Nobody’s a bad guy here, but let’s not discuss POTUS and Covid in a football thread any more.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
It's an interesting read. You have to like some of the segments, including.....
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scarletmike
Researching the Magic!
Fuck...Purdue better have this under control or we're all about to get fucked out of the season yet again.
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
Indiana is going to fuck this up for the B1G. They are spiking now with positive cases but very low fatality rate. This is the 3rd week in a row that the state have had the most cases over a 7 day period.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
My money is on NW with Illinois a second choice for sending Warren running. Mayor of Chicago wants to go medieval again.
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Lots of things jump out from that but the biggest one to me is the visual of how big of a gap there is between the top 4 and everyone else.
OSU has 14 5-star recruits on the roster
The rest of the B1G has 6
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It all starts with recruiting; it always has and it always will.
Indeed.
The thing that jumps out at me is the 5 star distribution (or lack thereof).
Top 4 teams have double digits. LSU has 7 even after a mass exodus year.
No one else has more than 5.
12 of the remaining 20 teams in the top 25 have 0-2.
One could theorize that the top end of top end HS talent want to go to the handful of proven NFL prep schools.
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well Clemson shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's more important to have elite guys at a couple of positions (QB and DL) than depth of elite talent all over and a bad QB.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
'We Have to Have That Energy': Big Ten Teams Ready for a New Normal Without Fans
There will be no fans except family members at Big Ten football games this fall. That presents teams with an unusual challenge.
College football will always go hand-in-hand with bustling student sections, wailing fans and blaring marching bands. However, this year looks completely different, with games ranging from no fans to a reduced-capacity crowd, and that will be especially true in the Big Ten. After announcing the reinstatement of a football season on Sept. 16, Big Ten VP for intercollegiate athletics Sandy Barbour also stated that there would be no fans (outside of players’ family members) or public ticket sales at any Big Ten football games for the entirety of the season.
Given the news, teams both in and out of the Big Ten conference have approached this change in game atmosphere differently. Some coaches and players anticipate a much-needed increase in teammate energy, others see the empty stadiums as an advantage when playing away teams, and many say they do not even notice the difference.
Northwestern, which is attempting to recover from its disappointing 1–8 record in the 2019 season after winning the Big Ten West the year prior, believes it will need all the energy and motivation it can get as it moves forward with a season that begins this weekend.
“When we make a big play, we have to have that energy. … That’s going to be more important than ever this year with the absence of the crowd,” says Northwestern linebacker Blake Gallagher, who led the team in tackles last season.
The Wildcats may have an easier time in keeping the energy up on the field and sideline than the majority of their opponents. Why? Because of their strength coach: Alex Spanos.
Known as Northwestern’s “secret sauce” according to coach Pat Fitzgerald, Spanos has accumulated mass media attention over the past few years. He is a Northwestern staple on the sideline with his hypeman antics and iconic cut-off sleeve polo outfit that he’ll wear regardless of what the temperature reads for a frigid, Midwest game day.
“As Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald & DC Mike Hankwitz are bundled up for the snow, strength coach Alex Spanos in a smedium short sleeve,” The Action Network’s Darren tweeted during a game against Minnesota in 2017, showing a picture of Spanos sporting his “smedium” on the sideline.
Take a look at Spanos bringing the energy when the ’Cats took on the Gophers in 22-degree weather:
Just as the weather never stifles Spanos’s positive influence on the team, the impacts of COVID-19 clearly have not either. Spanos has reportedly been more fired up than ever during preseason practice, despite social distancing protocols impeding his regular pregame chest bumps with his players.
“I don’t think I’ve ever met a guy like Spanos, who’s just on the go all the time, hyped up. … And he’s never not like that,” says Gallagher. “He makes everyone around him better and he’s just a great guy to have in this program.”
The Wildcats, it should be noted, have one of the smallest stadiums in the Big Ten, featuring a capacity of 47,000. That number is dwarfed by the more than 100,000 fans that can fit into the likes of Michigan Stadium (Michigan), Beaver Stadium (Penn State) and Ohio Stadium (Ohio State), creating the kind of daunting atmospheres that traditionally shape college football and favor the home side. While Spanos may be all the energy that Northwestern believes it needs, a team like Michigan State—which is set to travel to both Michigan and Penn State this fall—is looking at the lack of fans as a blessing.
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Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/10/20/big-ten-football-return-no-fans
Moral of the story: “If you don’t bring your own juice, it’s hard to win a game.”..Michael Carter, UNC running back
There will be no fans except family members at Big Ten football games this fall. That presents teams with an unusual challenge.
College football will always go hand-in-hand with bustling student sections, wailing fans and blaring marching bands. However, this year looks completely different, with games ranging from no fans to a reduced-capacity crowd, and that will be especially true in the Big Ten. After announcing the reinstatement of a football season on Sept. 16, Big Ten VP for intercollegiate athletics Sandy Barbour also stated that there would be no fans (outside of players’ family members) or public ticket sales at any Big Ten football games for the entirety of the season.
Given the news, teams both in and out of the Big Ten conference have approached this change in game atmosphere differently. Some coaches and players anticipate a much-needed increase in teammate energy, others see the empty stadiums as an advantage when playing away teams, and many say they do not even notice the difference.
Northwestern, which is attempting to recover from its disappointing 1–8 record in the 2019 season after winning the Big Ten West the year prior, believes it will need all the energy and motivation it can get as it moves forward with a season that begins this weekend.
“When we make a big play, we have to have that energy. … That’s going to be more important than ever this year with the absence of the crowd,” says Northwestern linebacker Blake Gallagher, who led the team in tackles last season.
The Wildcats may have an easier time in keeping the energy up on the field and sideline than the majority of their opponents. Why? Because of their strength coach: Alex Spanos.
Known as Northwestern’s “secret sauce” according to coach Pat Fitzgerald, Spanos has accumulated mass media attention over the past few years. He is a Northwestern staple on the sideline with his hypeman antics and iconic cut-off sleeve polo outfit that he’ll wear regardless of what the temperature reads for a frigid, Midwest game day.
“As Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald & DC Mike Hankwitz are bundled up for the snow, strength coach Alex Spanos in a smedium short sleeve,” The Action Network’s Darren tweeted during a game against Minnesota in 2017, showing a picture of Spanos sporting his “smedium” on the sideline.
Take a look at Spanos bringing the energy when the ’Cats took on the Gophers in 22-degree weather:
Just as the weather never stifles Spanos’s positive influence on the team, the impacts of COVID-19 clearly have not either. Spanos has reportedly been more fired up than ever during preseason practice, despite social distancing protocols impeding his regular pregame chest bumps with his players.
“I don’t think I’ve ever met a guy like Spanos, who’s just on the go all the time, hyped up. … And he’s never not like that,” says Gallagher. “He makes everyone around him better and he’s just a great guy to have in this program.”
The Wildcats, it should be noted, have one of the smallest stadiums in the Big Ten, featuring a capacity of 47,000. That number is dwarfed by the more than 100,000 fans that can fit into the likes of Michigan Stadium (Michigan), Beaver Stadium (Penn State) and Ohio Stadium (Ohio State), creating the kind of daunting atmospheres that traditionally shape college football and favor the home side. While Spanos may be all the energy that Northwestern believes it needs, a team like Michigan State—which is set to travel to both Michigan and Penn State this fall—is looking at the lack of fans as a blessing.
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continued
Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2020/10/20/big-ten-football-return-no-fans
Moral of the story: “If you don’t bring your own juice, it’s hard to win a game.”..Michael Carter, UNC running back
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