Big 10 Plan for Winter Football

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The Big Ten Conference is beginning to put together a plan for both basketball and football going forward. After postponing their football season but still allowing student athletes to remain on campus and workout with their teams, football is now being discussed as a winter sport.

The current working plan, which has not been put up for a vote with the university presidents or finalized by medical personnel, is for Big Ten schools to play eight league games beginning at, or near, the beginning of the New Year.

By starting around Jan. 1, the thought is that the league would be able to play eight league games over the course of January and February with a potential Big Ten Championship Game taking place in early March.

By finishing around March 1, it would leave six months for athletes to recover in time for the next football season, which is being approached as medically acceptable recovery time between two seasons.

As of now, according to a league wide call, a spring season is seen as untenable even in a shortened form because of the fall of 2021, and the desire of the league to keep that season fully intact.

Within this plan, the Big Ten would use domed stadiums in St. Louis, Minnesota, Indianapolis and Detroit, as well as possibly one other site, to host the games.

Multiple games would be hosted per day at each site, so that the travel would be limited. This applies to not only players, but to television crews who would be at those sites to potentially broadcast NFL games the next day.

The Big Ten told the conference's coaches that they feel competition is possible due to advances in testing, notably SalivaDirect, which would allow day of testing for all athletes involved in the competition.

Along with football, men’s basketball is also beginning to discuss options, but the first priority is figuring out how to handle the football season, and the games that come with it.

Options for men’s basketball include playing in late-November, though that is not likely to happen, at least of now.

A concurrent January start with football is seen as more likely. This would again be possible due to the rapid testing. No specifics on games and where they would be hosted have been discussed in a formal manner for men’s basketball, but that is set to be discussed coming up.

As long as football happens in the winter, basketball is going to be set to play as well. Big Ten basketball head coaches, who all were a part of a two plus hour phone call Thursday indicated that ultimately the NCAA and what parameters they set for the NCAA Tournament will make the call, and the league will have to follow their lead.
 
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NOT OFFICIAL - first proposal

The Big Ten Conference is beginning to put together a plan for both basketball and football going forward. After postponing their football season but still allowing student athletes to remain on campus and workout with their teams, football is now being discussed as a winter sport.

The current working plan, which has not been put up for a vote with the university presidents or finalized by medical personnel, is for Big Ten schools to play eight league games beginning at, or near, the beginning of the New Year.

By starting around Jan. 1, the thought is that the league would be able to play eight league games over the course of January and February with a potential Big Ten Championship Game taking place in early March.

By finishing around March 1, it would leave six months for athletes to recover in time for the next football season, which is being approached as medically acceptable recovery time between two seasons.

As of now, according to a league wide call, a spring season is seen as untenable even in a shortened form because of the fall of 2021, and the desire of the league to keep that season fully intact.

Within this plan, the Big Ten would use domed stadiums in St. Louis, Minnesota, Indianapolis and Detroit, as well as possibly one other site, to host the games.

Multiple games would be hosted per day at each site, so that the travel would be limited. This applies to not only players, but to television crews who would be at those sites to potentially broadcast NFL games the next day.

The Big Ten told the conference's coaches that they feel competition is possible due to advances in testing, notably SalivaDirect, which would allow day of testing for all athletes involved in the competition.

Along with football, men’s basketball is also beginning to discuss options, but the first priority is figuring out how to handle the football season, and the games that come with it.

Options for men’s basketball include playing in late-November, though that is not likely to happen, at least of now.

A concurrent January start with football is seen as more likely. This would again be possible due to the rapid testing. No specifics on games and where they would be hosted have been discussed in a formal manner for men’s basketball, but that is set to be discussed coming up.

As long as football happens in the winter, basketball is going to be set to play as well. Big Ten basketball head coaches, who all were a part of a two plus hour phone call Thursday indicated that ultimately the NCAA and what parameters they set for the NCAA Tournament will make the call, and the league will have to follow their lead.
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If ACC, SEC, Big 12 manage to pull off a fall season, the Big 10 and PAC 12 will not only look weak, but will suffer greatly in the 2021 season because of injuries and the like.

I hope it hurts OSU the most.
 
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Big 12 and PAC-10:
It won't happen this fall.
It's untenable to happen in January and February. Many players will opt out, many more will bypass directly to the NFL.
It's questionable if it will happen next fall, barring an effective vaccine

Imagine the effect on recruiting and team strength if these teams fail to play for two consecutive years.
 
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If ACC, SEC, Big 12 manage to pull off a fall season, the Big 10 and PAC 12 will not only look weak, but will suffer greatly in the 2021 season because of injuries and the like.

I hope it hurts OSU the most.
Them trying to pull this off all revolves around recruiting...

Recruiting is the lifeblood of College Football & the B1G realizes they made a grave mistake by cancelling Fall football.

Winter/Spring ball especially for the B1G is going to be a completely 2nd class product that looks like trash on the field, because the majority of the star players will opt-out & unless they agree to play all their games in an enclosed stadium, Winter time football in B1G country is going to be horrid.

All the Big 3 has to do is hold firm for 3 more weeks & The Big WEAK 2 conference will look like the biggest idiots in College football history.
 
This is uproariously funny and pathetic at the same time.

I mean this is a lie to the players faces and a slap to college football‘s face. Nobody thinks this is going to actually happen. Even the Little-10 doesn’t believe it’s going to happen.

What absurdity!

Either shlt or get off the pot, play in the fall or don’t play at all.
 
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Idiots, the lot them, them and anyone else trying to prevent the natural spike of the virus. It's way past that, let it spike sooner than later - and get one with life and football.
 
They should of moved the season UP, not back.. We should be playing this weekend. They drop the ball.
 
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BigPussy looking more disorganized and hapless by the day. It’s a new plan every week for these weathervane rudderless pukes. NExt week, BigPussy will be playing a 3 game super season condensed to 5 minutes in the local ICU. All players hooked to ventilators with a remdesivir drip.

Bernie, get in here and cape for your conference.
 
BigPussy looking more disorganized and hapless by the day. It’s a new plan every week for these weathervane rudderless pukes. NExt week, BigPussy will be playing a 3 game super season condensed to 5 minutes in the local ICU. All players hooked to ventilators with a remdesivir drip.

Bernie, get in here and cape for your conference.
Lol.. How are high schools able to play and the freaking big pu$ with all the money they make and generate had no plan and just threw their hands up and say everybody stay home?

This game was last week, lmaooo

 
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