As a Michigan fan, I see this as a win.
It'll be the first time since 2011 we didn't lose to Ohio in a year. Cause for celebration IMO
It'll be the first time since 2011 we didn't lose to Ohio in a year. Cause for celebration IMO
I live near Knoxville,TN (where University of Tennessee is located) and it surprises me 0% that they're pushing for a season.
....That being said, I do love watching my Volunteers. Probably still a bad idea.
The SEC being the only conference that wants to blindly charge ahead and play football is so on-brand that it physically hurts
Also, Trevor Lawrence is wrong. Regardless of his intentions, it's no better than the "I don't want to wear a mask" crowd. This shit ain't for your safety alone, it's for everyone involved.
I could see Clemson, Florida State, Oklahoma, and Texas joining the SEC this year to create a superconference.
SECCG would effectively be the national title game. The AP would surely recognize the winner as the national champion.
Didn't even think of that aspect of it. And I'm pretty sure that the other conferences that shut down play would want compensation from schools attempting to play games with the SEC. It's hard to see how defections would work.The TV rights for anything like that would be a colossal disaster to work through. There will be lawsuits for months.
The SEC being the only conference that wants to blindly charge ahead and play football is so on-brand that it physically hurts
Also, Trevor Lawrence is wrong. Regardless of his intentions, it's no better than the "I don't want to wear a mask" crowd. This shit ain't for your safety alone, it's for everyone involved.
Racial culture issue sure is one way to put it.Not to get too fanatical at a time like this, but...
Iowa gets so much shit. Ferentz has only had four 7-win seasons in his 20 years at Iowa, and his average of the last 5 years is nearly 9.5 wins. Overall average (including his first season @ 1-10) is nearly 8-5. The "corruption" he talking about is a complete misrepresentation (there is a racial "culture" issue which breaks my heart, but it does seem like Ferentz is taking some of the right steps to improve.) And Iowa's vote was likely influenced by the governor's and the Board of Regent's insane demand that UI/ISU/UNI have to go fully back on campus.
"If we wore masks, we could have had college football"
^^this on repeat should destroy Trump
Much like mass shootings the folks who most need to draw a direct A->B line to "Why does this shit happen only here?" will refuse to do it.Thanks, Trump.
New Zealand has been playing rugby matches to full stadiums. Australia has been playing football to 50% or 75% full stadiums. Europe has been playing soccer leagues and cups since the start of June, to empty stadiums.
Good.
Now I wonder how much tuition is going to go up to compensate :P
Well, it's really more of a culture issue that a couple of assistants felt free to put a racial spin on. Ferentz has always pushed for a "highly disciplined," humble, "Iowa Way" culture (in complete contrast to Hayden Fry) and there's been plenty of players (Black and white) that haven't meshed with it - we lost a couple of great white RBs during the AIRBHG days due to it (unspokenly of course.)
Ah, realignment talk, now that I can get behind!ACC leadership would throw a shitfit given that Clemson and FSU almost left for the SEC last realignment cycle.
If the SEC is playing the ACC is going to try.
I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing but I'm talking about the money a school as a whole brings in by there being an athletic program. Unless that is somehow always exclusively contained in the athletic department.Not how it works.
Only money athletic departments get directly from students is through fees. They can't jack fees up without students being in the stands, as that's the trade-off for students paying the fees.
People like Jim Jordan are already bitching and moaning on twitter that "we need college football." The way this messaging is gonna go is "we know you're disappointed there's no football this year - Republicans want to give you football but those damn liberals are taking it away from you!"Except every Republican that I know doesn't blame Trump or never will. They will blame Fauci because of his comments early in the year like they have been.
Most schools lose money on their athletic departments.I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing but I'm talking about the money a school as a whole brings in by there being an athletic program. Unless that is somehow always exclusively contained in the athletic department.
I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing but I'm talking about the money a school as a whole brings in by there being an athletic program. Unless that is somehow always exclusively contained in the athletic department.
I'd love to see Clemson and FSU go to the SEC. It'd give leverage for the B1G to go after Virginia and UNC. And if those four leave the ACC... then maybe Notre Dame's hand gets forced. And if B1G gets Virginia, UNC, and ND, then they're big enough to send a first-come/first-served invite to Texas, OU, and Kansas. (Obviously, this is wishful thinking, although I did call an affiliate invite to Johns Hopkins for lacrosse...)
There's enough variation between schools that it's hard to be definitive, but I think most keep the athletic revenue in it's own silo. There's still money that goes to the school indirectly, but it's stuff like non-athletic alumni donations, being able to spend less on marketing, and reduced student recruitment costs.I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing but I'm talking about the money a school as a whole brings in by there being an athletic program. Unless that is somehow always exclusively contained in the athletic department.
Keep your damned dirty reality out of my fantasy!No school can leave the ACC until 2038. There's an ironclad GoR agreement.
People like Jim Jordan are already bitching and moaning on twitter that "we need college football." The way this messaging is gonna go is "we know you're disappointed there's no football this year - Republicans want to give you football but those damn liberals are taking it away from you!"
Well, it's really more of a culture issue that a couple of assistants felt free to put a racial spin on. Ferentz has always pushed for a "highly disciplined," humble, "Iowa Way" culture (in complete contrast to Hayden Fry) and there's been plenty of players (Black and white) that haven't meshed with it - we lost a couple of great white RBs during the AIRBHG days due to it (unspokenly of course.)
Reading the detailed accounts, there are plenty of Black players that defended Kirk but backed up accounts that it was mostly Chris Doyle, Seth Wallace, and (almost certainly) Kirk's son that took it to a racist level. Doyle was also responsible for the rhabdo clusterfuck, so he should've been gone years ago.
Ah, realignment talk, now that I can get behind!
I'd love to see Clemson and FSU go to the SEC. It'd give leverage for the B1G to go after Virginia and UNC. And if those four leave the ACC... then maybe Notre Dame's hand gets forced. And if B1G gets Virginia, UNC, and ND, then they're big enough to send a first-come/first-served invite to Texas, OU, and Kansas. (Obviously, this is wishful thinking, although I did call an affiliate invite to Johns Hopkins for lacrosse...)
More like they don't want to be the only ones to cancel.Big 10 just doesn't want to be the first to cancel, I imagine.
Trump is officially pro-union!
Dipshit definitely didn't read the whole thread