College football 2020 offseason thread

The NFL 1. Cannot adjust its draft schedule. It needs those players signed and ready for rookie camps, etc. 2. The NFL wouldn't adjust its schedule, because it's the NFL and in its own mind anyway outranks college football by a lot. PS: In my mind, too.

 

The Power 5s will follow the Big Ten's lead. 10-game, all conference. The ACC will throw ND a bone. BYU has three games vs. the Pac-12 so maybe they can work with the conference.

The mid-majors are fucked. The MAC saw about $30M+ evaporate today when the Big Ten shut off non-conference games. Wait until the SEC cuts off the Sun Belt.

In reality this is all a best-case scenario that seems extremely unlikely. Seems like a final plea from college football for people to try to take this shit seriously and work harder toward lowering the numbers.

 

There will not be a single down of college or professional football played in the second half of 2020. I’d put a large amount of money on that bet.

 

Oh my God, real student-athletes!

 

People root for the laundry in college football. The players ultimately don't matter. Sure, it's nice to have a Trevor Lawrence, but any IPTAYer will root for whoever is QB1 for the Tigers.

 

And if there is a spring 2021 college football season, the average sports fan will care nothing about marquee value. He or she will be overjoyed to have something to watch. Ratings would be insane.

 

We've seen schools cash it in with just the "voluntary" workouts - what happens when two-a-days begin?

 

Yes.
To those who echo Trump's whining about test results and who believe the members of the libruhl media are bound and determined to undercut their own careers, I ask this: What happens during the season when one guy tests positive on a team? Under standard protocols, all those who have been in close quarters with that person are supposed to stay home for 14 days. At minimum, shouldn't those quarantine conditions apply to all those who are in the same position meeting room with the infected teammate on a regular basis? And then what? A football team with no offensive linemen? Or, at best, half of its offensive linemen?
Is that the expectation? Or have schools carved out exceptions for football because the show must go on?

 

Once the non-conference games are canceled, do the P5 schools still have to pay out all or part of the guarantee for those games?
If they don't, then going to a conference-only schedule is a pretty shrewd financial move on their part. They don't have to pay out $4 or $5 million each in guarantees for the three or four cupcake games that they would never have recouped without fans in the stands.

 

My understanding is they don't have to pay for those games now that they have been removed from the schedule. This story seems to back that up.

Big Ten decision could cost MAC schools millions

 

Not to mention any previous opponents. Given the lag - one confirmed exposure after week four could involve six to 10 other teams being on lockdown.

 

The NJCAA is recommending moving the junior college football season to the spring.