At 247 sports are saying that the SEC will release the 2020 schedule on Monday.
I think if USM and South Alabama play on September 3 we're good to go as far as the fall goes. So this is happening a little more quickly than the SEC start date.
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At 247 sports are saying that the SEC will release the 2020 schedule on Monday.
I think if USM and South Alabama play on September 3 we're good to go as far as the fall goes. So this is happening a little more quickly than the SEC start date.
Keep an open mind as it’s possible we will be playing Ole Miss first.
Contrary to what has been reported previously
I know everything is messed up and we should not get hopes up, but imma be honest: 11 straight weeks of nothing but conference games could be really fun to watch. TV ratings should be through the roof
I think I read two bye weeks and an extra week empty at the end for a make up game if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
I agree and let's hope that it comes to pass!Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
I am tempted in buying USM season tickets. I can give them away but they are so cheap and it will only help college football.
I wonder who that would benefit more, us or them? You wouldn't have to worry about a significant home field advantage from the crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hambone
We are not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hambone
I wouldn?t mind this. I wish the game would move off thanksgiving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hambone
Yeah- I can't see Cohen going on the radio with a specific date like he did if he wasn't confident that was going to be the case. And yes, I do remember the baseball coaching search but this is a more seasoned John Cohen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
I don't like playing on Thanksgiving either. I think the SEC should rotate that day between all the teams in the league. I do think the Egg Bowl should be the last game of the season for us though. It would be really cool if the SEC moved the SEC Championship Game back a weekend to the same weekend as the Army/Navy game and then all the rivalries were the first Saturday in December.Quote:
Originally Posted by viverlibre
Sounds weird, but i wish we played UM the first game of the year on Thursday to open college football.
That's going to be USM/South Alabama this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
I guess it might be better to have the EB right off the bat b/c there's a chance they shut down football after the first two or three games if the Rona hits all the locker rooms at once.
I find that pretty unlikely based on MLB.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
Egg Bowl will not be game one.
Egg Bowl not being the last game of the season would suck, but if it keeps it on Thanksgiving I'm fine with it being game 8 or 9 this year.
Good. I don't keep up w/ MLB. I hate baseball. My dad made me play as a kid cause he played through high school. I hated it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Well to back my point up- the Cardinals basically had an outbreak and the Marlins had one too. Both had to miss some games but both have come back and are playing again. When the outbreaks first happened some of the media were parroting "well we've got to shut it down now!"Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
Also the Reds had someone test positive today and we'll see how that goes but I can't imagine that they wouldn't be back at some point.
The same baseball that's suspending multiple games for one positive? If one is all it takes ... wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I don't recall Cohen locking in a specific date for the BFTGE on the radio. I know he said not the first game and talked about December 5, but he didn't say December 5 was the confirmed date if I recall correctly.
MLB actually compensates the players currently paying very well and suspends games over one positive test plus has solid quarantine measures in place and enforceable for professional athletes.
Comparing it to 18-22 year olds in college who aren't making hand over fist and losing the extra perks that come along with football stardom, no way in hell does a whole team not expose themself to this virus. Hilariously wishful thinking.
The Marlins flat out broke the quarantine rules and MLB is still going on as well as the Marlins.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
And it was costly. While one mLB team violated protocols, every single college football team will have numerous members violate them, if not most of the players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I'm sure they've been violating the rules for awhile or what would be the rules and the numbers of infections are pretty low among football players and staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
You obviously never played collegiate athletics. Or probably even high school.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
Are you gonna turn us in for positive cases or just send the player home? Or is this not a compliance issue!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Hahah. If it were up to ME, we'd just play football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Its not really even a compensation issue. Players are actually safer under the watchful eyes of their college coaches than they are just doing their own thing as this article demonstrates.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...eturning-break
The ONLY logical reason for not playing football this Fall is if the college is going to keep students off the campus all Fall anyway and just wants to take away all responsibility on their part. Much greater risk of COVID-19 spreads are going to come from students mixing on and around campus than there would be from players playing football where they will be tested multiple times for week and are under adult supervision. I don't think that can even be debated.
You try to insult me by talking about your own life? I don't get it. You didn't even rebut what I said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
My point is that these dudes aren't gonna give up the extra perks of being BMOC. Every team is gonna have double digit cases of Covid this year.
You are trying to speak from a players point of view when you fail to realize this is all these guys have. They want to play.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
I feel much better about our chances now. Thanks lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
LSU opens with Mississippi- not us
No you are trying to speak from a players point of view when YOU fail to realize what all comes along with being a football player / sports celebrity in a small town like Starkville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
They are going to play football. There will be players to test positive. That is the reason for the late start. That is the reason for conference only. They have a plan and I am sure guys smarter than you who has no political ax to grind have put some thought into all this. So give up the ghost. They are going to play and they will play all 10 games. Games might get moved around during the season but that is the reason for conference only schedule. They are expecting players to contract the virus.Quote:
Originally Posted by dantheman4248
I think that is the reason for the late start. We know players are going to get it. And the biggest risk time for them is right about now as the rest of the students arrive. I have seen more than enough footage from Tuscaloosa, Auburn, and Stillwell to know that it's about to EXPLODE on campuses because the students are partying, going to bars, and I am sure hooking up. And I expect many players are doing the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
So the late start gives them time to get over it before the season.
I think the new two hour, five dollar, at home saliva tests with a 90% accuracy rate is huge help. They were fda approved this weekend. If we can get enough of those we can test daily for 10 weeks.
Should help ease tensions between the Ole Miss/LSU rivalry.**Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Vandy will be upset. They are the johnnies biggest rival now. At least closest competition....Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
that will be a good game. Ole miss always plays them hard. LSU lost a bunch of key players and coaches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State