There is no positive to this. Hawks don't need rest. They need to keep the train rolling.
NW Game
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Actually, Barta should insist on Feb. 6. That's 2 days after a home game with Illinois and 3 days before a road game with Purdue. Northwestern plays at Wisconsin Feb. 5. Make them play another road game with no rest. Barta needs to stand up to the Big 10 and say that is the only date available. The team that cancels needs to make the concessions.
But he won't. He will cave on whatever date NW suggests (which will be convenient for them, inconvenient for the Hawks). Just like he did for the Indiana game.
But he won't. He will cave on whatever date NW suggests (which will be convenient for them, inconvenient for the Hawks). Just like he did for the Indiana game.
Barta better offer 2/1 as the makeup day. Take it or leave it NW. I don't give a sh*t if you play Illinois on 2/2.
Nooo!!! There is ZERO benefit to playing really bad teams. If you find a way to lose your metrics get crushed. If you win there is zero benefit. It's always lose-lose.
I like this idea better than 2/1. But expect Barta to bend over and take whatever NW requests, because he's spinless
The Big 10 should be stomping this out now. This should be a forfeit straight up.
And why not? NW doesn't get to dictate when the game is rescheduled.....Iowa should. They should not be allowed to schedule at a time convenient for THEM! I could be wrong, but I think this is what Indiana did when they cancelled on us. A day that was good for them, but not good for the Hawks.
Why all the negative response?
If Iowa fell into this situation you would all be whining and crying " why can't we postpone instead of a forfeit"
Stuff happens. Deal with it.
If Iowa fell into this situation you would all be whining and crying " why can't we postpone instead of a forfeit"
Stuff happens. Deal with it.
ASU women recently was "forced to forfeit" 2 games because of player shortage...
Arizona State forfeits 2 games due to lack of healthy players (yahoo.com)
I understand that is a difference conference...but would love to know if Iowa is just being 'nice' to NW by postponing & looking to reschedule or if the conference is directing this?
The article makes reference to UConn's women also being short players & they just postponed a game with DePaul...
Arizona State forfeits 2 games due to lack of healthy players (yahoo.com)
I understand that is a difference conference...but would love to know if Iowa is just being 'nice' to NW by postponing & looking to reschedule or if the conference is directing this?
The article makes reference to UConn's women also being short players & they just postponed a game with DePaul...
Agree. Forfeit is clearly what the B1G rules currently state ... it's in black and white.
2021-22 BIG TEN CONFERENCE FORFEITURE POLICY
Interim Guidance for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)(Adopted and effective from 8/20/21 until rescinded by the Administrators Council.)
- Competition Involving Two Teams. If a team is unable to participate in a scheduled Conference competition due to COVID-19 and as a result the competition is unable to occur on the calendar day on which it is scheduled, the competition shall be considered a forfeit by the team unable to participate and shall not be rescheduled. In such case, the team unable to participate shall be assessed a “loss,” its opponent a “win,” and Conference standings shall be adjusted accordingly.
That is not the current policy.
I highly doubt Barta reschedules without input from Fran.
I have a thought that Fran "played nice" in this situation. There is some possibility that the conference told Fran it should be a forfeit, and Fran said "let's work something out".
A home game with NW SHOULD be a win, so of course we want to play it. Shouldn't want a forfeit.
Iowa fans just way to play the game as scheduled, if NW has 7 healthy players.... I guess they don't....?
Of course we want a forfeit,.. and nobody thinks Fran didn't agree to the postponement.
If only there was a conference policy to review . . . oh, wait . . . there is: https://bigten.org/news/2021/12/28/...en-conference-covid-19-forfeiture-policy.aspx
My point is.....Iowa should have the final say in when the game is played.....not Northwestern. And it should not be in a situation that favors Northwestern. Barta/Fran need to play hardball on this, not Mr. Nice Guy.
This sort of reminds me a funny thread in the football forum when the Nevada game kept getting delayed — and the general consensus was if Barta was doing the negotiating, he would probably negotiate an L for us!
I think it’s gonna be 2/7. 1 full day of rest of them, 2 full days of rest for us. We will have been home in Iowa City since the evening of 1/26. They will be coming off a road game then have to come to IC and go to Columbus next. Works for me
I'm pretty sure that you can fire anyone or anything, except an OC of course.
Lol. I'm certain the guy famous for only making bad decisions wont possibly allow this to be some idiotic scenario like playing 3 games in 5 days when fighting for a tourney berth. Maybe he can throw the long awaited evaluation of the loser offensive coordinator that is still technically his direct subordinate as a distraction during that time.
Teams should have to forfeit when they cannot play. There is a specific schedule for a reason. Play the game or forfeit the game and whatever percentage of Big Ten income they earned from the game gets divided up among the other teams.
If we're going to continue doing this covid dance, the conference needs to book a dead week between end of regular season play and the BIG 10 tournament...
What about the fans who may only have tickets to this game? What about season ticket holders who lose a game? Does Iowa refund all the money for the game?
Can’t imagine fans not wanting a game. There are only a finite amount of games in a season. You want to give one up?
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