The 2020 College Football Season

[buckeyemania11]

The plan for the teams in conferences attempting to play is that there is no plan......just call the games "postponed" and hope you can figure it out later,

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

That's a stupid way to run a team.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

That's a stupid way to run a team.

Yeah...

SMU's Shane Buechele is definitely a better draft prospect than Justin Fields because SMU played a game in 2020.

Fight me.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

The plan for the teams in conferences attempting to play is that there is no plan......just call the games "postponed" and hope you can figure it out later,

I am in the let them play camp, but this could royally blow up in the conferences' faces if they have zero plan should this go sideways. By sideways, I mean teams postponing games versus outright cancelation. This would make the B1G look somewhat good I guess.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Buckle up B1G for lawsuits if you don't start the season in Oct... impacting a draftee's value

 

[zincfinger]

Baylor has joined TCU in shutting down their season opener due to possible COVID concerns.

This is a pointless season. As much as some may want to claim otherwise.

Specifically, the "possible Covid concerns" are that their scheduled opponent reported multiple positive Covid tests and stated that they can't play.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Specifically, the "possible Covid concerns" are that their scheduled opponent reported multiple positive Covid tests and stated that they can't play.

well, that is a concern

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

...“If there are two players that are close or equal, we’ll take the one that has played most recently,” Colbert said. “We’re hopeful that the other conferences get up and running. If they do, we’ll add that to the evaluations. If they don’t—again, all we have is 2019 and we’ll make the best decisions we can.”...

Doesn't really sound that unreasonable

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Doesn't really sound that unreasonable

It sounds stupid. Is the assumption that these kids are just sitting on their asses during all of this?

 

[cincibuck]

Baylor has joined TCU in shutting down their season opener due to possible COVID concerns.

This is a pointless season. As much as some may want to claim otherwise.

Sad but probably true. I guess we're stuck with NFL and I'm guessing they've got plans to play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to meet demand.

 

[Jake]

I guess we're stuck with NFL and I'm guessing they've got plans to play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to meet demand.

Not likely:

It's because of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which exempts the NFL from antitrust laws for its broadcasting rights. The act prohibits NFL broadcasts on Friday nights and on Saturdays "beginning on the second Friday in September and ending on the second Saturday in December."

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

The quote says if the players are "close or equal" they'll take the guy who played. So I guess they'd take Lawrence over Fields as it stands right now.

lol

I had no interest in reading that story and was just riffing off the headline.

Here's a newsflash, though..... Lawrence is already higher than Fields on a lot of draft boards. Not mine, mind you, but alas, I don't have a team on which to draft players.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Not exactly a newsflash about Lawrence. I'll make sure to use the facetious font in the future.

Well, I mean, I'm just not sure what the point is then. As BN27 noted, it's a real dumb way to manage a roster.... so be it.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Aren't we landing stud RBs left and right because people are learning that it's nice to have fresh legs?

 

[BigJim]

Doesn't really sound that unreasonable

Agree. It’s actually pretty stupid to think it’s a stupid approach. Two similar players but one has more reps and you only have to project their development trajectory a full year less in to the future??