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ACC announces teams will forfeit games they can't play because of COVID outbreaks

SayWhat said:
I wonder how forfeits and such will work itself into the rankings and ultimately the BCS. Should be interesting to see how it all pans out.
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There’s not going to be any forfeits.

I can only see this happening to a team with like a 10% vaccination rate or lower and I highly doubt any team in the country is around this low of a rate
 
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90scane said:
Per Wiki on how voting/selections are handled:

A team's strength of schedule is one of the most pertinent considerations for the committee in making its selections.[36] Other factors that the committee weighs are conference championships, team records, and head-to-head results,[9] plus other points such as injuries and weather.[37] Unlike the BCS system, the AP Poll, Coaches' Poll, and the Harris Poll, computer rankings are not used to make the selections.[4][20] Advanced statistics and metrics are expected to be submitted to the committee, though like other analytics, they have no formal role in the decision.[38] Committee members are not required to attend games.[35]

We have to assume a P5 with no quality wins would not have a good SoS compared to any SEC team with 10+ wins and the top ACC/B1G teams.
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This is the part I am not prepared to assume. O$U's "quality wins" in their 6-game season last year: a 1 score victory over Indiana and a 12-pt win over NW. But they passed "the eye test" and made it in.
 
What are the COVID rules or requirements a team has to meet each week? Don‘t recall the # what a team travels with but it’s fewer than what the home team dresses. Unless a certain position is decimated by COVID can the walkons and players down the depth chart no fill in? Team at least has a chance by playing the game. Miss St played UGA close (within a TD I believe) last season with around 50 scholarship players.
 
It would be a shame for any team that makes the playoffs to have to forfeit. Ask NC State in the college World Series. They were 2-0 when they had to forfeit.
 
Cryptical Envelopment said:

You're not a moderator. Nor will you ever be, even though it's clearly a life-goal of yours. Take a knee.



You are giving off a powerful odor...it's either "desperation" or "fraud". Or both.



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So long as the team is above the threshold for testing multiple times a week, it won't be an issue. Seemed like the major issue last year, not just us but among college football, was the contact tracing.
 
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90scane said:
I would assume the team with the best ranking would get into the CFP. Who cares about the ACC title at that point!
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Would be great to have the 12-team playoff this year, then BOTH Miami and Clemson could go to the CFP after the both forfeit the ACC-CG...
 
I'd prefer an 8 or 16 team playoff. Doubt we will see this for another few years. Now if the bowl revenue tanks again in 2021 due to Covid, I could see them push this for '22 to help make up for lost revenue.
 
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I didn’t read the rules and the bylaws and everything else - are they going to be testing vaccinated players or not?
 
M3N said:
Whether Miami is 100% or 50% vaccinated.. players can still get covid. Which means we could still potentially have forfeited games depending on vaccinated protocols
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Nah, being over 85% vaccination rates excuses the team from being regularly tested. Negative tests are presumed. So being above 85% is a big deal.
 
gacaneaddict said:
It’s a valid question. Breakthrough cases are happening a lot. How does Covid protocols handle these?
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Should use same protocols we did last season regardless of jabs. I hope we don’t take a risk of thinking jabbed can’t transmit infections. That’s a recipe for multiple forfeitures.
 
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