Sep 16 UPDATE:
Oct 23/24 Start Date.
6 division games
2 cross over games
1 game during B1G Championship Weekend (all 14 teams are playing)
9 total games
Sep 15 UPDATE:
8 games, 4 home & 4 away.
99.99% sure of an Oct. 17 start.
And don't worry that the league hasn't officially announced it yet. It's coming.
The FULL STORY:
Big Ten football on the cusp of returning to the field this fall, perhaps as early as Oct. 17
Jeff Potrykus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UPDATED: 2:13 PM CT, Sep 15, 2020
MADISON – The excruciating wait Big Ten football players and coaches have experienced in the last month, a time laden with uncertainty and frustration, is about to end.
Big Ten football is coming back.
Sources told the Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that a proposal has been approved for the league to play its 2020 season this fall.
The starting date is unclear, but the latest proposal submitted to the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors featured an Oct. 17 kickoff. Each team is to play eight games in a nine-week window, with the league title game tentatively set for Dec. 19.
That should allow a Big Ten representative to compete for a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff field. That field is scheduled to be revealed Dec. 20.
It is unclear when league officials will make a formal announcement, but according to KETV7 in Omaha, University of Nebraska president Ted Carter was caught on a hot mic Tuesday morning sharing that the league would release the news later in the day.
“We’re getting ready to announce the Huskers and Big Ten football tonight,” Carter told Bob Hinson, director of the National Strategic Research Institute, before a news conference in Lincoln.
The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted, 11-3, last month to shut down all Big Ten fall sports because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio State, Nebraska and Iowa were the three schools that voted to play.
Nine votes are needed to reverse the August decision.
The Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that sources familiar with the situation expected the council to approve a proposal to start the season next month.
The league’s return to competition task force, chaired by Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, has been working for several weeks to fashion proposals to start the season.
Alvarez has expressed guarded optimism that Big Ten teams would play in 2020, but it wasn’t until late Saturday that sources told the Journal Sentinel they expected the league’s presidents and chancellors to green-light starting the season.
Perhaps the No. 1 factor has been the development of COVID-19 tests, which are more rapid and less costly now than they were in August.
Alvarez has consistently talked about the importance of such tests, beginning with an Aug. 11 Zoom session with reporters who cover UW.
"If we had a saliva test that we could get back within an hour," he said recently, "heck, we could have our guys do their test, go in and have breakfast and they’d have an answer before they went to practice and we could have a clean practice field."
On Saturday, the Big Ten’s medical subcommittee made a formal presentation to the league’s presidential steering committee, which features presidents/chancellors from eight schools.
The full Council of Presidents and Chancellors was briefed Sunday.
Speaking to the UW athletic board earlier this month, Alvarez sounded encouraged that players across the league would have the option of playing sooner than later.
“We’re looking forward to, as we gather more information, to having other meetings with the chancellors and presidents,” he said. "And hopefully we can reschedule the football season and get that started at some point.”
SEPTEMBER 11 UPDATE:
And here's a really good column from the Chicago Tribune.
Some excerpts:
...You should know Warren is a man of substance with a strong moral compass. But he wildly miscalculated the reaction to canceling the 10-game schedule he unveiled six days earlier.
Did Warren think the ACC would follow the Big Ten’s decision and that the Big 12 and SEC would then be pressured to pull the plug? Was Warren aiming to be a national leader rather than a follower?
A vote on whether to restart is coming but no earlier than Sunday, a source said, and more likely next week.
Conference presidents need answers from the medical subcommittee of the Return to Competition Task Force that addresses four issues related to COVID-19:
1) rapid testing;
2) contact tracing;
3) heart issues;
4) the surge in cases in some Big Ten states and on several campuses.
As you will read, a source inside the Big Ten called the league “a divided house” (being kind) and “a circus” (less kind).
The full column:
SEPTEMBER 9 (2:18 pm) UPDATE
It is important to remember that Oct 10 is when the B1G would have to start up its season & still be eligible for the CFP. Time is ticking!!!
SEPTEMBER 8 UPDATE
A vote needs to happen by Sep 11/12/13. Time is ticking!!!
ORIGINAL POST
As you can see, Harbaugh has texted and emailed U-M president Mark Schlissel, but they haven’t spoken.
Since August, Michigan football has had ZERO covid 19 positive tests.
And just a reminder of the timeline:
Aug 5: B1G announces the 10 game conference only schedule.
Aug 11: B1G votes 11-3 to cancel the fall football season, even though nothing changed.
As we know, things change daily w/ this virus. And speaking of days:
46 days: the time between Aug 11 and Sep 26 (most P5 schools' first game)
60 days: the time between Aug 11 and Oct 10 (when the B1G would have to start up & still be eligible for the CFP)
Oct 23/24 Start Date.
6 division games
2 cross over games
1 game during B1G Championship Weekend (all 14 teams are playing)
9 total games
Sep 15 UPDATE:
8 games, 4 home & 4 away.
99.99% sure of an Oct. 17 start.
And don't worry that the league hasn't officially announced it yet. It's coming.
The FULL STORY:
Big Ten football on the cusp of returning to the field this fall, perhaps as early as Oct. 17
Jeff Potrykus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UPDATED: 2:13 PM CT, Sep 15, 2020
MADISON – The excruciating wait Big Ten football players and coaches have experienced in the last month, a time laden with uncertainty and frustration, is about to end.
Big Ten football is coming back.
Sources told the Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that a proposal has been approved for the league to play its 2020 season this fall.
The starting date is unclear, but the latest proposal submitted to the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors featured an Oct. 17 kickoff. Each team is to play eight games in a nine-week window, with the league title game tentatively set for Dec. 19.
That should allow a Big Ten representative to compete for a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff field. That field is scheduled to be revealed Dec. 20.
It is unclear when league officials will make a formal announcement, but according to KETV7 in Omaha, University of Nebraska president Ted Carter was caught on a hot mic Tuesday morning sharing that the league would release the news later in the day.
“We’re getting ready to announce the Huskers and Big Ten football tonight,” Carter told Bob Hinson, director of the National Strategic Research Institute, before a news conference in Lincoln.
The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted, 11-3, last month to shut down all Big Ten fall sports because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio State, Nebraska and Iowa were the three schools that voted to play.
Nine votes are needed to reverse the August decision.
The Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that sources familiar with the situation expected the council to approve a proposal to start the season next month.
The league’s return to competition task force, chaired by Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, has been working for several weeks to fashion proposals to start the season.
Alvarez has expressed guarded optimism that Big Ten teams would play in 2020, but it wasn’t until late Saturday that sources told the Journal Sentinel they expected the league’s presidents and chancellors to green-light starting the season.
Perhaps the No. 1 factor has been the development of COVID-19 tests, which are more rapid and less costly now than they were in August.
Alvarez has consistently talked about the importance of such tests, beginning with an Aug. 11 Zoom session with reporters who cover UW.
"If we had a saliva test that we could get back within an hour," he said recently, "heck, we could have our guys do their test, go in and have breakfast and they’d have an answer before they went to practice and we could have a clean practice field."
On Saturday, the Big Ten’s medical subcommittee made a formal presentation to the league’s presidential steering committee, which features presidents/chancellors from eight schools.
The full Council of Presidents and Chancellors was briefed Sunday.
Speaking to the UW athletic board earlier this month, Alvarez sounded encouraged that players across the league would have the option of playing sooner than later.
“We’re looking forward to, as we gather more information, to having other meetings with the chancellors and presidents,” he said. "And hopefully we can reschedule the football season and get that started at some point.”
Big Ten approves plan for 2020 football season this fall
The Big Ten's return to competition task force has worked for weeks to come up with a plan to allow football players to compete safely.
www.jsonline.com
SEPTEMBER 11 UPDATE:
And here's a really good column from the Chicago Tribune.
Some excerpts:
...You should know Warren is a man of substance with a strong moral compass. But he wildly miscalculated the reaction to canceling the 10-game schedule he unveiled six days earlier.
Did Warren think the ACC would follow the Big Ten’s decision and that the Big 12 and SEC would then be pressured to pull the plug? Was Warren aiming to be a national leader rather than a follower?
A vote on whether to restart is coming but no earlier than Sunday, a source said, and more likely next week.
Conference presidents need answers from the medical subcommittee of the Return to Competition Task Force that addresses four issues related to COVID-19:
1) rapid testing;
2) contact tracing;
3) heart issues;
4) the surge in cases in some Big Ten states and on several campuses.
As you will read, a source inside the Big Ten called the league “a divided house” (being kind) and “a circus” (less kind).
The full column:
SEPTEMBER 9 (2:18 pm) UPDATE
It is important to remember that Oct 10 is when the B1G would have to start up its season & still be eligible for the CFP. Time is ticking!!!
SEPTEMBER 8 UPDATE
A vote needs to happen by Sep 11/12/13. Time is ticking!!!
ORIGINAL POST
As you can see, Harbaugh has texted and emailed U-M president Mark Schlissel, but they haven’t spoken.
Since August, Michigan football has had ZERO covid 19 positive tests.
And just a reminder of the timeline:
Aug 5: B1G announces the 10 game conference only schedule.
Aug 11: B1G votes 11-3 to cancel the fall football season, even though nothing changed.
As we know, things change daily w/ this virus. And speaking of days:
46 days: the time between Aug 11 and Sep 26 (most P5 schools' first game)
60 days: the time between Aug 11 and Oct 10 (when the B1G would have to start up & still be eligible for the CFP)
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