane. You could literally drive a bus onto the tarmac and avoid public areas from campus to campus. If you take the bus, you have to build in bathroom breaks if you're going further than a few hours.
I hope they front load our schedule with Rugters and Maryland. I'd rather break-in a new QB against those teams instead of Wisconsin and PSU.
Thanks for the link OP
If the B1G really cared about health, proximity, spread, blah blah blah they should schedule us to play Sparty 8 times before heading off to Columbus for the finale!
Does Sparty take a game in that 8 game series or do we roll into Columbus undefeated?
DO.NOT.WANT. I dread the 2nd half of MSU blowouts because I know the cheap shots are coming. Let's avoid multiple games of that.
Bob says it's likely.
Buses can be added to reduce proximity of players. I like the idea of front loading division games and giving several weeks to make up games. What ever the Big does, it needs to start the season. Who knows, a vaccine may be available late fall.
This is going the most interesting football season of my lifetime. Just think of all the firsts we could witness. The Suckies in October would be preferable to me. Teams losing starters would make this year like the wild west! It would underscore the concept of "Any Given Saturday"
And if the CFP switches up the method of finding a championship [provided that they have a method] It could result in a broader number of teams for the playoffs. Great possibilities exist here.
Just win baby.
You neggers are loserboys
August 1st, 2020 at 11:44 PM ^
This is where you miss someone like Jim Delany; I've not been one bit impressed with Kevin Warren.