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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 15:42:13 GMT -5
I don't read into it that deeply. All of those possible postseason things is well into the future. I doubt the B1G would bother playing a regular season within conference and then saying no to bowls, playoff, B1G championship games/tournaments, or NCAA tournaments. The status of the NCAA tournaments is not in their hands. If they have NCAA's, I would be shocked if the B1G says no Except it throws all the means of selection out the window. If the NCAA comes back and says 'you can do this, but we're still going to use RPI' then the Big Ten only gets 2 teams in. Would they refuse out of principle? You're assuming anyone ELSE plays non-conference matches...
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 9, 2020 15:44:21 GMT -5
There goes our chance against Ohio St. at home.
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Post by lionsfan on Jul 9, 2020 15:49:26 GMT -5
Just cancel the dang season already. If they start something, I highly doubt they will finish it. And every single athlete should be able to keep an extra year of eligibility.
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Post by swatson91 on Jul 9, 2020 15:52:22 GMT -5
Agreed, cancel the season, everyone gets another year of elgibility
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 15:52:38 GMT -5
Just cancel the dang season already. If they start something, I highly doubt they will finish it. And every single athlete should be able to keep an extra year of eligibility. At this point, moving it to Spring is still more likely than cancelling for P5 conferences.
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Post by vup on Jul 9, 2020 15:52:39 GMT -5
I've got a Helen Mirren gif where she says, "Hello, I'm Helen Mirren..." I can't seem to find the appropriate thread to post it in. It will come. Just be patient. 🦗
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Post by n00b on Jul 9, 2020 15:52:49 GMT -5
Except it throws all the means of selection out the window. If the NCAA comes back and says 'you can do this, but we're still going to use RPI' then the Big Ten only gets 2 teams in. Would they refuse out of principle? You're assuming anyone ELSE plays non-conference matches... Even if nobody else does, then you don’t use RPI but it’s still 2 teams per conference. 2 from the SWAC, 2 from the Big Ten.
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Post by ay2013 on Jul 9, 2020 16:00:55 GMT -5
What, exactly, is the point of going conferences only? The whole excuse of limiting travel flies out the window when you realize how big of footprint some of these conferences hold. You ain't getting on a bus from Nebraska to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida, or Washington to Arizona. They are all still going to have to walk through airports, get on planes, meet and interact in brand new cities. For Minnesota volleyball, the fact that Penn State plays in the Big 10 while Texas plays in the Big 12 doesn't change ANYTHING regarding COVID-19.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Jul 9, 2020 16:04:00 GMT -5
How many non Big-10 schools will lose a huge chunk of their athletic budget because they won’t get the big $$$ from the non-leave football game? Those incentives can be quite large. Well, given the state of Nebraska football, it might be them not getting money from volleyball this year. You realize this is an idiotic statement right?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 16:04:29 GMT -5
You're assuming anyone ELSE plays non-conference matches... Even if nobody else does, then you don’t use RPI but it’s still 2 teams per conference. 2 from the SWAC, 2 from the Big Ten. Honestly, it would not surprise me if the only schools able to play this season would be P5 conferences. They might just do a 32-team NCAA tournament comprised of all P5 schools for all we know. Just way too soon to know how this plays out. We're in uncharted territory.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 16:07:31 GMT -5
What, exactly, is the point of going conferences only? The whole excuse of limiting travel flies out the window when you realize how big of footprint some of these conferences hold. You ain't getting on a bus from Nebraska to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida, or Washington to Arizona. They are all still going to have to walk through airports, get on planes, meet and interact in brand new cities. For Minnesota volleyball, the fact that Penn State plays in the Big 10 while Texas plays in the Big 12 doesn't change ANYTHING regarding COVID-19. I believe its because they can control testing/results protocol. They don't have any control over how often the Big 12 gets tested, when they get tested, etc. B1G can establish their own set of protocols that will be followed uniformly.
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jul 9, 2020 16:10:30 GMT -5
Poor Rutgers
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Post by Reach on Jul 9, 2020 16:10:40 GMT -5
Is it too late for us all to redshirt 2020?
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 9, 2020 16:13:15 GMT -5
What, exactly, is the point of going conferences only? The whole excuse of limiting travel flies out the window when you realize how big of footprint some of these conferences hold. You ain't getting on a bus from Nebraska to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida, or Washington to Arizona. They are all still going to have to walk through airports, get on planes, meet and interact in brand new cities. For Minnesota volleyball, the fact that Penn State plays in the Big 10 while Texas plays in the Big 12 doesn't change ANYTHING regarding COVID-19. They are saying that the Big Ten has control over the 14 schools. I guess this allows some sort of 'bubble' among those teams where any outbreak with another conference/area of the country would be isolated from these 14 teams. The conference would have complete control over the schedules in case one of the schools needed to opt out or they want to shut down. They have greatly limited the universe to something they think could be more manageable. I think the AD's like the idea of conference only if they are cutting games (especially when thinking in terms of football).
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Post by huskerjen on Jul 9, 2020 16:13:31 GMT -5
What, exactly, is the point of going conferences only? The whole excuse of limiting travel flies out the window when you realize how big of footprint some of these conferences hold. You ain't getting on a bus from Nebraska to Pennsylvania, Texas to Florida, or Washington to Arizona. They are all still going to have to walk through airports, get on planes, meet and interact in brand new cities. For Minnesota volleyball, the fact that Penn State plays in the Big 10 while Texas plays in the Big 12 doesn't change ANYTHING regarding COVID-19. Nebraska players don't walk through airports. That's for peasants.
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