College Football

[Nick12]

The Big 10 and Pac 12 could be the smartest guys in the room by not playing if Covid gets worse with college football.

[LRDave]

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Originally Posted by GTFan Crap schedule today, only a couple of games worth my interest and I don't anticipate them being good (main one being my Yellow Jackets most likely losing to FSU, I just hope they look better than last year). Real football won't start until SEC kicks off in a couple of weeks.

Go Jackets!

Sloppy play and many play stoppages due to on-field "injuries". What you would expect with so little "training camp" time.

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by LRDave Go Jackets! Sloppy play and many play stoppages due to on-field "injuries". What you would expect with so little "training camp" time.

Also there were some weather delays due to lightening but a win is a win for Georgia Tech.

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by Nick12 The Big 10 and Pac 12 could be the smartest guys in the room by not playing if Covid gets worse with college football.

Time will tell on this. At UNC it helps that dorms are closed to most students and classes are online and the football players are in a "bubble." But we shall see. The big controversy from yesterday's game is that the NC governor would not let the player's families attend (except for 25 parents of senior football players). NC only allows 50 people to attend outside events and the county where UNC is located has reduced that number to 25.

[street]

I'm a FCS league fan a big step down from the teams most here follow. Being from a very rural area the FCS is big for us.
I will miss the fall program for FCS teams but will play in the spring as of now.
NFL is to much commercialized and political for me, so not interested.

[Dawg52]

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Originally Posted by harllee Time will tell on this. At UNC it helps that dorms are closed to most students and classes are online and the football players are in a "bubble." But we shall see. The big controversy from yesterday's game is that the NC governor would not let the player's families attend (except for 25 parents of senior football players). NC only allows 50 people to attend outside events and the county where UNC is located has reduced that number to 25.

So many different rules around the country. I was watching a Champions Tour event yesterday and they allowed 5k spectors in to view the golf. This is in South Dakota with low covid rates. And a few football games yesterday had several thousand fans scattered throughout the stadiums. Not allowing families at the NC game seems silly.

[Tiger8693]

Watched Clemson v. Wake last night. Pretty much just a shake the cobwebs off game, and once again Trevor Lawrence playing three quarters. A lot of true freshmen starting in that game for Clemson on the Offensive and Defensive lines. Should be another good year for them. Glad to see some movement toward normalcy, and that's all I'll say about that.

[Midpack]

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Originally Posted by Dawg52 So many different rules around the country. I was watching a Champions Tour event yesterday and they allowed 5k spectors in to view the golf. This is in South Dakota with low covid rates. And a few football games yesterday had several thousand fans scattered throughout the stadiums. Not allowing families at the NC game seems silly.

Yeah, the US is about 4% of the world’s population and we have 21% of the Covid deaths. So we should ease up on large gatherings since we’re doing so well, after all watching football in person is essential. Especially with a significant segment of the population not wearing masks or social distancing in public. Who cares how long the infections and deaths go on.

[MichaelB]

Any chance we can keep this thread from being infected by COVID?

[eytonxav]

I am an LSU (SEC) fan so waiting for them to start, but I did watch some of the Clemson/Wake Forest game last night. Interesting that the Rajun Cajans beat Iowa State. Much prefer college football vs NFL.

[Nick12]

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Originally Posted by Tiger8693 Watched Clemson v. Wake last night. Pretty much just a shake the cobwebs off game, and once again Trevor Lawrence playing three quarters. A lot of true freshmen starting in that game for Clemson on the Offensive and Defensive lines. Should be another good year for them. Glad to see some movement toward normalcy, and that's all I'll say about that.

Trevor should have left early if he was eligible for the NFL. Playing in these uncertain times and risk of getting injured can ruin his future.

[Tiger8693]

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Originally Posted by Nick12 Trevor should have left early if he was eligible for the NFL. Playing in these uncertain times and risk of getting injured can ruin his future.

Please stay away from this kind of conversation. Would like to be able to have a college football thread stay open.

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by Nick12 Trevor should have left early if he was eligible for the NFL. Playing in these uncertain times and risk of getting injured can ruin his future.

Trevor is not eligible for the draft until 2021 which is unfortunate for the rest of the ACC teams.

[Dawg52]

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Originally Posted by Midpack Yeah, the US is about 4% of the world’s population and we have 21% of the Covid deaths. So we should ease up on large gatherings since we’re doing so well, after all watching football in person is essential. Especially with a significant segment of the population not wearing masks or social distancing in public. Who cares how long the infections and deaths go on.

You stretched what I was saying quite a bit but not surprising.

[RunningBum]

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Originally Posted by MichaelB Any chance we can keep this thread from being infected by COVID?

Yes, please!

[Ronstar]

I like Illini football. I liked Lovie Smith as the Bears coach and now with the Illini.

[Tom52]

Sounds like there is s good chance Big 10 football will start on October 17th. Go Hawks!

[harllee]

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Originally Posted by Tom52 Sounds like there is s good chance Big 10 football will start on October 17th. Go Hawks!

Tom, that would be great for all the Big 10 teams, where are you hearing this?

[John Galt III]

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Originally Posted by harllee John, since Penn State is in the Big 10 they have to do what the Big 10 says to do. The Big 10 delayed football weeks ago. I just saw today that the Big 10 will be announcing a decision about football in the next 72 hours. If the Big 10 decides to play I would think a new shortened schedule for each team will be announced. There is a lot of info about all this on the Penn State Football message board (google that and it will take you to it). I hope that the Big 10 teams get to play and that all the teams stay safe and get in a season.

Harllee, thanks for the directions to the Penn State Football message board. I'm going to check it out! I wasn't getting any useful info from my own googling. "WE ARE..."

[Nick12]

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Originally Posted by harllee Tom, that would be great for all the Big 10 teams, where are you hearing this?

Coach Greg S of Rutgers is back. They've fallen on hard times but second time back rehired with better recruiting classes could bring back the winning seasons when Coach was there the first fime.