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B1G Football: January 2021

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ScriptOhio

ScriptOhio

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
At least someone is actually looking into Winter 2021 B1G football:



The Big Ten is considering several domes as sites for a potential winter 2021 football season, The Dispatch has learned.

Amanda Babb, the president of the Ohio State football parents group, said in an interview Wednesday that she had heard that indoor stadiums in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Minneapolis and possibly even Syracuse, New York, were under consideration.

Later Wednesday, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed that, texting “Yes and others” when asked about those potential sites. He declined to add details.

The Big Ten announced on Aug. 11 that it would not play fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference said it would pursue the possibility of an early 2021 season, though it provided no details.

In an Aug. 19 statement, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said a task force for a winter/spring season would be formed. It included new Ohio State president Dr. Kristina Johnson.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day has been a vocal proponent of a winter replacement season starting in early January, rather than one that starts in the spring. The later the season, the less time there would be between that and the regular fall season.

It’s also more likely that more star OSU players would play in a season that started in January than in the spring. The NFL draft is scheduled for April, and it’s highly probable that top pro prospects would elect to prepare for the draft than play a spring college season.

Playing in domes would eliminate one of the major issues for having a winter season, especially in northern-most Big Ten schools such as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
 
Ryan Snyder and Nate Bauer, Blue White Illustrated

Speaking of a winter football season, a preliminary plan for a shortened Big Ten season is in the works, according to BWI’s sources. It will include an eight-game schedule, likely kicking off on Wednesday, Jan. 7 or Thursday, Jan. 8. All games will be played at neutral sites, which are still to be determined (see above) and a conference championship game between the winners of the East and West divisions would take place the second weekend in March at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The source also said that the Pac-12 is planning for a similar “spring” season structure, which would allow the two conferences to pit their champions against each other in the Bowl game.

This is most definitely the ideal situation, especially if we want to see guys like Justin Fields and Shaun Wade suit up as Buckeyes one last time. However, there’re still a lot of logistics to work out and decisions to be made, which the Big Ten must act upon immediately if they want this plan to work.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...ntial-sites-spring-season-ohio-state-football
 
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As long as a winter season won't cause changes to the 2021 Fall season I'm okay with it. We'll see.

I'm not sure how many guys will opt out, though. Depending who they are it could make a big difference.
 
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Jake said:
As long as a winter season won't cause changes to the 2021 Fall season I'm okay with it. We'll see.

I'm not sure how many guys will opt out, though. Depending who they are it could make a big difference.
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There already has been some significant "opting out" with other B1G teams. So far the "brotherhood" at Ohio State has held fast. Regardless, (except QB and maybe one CB position) I believe Ohio State can pretty much go 2 deep at every position without much of a drop off in talent. I do think if they start in January that pretty much eliminates any early enrollees playing though.
 
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The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved a proposal to grant all fall athletes an extra year of eligibility, no matter if they play a 2020–21 season or not. Final approval is expected to come Friday during a meeting among the Division I Board of Directors.
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As opposed to the opt out possibilities, I wonder if any Seniors or rsSeniors will play this Winter and choose to come back for the 2021 Fall season....Wouldn't it be great to see 6th year player Justin Hilliard play this Winter, come back in the Fall and get his 7th pair of gold pants?.....:biggrin:
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
So we win a winter season undefeated and play Oregon in a fake Rose Bowl. Are we gonna go all Penn State and declare ourselves the New York Times NCs?
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Might depend if the AP and/or USA Today do any polls on the Winter football season. Regardless, Ohio doesn't require a front license plate anymore; if Ohio State goes undefeated, I willing to bet that somebody will make a few bucks selling these:

champs.jpg


:gagnam:
 
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ScriptOhio said:
As opposed to the opt out possibilities, I wonder if any Seniors or rsSeniors will play this Winter and choose to come back for the 2021 Fall season....Wouldn't it be great to see 6th year player Justin Hilliard play this Winter, come back in the Fall and get his 7th pair of gold pants?.....:biggrin:
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That could be close to Cy Young's win total territory - a record that will never be broken.
 
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