Friend that works for the university (not in a sports cacity) just told me the B1G is going to go. Not seeing any news of it yet - wtf? Still just rumor?
Oct 17 start date
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Official vote is expected Monday. All the "inside sources" say the vote will pass and first game will be October 17th.
But we've seen how accurate these insiders have been the last month. So I gotta see it to believe it.
But we've seen how accurate these insiders have been the last month. So I gotta see it to believe it.
Maybe? Probably? I would guess they will go for 8 games plus championship game. Leave a bye built in to handle rescheduling and flexibility for COVID issues. Of course, they could have just started on 9/12 or 9/26 and had plenty of extra weeks for open dates for postponement flexibility, but that would make too much sense.
Everything I've read on espn or cbs sports was saying 10/10 for the playoffs but you'd have to think they'd allow it with one week difference but then again who knows these days. Plus you'd think with everything going on wouldn't be a huge issue to push the playoff dates back a few weeks and title games since they are all in domes or warm weather stadiums. I'll be curious to see how many games they play and if so how our 3rd schedule for 2020 will look.
If I had to guess on the schedule, it would be that they'll go with the original revised scheduled released in early Augsut, minus the games that were scheduled the first week. In other words, start with the games scheduled in week 2, then play out the rest of the scheduled as proposed.
I work for the university, does that mean I can start rumors?
Only if you work for the University in a non sports cacity.
I agree, thanks for your reasoned response and for keeping it non-political.
I think it will only be 8 games if they play. Probably eliminate the extra cross-over game and have the B10CCG.
My job does not relate to sports so in that regard I am good.
with that being said, football games will start back up on Oct. 10 for the big 10. I’ll even throw a wrinkle in here for you all and tell you that the pac 12 is starting back up Oct 17.
You’re all welcome!
Is Oct. 17th official yet? If not, there are plenty of people on here just dying to get into a political argument..... On a Hawkeye Football Forum. Please just take your attitudes to a political forum and leave this one for sports.
No crossovers, and a four team BIG play-off for the championship. West Champion plays East Runner-up, and the reverse in the first round. Winners play for the title.
i must admit, the report was so definitive, i expected to read about it in the news today. still nothing - so now i'm feeling like just another rumor was amplified.
As more time goes on, I'm becoming convinced that a great many of the presidents just don't care for football much and thinks sports in general and football in particular need to be taken down a peg or 20. They are long-playing this like crazy. What's likely to occur is an approval eventually for a season but so many restrictions in place as to make it impossible to finish a season. How many tens of thousands of cases on university campuses are we up to now, with zero hospitalizations? but yes, we can't play football due to COVID.
I didn’t say it wasn’t going to happen.
Anybody who claimed to know anything Monday morning was guessing.
This is exactly it. NCAA football has grown too big and too influential and is usurping the academics of the institutions. You know some of these people believe this.
Here's a post that certainly didn't age very well.
I'm going to call Kevin, in Chicago and urge him to move it up to
10/17, or even the 10th.
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