Iowa FB players who may choose not to play in Spring . . .

[AuroraHawk]

If the B1G has a Spring schedule, who are the candidates to "sit out" because they anticipate being selected in NFL draft and don't want to either (a) risk an injury during a Spring season or (b) don't want to expose themselves to a college season and a professional season in the same calendar year?

Smith-Marsette?
Smith?
Jackson?
Golston?
Kallenberger?

 

[pocha444444]

Kallenberger?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Jackson for sure and probably ISM. Smith might need a little more tape.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

Linderbaum

 

[AuroraHawk]

Kallenberger?

Yeah . . . that was a mistake on my part. Epenesa squared listed who I was thinking of.

 

[pocha444444]

Yeah . . . that was a mistake on my part. Epenesa squared listed who I was thinking of.

Gotcha, I do like his potential though.

 

[bumpstock]

Djimon

 

[swihawk]

If the B1G has a Spring schedule, who are the candidates to "sit out" because they anticipate being selected in NFL draft and don't want to either (a) risk an injury during a Spring season or (b) don't want to expose themselves to a college season and a professional season in the same calendar year?

Smith-Marsette?
Smith?
Jackson?
Golston?
Kallenberger?

how many will transfer to a conference playing this fall

 

[AuroraHawk]

how many will transfer to a conference playing this fall

I don't anticipate any players attempting to transfer to another conference in an attempt to play football this Fall.

First, they wouldn't have immediate eligibility. Second, Big 12, ACC and SEC rosters should be pretty well set and at scholarship limits. Third, there is absolutely no guarantee that the Big 12, ACC or SEC will have Fall football.

 

[tomhawk80907]

If the B1G has a Spring schedule, who are the candidates to "sit out" because they anticipate being selected in NFL draft and don't want to either (a) risk an injury during a Spring season or (b) don't want to expose themselves to a college season and a professional season in the same calendar year?

Smith-Marsette?
Smith?
Jackson?
Golston?
Kallenberger?

How about anyone who doesn’t want to expose themselves to two college seasons in the same calendar year. Spring ball is beyond stupid imo. If you are going to cancel fall don’t screw up 2021 too by forcing kids to play twice.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

If you are going to cancel fall don’t screw up 2021 too by forcing kids to play twice.

First, fundamentally, no one is "forced" to play college football. It always has been a voluntary activity and still is.

Second, college football used to play 8-game seasons. In 1945 it went to nine games. And until the mid-1960s, football was a single platoon game. Most players played the whole game, not just half of it. So, in reality, compared to today's two-platoon system, players who played an 8-game season were on the field for the equivalent of 16 games. And today's players are on the field for the equivalent of only 6 games--half of twelve games, for those who were absent for arithmetic class that day.

And the regular season has continued to expand until we now have a 12-game regular season, and then some teams play in a conference championship game (13th game), a bowl game (14th) and two play in a national title game (15).

So college football seasons now are nearly
double what they used to be. Yet, I haven't heard many complaints about the demands put on the players by not only extended schedules but by year-around training.

In reality, there is no good reason teams can't play an 8- or 9-game
spring season and an 8- or 9-game fall season in 2021. Then you're back to "normal" for the fall of 2022.

And the players who don't want to play in the spring, for whatever reason, no problem. Next man in. IMHO.

 

[NevadaHawk]

I am not convinced we will play in the spring.

 

[tomhawk80907]

First, fundamentally, no one is "forced" to play college football. It always has been a voluntary activity and still is.

Second, college football used to play 8-game seasons. In 1945 it went to nine games. And until the mid-1960s, football was a single platoon game. Most players played the whole game, not just half of it. So, in reality, compared to today's two-platoon system, players who played an 8-game season were on the field for the equivalent of 16 games. And today's players are on the field for the equivalent of only 6 games--half of twelve games, for those who were absent for arithmetic class that day.

And the regular season has continued to expand until we now have a 12-game regular season, and then some teams play in a conference championship game (13th game), a bowl game (14th) and two play in a national title game (15).

So college football seasons now are nearly
double what they used to be. Yet, I haven't heard many complaints about the demands put on the players by not only extended schedules but by year-around training.

In reality, there is no good reason teams can't play an 8- or 9-game
spring season and an 8- or 9-game fall season in 2021. Then you're back to "normal" for the fall of 2022.

And the players who don't want to play in the spring, for whatever reason, no problem. Next man in. IMHO.

Fundamentally to maintain your scholarship you are forced to participate. If you want to keep it and the conference decides to play spring and fall ball, guess what. Sure they can walk away but only a small fraction probably would.

Secondly, there is no comparison between the player of today and the 60’s, 70’s and maybe even the 80’s. Year round conditioning has turned most of these guys into specimens of freakish ability.

I will never be convinced that it is healthy and in the kids best interest to try and play twice in a calendar year with so little time off.

 

[SB_SB]

Fundamentally to maintain your scholarship you are forced to participate. If you want to keep it and the conference decides to play spring and fall ball, guess what. Sure they can walk away but only a small fraction probably would.

Secondly, there is no comparison between the player of today and the 60’s, 70’s and maybe even the 80’s. Year round conditioning has turned most of these guys into specimens of freakish ability.

I will never be convinced that it is healthy and in the kids best interest to try and play twice in a calendar year with so little time off.

Really don’t care whether you can be convinced or not. I would bet that KF would play if possible. It would be a more advanced spring football. The games wouldn’t matter as much and I would suspect each team would be using it more like an NFL preseason. You’d be a fool not to participate.

 

[katman15]

If the B1G has a Spring schedule, who are the candidates to "sit out" because they anticipate being selected in NFL draft and don't want to either (a) risk an injury during a Spring season or (b) don't want to expose themselves to a college season and a professional season in the same calendar year?

Smith-Marsette?
Smith?
Jackson?
Golston?
Kallenberger?

Can’t blame them

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

I am not convinced we will play in the spring.

They won't

 

[swihawk]

If the B1G has a Spring schedule, who are the candidates to "sit out" because they anticipate being selected in NFL draft and don't want to either (a) risk an injury during a Spring season or (b) don't want to expose themselves to a college season and a professional season in the same calendar year?

Smith-Marsette?
Smith?
Jackson?
Golston?
Kallenberger?

MOOT. spring ball won't happen if p5 schools play in fall.