TCU / SMU already canceled/postponed which was basically the only interesting game of the first 2 weeks

THis has to destroy the minutia of morale left in the downtrodden TCU scout team. They let themselves be used as tackling dummies for years in case a situation like this arises. The lottery ticket falls from heaven onto the field. And their team would rather cancel the game then let Rudy play meaningful minutes.

Lol thinking the playoffs will actually happen.

The ratio of sports fans who claim “omg what a great lawsuit” to actually solid, winning lawsuits is like 1 million to 1.

College athletes are getting tested more than anyone in the country, and are not only able to say “I dont want to play” but can do so and still go to school for free. Professors cant do that, janitors cant, etc - only players. What about “you dont have to play if you dont want to” is so hard for you to grasp?

If you think the “some of these schools” have more football players positive with the virus than non-football players, and if you think that the activity of football has led to the virus being present where otherwise it would not be, then please show your work.

Of all the students voluntarily choosing to be on campuses all around the country Id say NCAA football players are at the low end of risk. Unless of course you think all the Sigma Nus and Kappa Deltas at places like Michigan are exercising the same degrees of care as we are seeing in athletic departments.

When scholarships get nuked next year for the players sitting out and going to school for "free", they'll have some lawsuits.

Class.

OK, yesterday in a completely empty stadium Navy got slaughtered by BYU and they’re thinking “no live scrimmages or contact drills” may have been a factor. I gather the coach wants to see if they can kick things up a notch, risk-wise, in order to have a chance at competing.

And the Southern Miss coach quit(?) yesterday on the heals of losing at home to [shudder] USA [/shudder] as a 2 touchdown favorite. That’s...somewhat unusual given he’d done pretty well for four years.

If it continues, it is certainly going to be an odd season. I’m not sure I’ll bet any team until I’ve seen them in at least one game, just to see if they have any business being on the field at all.

I feel like this early season feels like the perfect time for the GoldenBears underdog Moneyline strategy

I think something more is going on with that USM coach quitting like that. Just a hunch based on thin air. Perhaps he realized that he could kill a relative by continuing to work or something like that. I have no idea, but I refuse to accept that a season-opening ass-kicking persuaded him to give up.

Certainly could be, I’ve seen no explanation actually floated. Possibly could just be this season looks like more of a pita than it’s worth (especially given at $500,000 it’s a pretty low paying gig).

I kinda’ feel like doing a weekly thread, unless someone else is already working on one. Will get it up tonight or in the morning.

Doubt there is enough volume for there to be a need for a weekly thread, but go for it.

Why not just do a season thread given that this season is gonna be well... pretty ****ing weird. Not sure there is gonna be enough interest for a weekly thread given that half the teams aren’t playing. Just my 2 cents

That’ll make it half the work though. Plus it’s still a chance to take a weekly shot at Notre Dame and Georgia. Georgia; a team so corrupt they can only be trusted to not steal a red hot stove.

Whoever starts it give a rundown on which teams are not playing and some of the abnormal schedules.imo.

In a few weeks it is likely to be only half the players of half the teams playing.

The weekly shot at ND is a very persuasive argument. An occasional shot at UGA is gravy. Plus the SEC playing no out of conference cupcakes at all is going to make things very interesting for LSU and Bama.

I'm in!

I like season threads because I almost never venture outside of my subscribed threads page on here anymore.

Generally the 4rum chat is as unbalanced as national media coverage. It's not an 80:20 rule but more like 95% of the posts are about 5% of the programs. It would be generous to say that 1 in 5 teams with realistic national title hopes are sitting out.

How about I post here when the thread is up. Because it is:


https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/4.../#post56503875