What will the 2020 season look like?

[Milktruck74]

There has been a ton of discussions about this already, but I'm a data guy and would like to see the board's thoughts collectively on this, so what do you think the season will look like?

[JALMOND]

I'm thinking there will be a season, but with a small amount of fan support, if any. (I'm thinking as of now, no fans at all).

[Sader87]

Sadly, I'm more and more of the belief there won't be (an FCS anyway) a season in 2020....just far too many variables, contingencies etc. to make it feasible.

[DFW HOYA]

Sadly, I'm more and more of the belief there won't be (an FCS anyway) a season in 2020....just far too many variables, contingencies etc. to make it feasible.

That may be prevailing wisdom at the Crossports board, though you're probably among the younger posters there and older fans have a different view on this than someone from the class of 2014.

But if there is no vaccine, are we prepared to end all sports, all movies, all church, all assemblies of any kind for 2, 4, 8 years?

[Sader87]

That may be prevailing wisdom at the Crossports board, though you're probably among the younger posters there and older fans have a different view on this than someone from the class of 2014.

But if there is no vaccine, are we prepared to end all sports, all movies, all church, all assemblies of any kind for 2, 4, 8 years?

LOL...Holy Cross easily has the oldest fan-base in the country...we have maybe 7 fans under 50.

I just think most schools are going to take a pass on 2020, and hopefully get back to some sort of normalcy (vaccine or not) next year.

[lionsrking2]

Nobody knows. All four options are real possibilities.

[favorite football fan]

But since the poll asked just one option, I am going to go out on a limb and place bets on each one of them as per percentage likelihood.

Business as usual. 11 game season with no changes. 0% Odds 100/1
Mostly the same,little changes, just less fans. 5% Odds 75/1
very different, Reduced schedules, no playoffs, etc 45% Odds 3/1
There will not be a 2020 Season!!! 50% Odds 2/1

Over-under on games....under 7 total games with no playoffs for FCS

[100%GRIZ]

But since the poll asked just one option, I am going to go out on a limb and place bets on each one of them as per percentage likelihood.

Business as usual. 11 game season with no changes. 0% Odds 100/1
Mostly the same,little changes, just less fans. 5% Odds 75/1
very different, Reduced schedules, no playoffs, etc 45% Odds 3/1
There will not be a 2020 Season!!! 50% Odds 2/1

Over-under on games....under 7 total games with no playoffs for FCS
Man I got to agree with the % that you have given!

[Milktruck74]

But since the poll asked just one option, I am going to go out on a limb and place bets on each one of them as per percentage likelihood.

Business as usual. 11 game season with no changes. 0% Odds 100/1
Mostly the same,little changes, just less fans. 5% Odds 75/1
very different, Reduced schedules, no playoffs, etc 45% Odds 3/1
There will not be a 2020 Season!!! 50% Odds 2/1

Over-under on games....under 7 total games with no playoffs for FCS

I've never wanted anyone to be as WRONG as I hope you are!!!! But I'm afraid you my have some solid thought behind your percentages.

[mvemjsunpx]

I think it's going to be the Spring, 2021 season… hopefully.

[Raven Maniac]

I think you may be right about playoffs but I think the FCS as a whole, like the FBS, will decide what the season will look like on a conference by conference basis. I can see some conferences playing a full or partial season. West Coast and North East probably will sit out. Of course everything we say here is opinion and what happens will be a surprise to most of us.


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[favorite football fan]

I think you may be right about playoffs but I think the FCS as a whole, like the FBS, will decide what the season will look like on a conference by conference basis. I can see some conferences playing a full or partial season. West Coast and North East probably will sit out. Of course everything we say here is opinion and what happens will be a surprise to most of us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I picked up a quote from a show called Ancient Aliens in which one of the leaders of the ancient astronaut hypothesis suggested: IF we do find out if extra-terrestrials exist, we will all have gotten it wrong. I believe you are totally correct in that no matter what happens, we ALL will have small elements of being correct but mostly we will ALL be wrong.

[favorite football fan]

I've never wanted anyone to be as WRONG as I hope you are!!!! But I'm afraid you my have some solid thought behind your percentages.

Nothing special; just compiling lots of sources together and synthesizing information such as websites covering higher education, athletics, public health, opinion, talk radio, conspiracy theory and current politics and current events with the attempt to eliminate, as much as possible, personal bias with the benefit of past history with a touch of prognosticating of potential future events unfolding. A lot of descriptive data with a little quantitative data with very little experimental data. No different than the Doomsday Clock from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as when the situation changes, the percentages of guesstimate changes. There is no science behind the Doomsday Clock but pure speculation no different than the Drake Equation but provides a launching point.
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Drake-Equation.jpg31666

It would have been interesting to have done your poll on a monthly basis from when this whole thing started to gauge if differences would have existed. I would do this same poll in three weeks and see what changes.

[ElCid]

Nothing special; just compiling lots of sources together and synthesizing information such as websites covering higher education, athletics, public health, opinion, talk radio, conspiracy theory and current politics and current events with the attempt to eliminate, as much as possible, personal bias with the benefit of past history with a touch of prognosticating of potential future events unfolding. A lot of descriptive data with a little quantitative data with very little experimental data. No different than the Doomsday Clock from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as when the situation changes, the percentages of guesstimate changes. There is no science behind the Doomsday Clock but pure speculation no different than the Drake Equation but provides a launching point.
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Drake-Equation.jpg31666

It would have been interesting to have done your poll on a monthly basis from when this whole thing started to gauge if differences would have existed. I would do this same poll in three weeks and see what changes.

Yup, the Drake equation has inputs which are mostly subjective. And those inputs may not even be the correct determining factors. So it is garbage in, and garbage out. Launching pad? OK. Better than nothing, but probably not very accurate.:D

[ElCid]

I keep going back and forth. Every time I think I got a bead on this season, another variable pops up. I still think we play ball, but there will be holes created by some schools or governing authorities who are risk averse in the extreme. And that will will result in a chain reaction here and there. If someone was to say expect to play 9 or 10 games, I couldn't dispute it at this point. But we still got two full months. Everything can change in that time. Which way is the key. But I am pretty sure we will have a big ole asterisks on this season.

[favorite football fan]

Man I got to agree with the % that you have given!

I believe the clues are all around. Here are some just today.
This is a clue: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/25/wealthier-colleges-can-offer-more-protection-covid-19-cash-strapped-peers

Here is another clue: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/25/update-fall-semester-plans-amid-virus

This COULD play into the equation: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29355315/us-senator-murphy-draymond-green-college-sports-return-business-usual

And this is important: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29364545/malcolm-jenkins-virus-risk-football-non-essential

Here is another clue: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/25/moodys-documents-likely-enrollment-effects-state-if-students-stay-close-home

Yet another clue: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/25/ncaa-conference-limit-marching-bands-and-cheerleaders

And another: https://www.chronicle.com/article/At-One-Flagship-Coronavirus/249054?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_1b

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/6551262-Bresciani-I-sure-hope-there-will-be-NDSU-football-this-year


NDSU's President issuing a statement like this is just another reason why I'm not optimistic about this season.

I can see no fans and no tailgating this year....xsmhx

[favorite football fan]

Another clue: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29369877/16-302-nba-players-test-positive-coronavirus

1. Those 16 players were part of a pool of 302 tested on Tuesday -- a 5.3% rate of positive tests leaguewide.
2. Any player who tested positive will remain in self-isolation until he satisfies public health protocols for discontinuing isolation and has been cleared by a physician.

Additional clue:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29365694/nba-players-briefed-security-planning-orlando-restart
3. In addition, Orange and Osceola County sheriff's offices will have a presence at team hotels and at the three arenas being used at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. The Florida Highway Patrol will escort team buses to and from games.

Now remember, they are ALL in ONE location: Orlando to play. I find #3 fascinating.

I do not know how to link this up, but if you go to espn.com there are a couple of video's of Paul Finebaum and Laura Rutledge talking about "will college football be played?" In the video's they say some interesting things that offer clues:
a. timelines keep being pushed to the edge and changed and shifting;
b. the SEC have 15 to 20 contingency plans;
c. Finebaum thinks likelihood of college football being "delayed" is possible; and that word "delayed" can equal "cancelled."

And to show you how the madness keeps on going:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29367236/giants-program-display-cutout-images-fans-stands

The San Francisco Giants (https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/sf/san-francisco-giants) are doing their part to ensure their fans' presence will be felt when baseball returns next month -- at least in print form.

Cut out images? In the stands? Hmmm....cut out images of fans tailgating? Give that "real" feel of a college game?

[favorite football fan]

https://www.inforum.com/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/football/6551262-Bresciani-I-sure-hope-there-will-be-NDSU-football-this-year NDSU's President issuing a statement like this is just another reason why I'm not optimistic about this season. I can see no fans and no tailgating this year....xsmhx

I predict NDSU/Oregon does not happen.

[FUBeAR]

Not FCS...but not boding well...

https://twitter.com/maroontigers/status/1276517106197172225

[favorite football fan]

Not FCS...but not boding well...

Morehouse is a D2 program. But if we recall, it was the Ivy League that cancelled their tournament/season and then the dominoes started to fall.

This (below) is not related to FCS football but is indicative of what could affect FCS.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-close-bars-limit-restaurant-dining-due-explosion-covid-19-n1232233

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the bar shutdown as the state health department reported 8,942 new COVID-19 cases, shattering the previous record of 5,508 set just two days ago.

What university wants to be the "epicenter" of an outbreak?

Today's prediction based on all news (and yes, I have factored in the media bias): 60% chance of There will not be a 2020 Season!!!

[favorite football fan]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29370349/morehouse-cancels-football-season-due-coronavirus-pandemic

This maybe the first domino to fall. In the video embedded, Stephen A. Smith makes some very valid points that I had not considered before.

Today's prediction based on all news (and yes, I have factored in the media bias): up 5 percentage point to 65% chance of There will not be a 2020 Season!!!

[favorite football fan]

And the news keeps on getting worse.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29370648/texas-tech-football-players-staff-had-23-test-positive-coronavirus-2-yet-recover

With two yet to recover with no hospitalization. Sure, a few of you will indicate but 21/23 recovered after isolation for 10 days....that means that it is not deadly. Very true....but woe to ye who has the first student-athlete football player who requires hospitalization. Woe to thee who has to respond to the first media critic of a student-athlete, who may have sickle cell anemia and get C19. Or the student-athlete, because of C19 suddenly get T1DM (that's type 1 diabetes for those of you in Rio Linda).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7264585/pdf/BJH-9999-na.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237369/pdf/main.pdf


Triple woe to thee who has to write the letter to the family members of the student-athlete if that person dies. THIS is why I think that the football season is gone for this year. The risk-adverse nature of college presidents indicates they do not want to take the chance as there is a lawyer salivating to take on the case. And the media scrutiny? In this day and age with all that is going on socially? Better to cancel and say you were playing it safe than to regret making the decision to play.

Updated prediction:
Business as usual. 11 game season with no changes. 0%
Mostly the same,little changes, just less fans. <1%
very different, Reduced schedules, no playoffs, etc 30%
There will not be a 2020 Season!!! >69%

over-under on games, less than 3 games, will dump the season.

[favorite football fan]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29371568/14-players-test-positive-coronavirus

Clemson announced Friday that 14 football players tested positive for the coronavirus over the past week, bringing the total number of cases on the team over the past month to 37 -- roughly one-third of the roster.

I guess we can still play, with no fans, mostly the same, and have a full slate of games, maybe some minor changes, like, oh, I don't know, temperature checks?

Next man up as one poster here stated.

Think of all the antibodies that are being generated by this team; they will be invincible come kickoff for the first game and any virus on the other team that could get transmitted to the Clemson team, will simply bounce off of them. Clemson is my #1 pre-season pick for the FBS National Championship.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

I predict NDSU/Oregon does not happen.


I'd say it is about 90% it doesn't happen....xsmhx

[Bisonoline]

Im hedging that way also.

[DFW HOYA]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29371568/14-players-test-positive-coronavirus

Think of all the antibodies that are being generated by this team; they will be invincible come kickoff for the first game and any virus on the other team that could get transmitted to the Clemson team, will simply bounce off of them. Clemson is my #1 pre-season pick for the FBS National Championship.

In theory, a third of the team would have a form of herd immunity.

[favorite football fan]

In theory, a third of the team would have a form of herd immunity.

In theory. But what college prez and AD want to have to explain the "theory of herd immunity" at a press conference?

Reporter: how do you account for the high number of students with C19 and yet you plan on playing against Georgia Tech on 9/3?

AD: we are operating on the theory of herd immunity. Since this summer, exposing our student-athletes to the virus, we have developed an immunity
to this disease; our student-athletes need to play, they want to play and we are going to play. Right now, we have no one in isolation but are testing every 6 hours.

Reporter: herd immunity?

AD: yes, herd immunity; I am not a doctor but that's what the public health people said. They are big Clemson fans. Several have season tickets.

Reporter: what about the rest of the student body?

AD: we are not concerned about them. I have donors and tickets to sell and a fan base that is telling me to play because they are bored and want to see Tiger football played. They want life to return to normal.

Reporter: what about your football players interacting with these students?

AD: again, we do not care about the regular student body; that's the responsibility of student health, not athletics; they should not be on campus anyway and should be at home taking their classes online.

Reporter: is there pressure to be concerned about the health of the student body?

AD: look man, I got real pressure here from fans and donors and we gotta bring in that revenue; we gotta play; who do you thinks pays for all this stuff? If it weren't for football, we would be some backwater NAIA school that you would have never heard of.

Reporter: Coach Dabo, what your thoughts?

Dabo: (enter theme to Andy Griffith) aw shucks, I'm just a football coach, a rich coach, but a coach nonetheless. My guys just want to play some ball, get out there and hit someone with full pads and just, aw shucks, I am, we are, and I know we aren't supposed to be here, but were just little old Clemson, but we are, and I am, but how 'bout them Tigers?

Reporter: what are your thoughts on this theory of herd immunity?

Dabo: look, my hearing is jus' fine as I just heard about all this covid 19 stuff, but golly gee, I am and we are, just trying to get ready to play some football and we are going to get ready for Georgia Tech. We will worry about the Marshall Thundering Herd after we get done playing a very good Georgia Tech team. My guys are itching to play some ball.

[unknown3]

Problem with that is, it's been said that the antibodies only last 2 months. Therefore, they and anyone around them could just catch it again.

[ElCid]

Problem with that is, it's been said that the antibodies only last 2 months. Therefore, they and anyone around them could just catch it again.

There is no definitive scientific conclusion in this area yet, just some anecdotal evidence and speculation. I'll wait for the long term scientific studies.

[Gangtackle11]

1st college program in NJ to cancel fall sports.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nj.com/mercer/2020/06/coronavirus-cancels-football-basketball-other-fall-sports-at-tcnj.html%3FoutputType%3Damp

[MR. CHICKEN]

31668....AH'M GOIN'........NO 2020 FCS SEASON........WHEN STUDENTS MOVE IN......."HEY 19".........RUNS THRU 'EM.......LIKE BAD MEXICAN LETTUCE.....xsighx......AWK!

[Raven Maniac]

There are 3 numbers you have to look at.

Positive test
Hospitalization
Deaths

The first tests out were only 60% accurate. I don't know what they are now but not 100%.

Hospital beds are what the government is worried about.

Deaths are down. By December whether we play are not I bet not one football player will die from COVID.


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[favorite football fan]

1st college program in NJ to cancel fall sports.

Another domino has fallen; get ready for the next one. This is what this is going to do.


https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FatIncompatibleIndusriverdolphin-small.gif

[favorite football fan]

Not football, but college sports nonetheless but I believe gives a clue on how this can/will affect football. It provides a clue as to how the process works.
This will throw an entire campus with the contract tracing in place. Thus, coupling the NCAA's thought that "if it is not safe for the entire campus to return and if there are no students on campus, there will be no athletics."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29361961/entire-grand-canyon-men-basketball-team-quarantined-due-coronavirus

1. Grand Canyon (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2253/grand-canyon-antelopes)'s entire men's basketball team has been placed in quarantine after four players and two support staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
2. All 14 players and two student managers are in quarantine at a designated on-campus residence hall for the next two weeks​

3. Players began reporting for voluntary individual workouts last week and were quarantined for 72 hours pending results of coronavirus tests and physicals. Four players who were asymptomatic tested positive at the end of the 72 hours and remained in quarantine while contact tracing was conducted.
4. Players who tested negative also remained in quarantine as a precaution and will be tested again. The two support staffers who tested positive will remain at home for two weeks.

[POD Knows]

There will not be a 2020 season, no way, no how. #BOOKIT

[JacksFan40]

I think they’ll play but will have limited attendance if any. This can work in the FCS as most play in front of half empty stadiums besides NDSU and the Montana’s. This will not work in the P5 though so honestly I don’t really know.

[favorite football fan]

I think they’ll play but will have limited attendance if any. This can work in the FCS as most play in front of half empty stadiums besides NDSU and the Montana’s. This will not work in the P5 though so honestly I don’t really know.

This makes things ever the more interesting.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-outbreak-at-michigan-college-bar-infects-85-people

Local health officials are now advising those who visited Harper's Restaurant and Brew Pub, near Michigan State University's (https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education/college) campus in Lansing, between June 12 and June 22 to self-quarantine for 14 days and get tested for COVID-19.

The keywords here are: exposure, infection, young people, college town, college bar. This is going to factor into the thinking.

And they expect college football players to NOT go out to bars? Never seen too many fights among college football players break out at a church pot luck dinner.

[favorite football fan]

And this does not help matters most. We are talking about a P5 school.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/At-One-Flagship-Coronavirus/249054?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest

The president, Robert L. Caslen, attributed the cases — an increase of 79 in eight days — to off-campus gatherings in nearby neighborhoods and bars.

The university's flagship campus as of June 21 had counted 204 student cases — a cumulative total going back to March. But in recent days, the count has risen quickly. It was at 125 cases on June 13 and at 174 cases on June 15, Caslen said.

Past the point of “acceptable risk,” Caslen said, the university would disperse and return online.
“I define unacceptable risk as this virus has spread not just on the college campus but off the college campus, into the community,” he said. That would lead to patients' exceeding hospital capacity and fatalities, he said, and the university would be required to move back online. “Nobody wants that.”

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Best case scenario will be no fans at games IMO.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

There are 3 numbers you have to look at.

Positive test
Hospitalization
Deaths

The first tests out were only 60% accurate. I don't know what they are now but not 100%.

Hospital beds are what the government is worried about.

Deaths are down. By December whether we play are not I bet not one football player will die from COVID.


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I've said this a couple of times over the past few months but just because young people are way less likely to die from it they are showing a lot of problems after the fact. This was first reported with young people and middle aged people out of China before we were really in the throws of this thing. This can and will ruin a lot of young athletes.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/lifelong-lung-damage-the-serious-covid-19-complication-that-can-hit-people-in-their-20s
(https://www.healthline.com/health-news/lifelong-lung-damage-the-serious-covid-19-complication-that-can-hit-people-in-their-20s)
If it takes many months for people of all ages just to get lung capacity, just lung capacity back then I think it is gonna put a real damper on things. If more major long term effects are likely then it is much worse. I really, really hope you are right and that we don't lose a single player from COVID but damn that is not all we should be worried about I don't think.

[favorite football fan]

I've said this a couple of times over the past few months but just because young people are way less likely to die from it they are showing a lot of problems after the fact. This was first reported with young people and middle aged people out of China before we were really in the throws of this thing. This can and will ruin a lot of young athletes.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/lifelong-lung-damage-the-serious-covid-19-complication-that-can-hit-people-in-their-20s

If it takes many months for people of all ages just to get lung capacity, just lung capacity back then I think it is gonna put a real damper on things. If more major long term effects are likely then it is much worse. I really, really hope you are right and that we don't lose a single player from COVID but damn that is not all we should be worried about I don't think.

Thus, it is the potential long term disability or potential thereof, not the death statistics. Sure, the media is making it out to be "get covid and you will die." With a 98% recovery rate, the question of what are the long term consequences and prognosis to be of a young person?

And what college prez or head coach wants to have to explain this to the parent/guardian? AND who wants to explain this to someone who is banking on a potential professional career? Oh sure, this is FCS. If we are worried about a pro career then the NAIA schools will be playing and we know those folks do not even get an invite to a workout and the FBS schools will hold out.

BUT, there is a greedy lawyer out there just itching to take on a school who they think has deep pockets. And the media exposure? Who wants that?
Can you just imagine the headlines?

This just in:
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-coronavirus-side-effects-months-later

Rudy Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus back in March -- and over three months later, the Utah Jazz star says he still hasn’t fully recovered.Still, Gobert said he fully intended to play for Utah when the NBA season is set to resume at the end of July in Orlando, Fla.

But here is the typical attitude of a few people here who are holding out all hope of a normal season: Bu' dis is foo-ball!!!You do not need to smell or taste anything in foo-ball!!! Next man up. Let's play!!! Just keep the players together by position, you will limit the exposure. Just put them in isolation for 14 days, no biggee. No need to practice all together. Who cares if you can taste or smell anything? Might be an advantage if you are eating at the school cafeteria. I want to see my team play!!!!

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Thus, it is the potential long term disability or potential thereof, not the death statistics. Sure, the media is making it out to be "get covid and you will die." With a 98% recovery rate, the question of what are the long term consequences and prognosis to be of a young person?

And what college prez or head coach wants to have to explain this to the parent/guardian? AND who wants to explain this to someone who is banking on a potential professional career? Oh sure, this is FCS. If we are worried about a pro career then the NAIA schools will be playing and we know those folks do not even get an invite to a workout and the FBS schools will hold out.

BUT, there is a greedy lawyer out there just itching to take on a school who they think has deep pockets. And the media exposure? Who wants that?
Can you just imagine the headlines?

This just in:
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-coronavirus-side-effects-months-later

Rudy Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus back in March -- and over three months later, the Utah Jazz star says he still hasn’t fully recovered.Still, Gobert said he fully intended to play for Utah when the NBA season is set to resume at the end of July in Orlando, Fla.

But here is the typical attitude of a few people here who are holding out all hope of a normal season: Bu' dis is foo-ball!!!You do not need to smell or taste anything in foo-ball!!! Next man up. Let's play!!! Just keep the players together by position, you will limit the exposure. Just put them in isolation for 14 days, no biggee. No need to practice all together. Who cares if you can taste or smell anything? Might be an advantage if you are eating at the school cafeteria. I want to see my team play!!!!

Why do we always have skimlinks in your posts? I don't really need a spam style link to fox news embedded in a name or topic fwiw so let's go ahead and cut that out.

But as I've said before, I agree it seems unlikely and even if it were to happen it seems like a pretty bad idea currently.

[favorite football fan]

Why do we always have skimlinks in your posts?

Because it is information; sure, I view Fox and ESPN. Did not know they were "spam" as I trust Fox over CNN and MSNBC. Is there an official rule that one cannot link to FoxNews? What about FoxSports?

Instead of "just saying it", I "demonstrate" where I get the information from.
Plus, I have put in a few pdf articles and other news sources. Some people have embedded twitter.

[POD Knows]

Why do we always have skimlinks in your posts? I don't really need a spam style link to fox news embedded in a name or topic fwiw so let's go ahead and cut that out.

But as I've said before, I agree it seems unlikely and even if it were to happen it seems like a pretty bad idea currently.What are you talking about?? I don't understand your request.

[Ivytalk]

Heart says reduced schedule with no playoffs and no fans. Head says see you in 2021...maybe.

[mvemjsunpx]

Heart says reduced schedule with no playoffs and no fans. Head says see you in 2021...maybe.

I expect the NCAA will officially postpone the season sometime in the next month. No fans is worse than no season, frankly, because that approach would just hemorrhage money.

[favorite football fan]

We have one D3 and one D2 school cancel their fall seasons. On May 13, 2020 California State University system, which includes Fresno State, San Diego State and San Jose State, have stated that: "Unless they're in full mode with dormitories and housing and all of the other facilities are open, we won't have college athletics,"

"We will not have college athletics until the campuses are open."NCAA president Mark Emmert said last week he believes schools shouldn't be playing sports, including football, if campuses are not open to students in the fall.

[bonarae]

We have one D3 and one D2 school cancel their fall seasons.

Inaccurate. At least 3 D-IIIs have let go of their fall playing seasons for this year.

[Sader87]

There aren't going to be any completed seasons of pro or major college sports for the rest of 2020/pre-vaccine. They are going to try because $$$ pushes everything, but it's just logistically impossible to do this in any sort of way that doesn't look the weirdest season evah.

Prediction: some leagues will try and then shut down not that long after.

[veinup]

i’m sure not many here agree with me but i’m not nearly as interested in watching FCS football or any sport for that matter if there aren’t fans in the stadiums. i guess it might just have to be something we get used to, but it really sucks in my opinion. i was watching the end of an italian soccer game on espn+ the other day, some of the biggest clubs in the world playing in an empty, silent stadium. when the refs whistle blew you just heard it echo around an empty stadium. it was creepy, and instead of feeling happy to be watching sports again it was a reminder of how weird everything is right now.

i don’t have a lot of hope that this season will go, but it’s definitely going to have an odd feeling about it either way.

[JALMOND]

I would say that, for all the resources that will be poured in to making sure the players are OK to play, there won't be much left over to check the fans coming in to the games. All of Portland State's games will be on Pluto anyway, except for the games against Arizona and Oregon State which will be on Pac-12. If I can't know for sure there isn't a "virus presence" in the stadium, I may be inclined just to watch the game at home where I know I am safe.

[Milktruck74]

I see games/fans working like my daughters HS graduation last week in a HS stadium (that was at one time use for FCS football). There were about 420 graduates (of the 589 seniors) in attendance, and about 3000 spectators in a stadium that holds 6600. They put red tape on the bleachers and sectioned off seats in 2s and 4s (which could be stretched to 3s and 5s). For the most part everybody was pretty good at policing themselves, but about 5 minutes before it started the "Damn the Torpedos" crowd entered and just did want they wanted. Lots of differing opinions on this, but One think we can all agree on is THIS SUCKS!!!!!!

[BEAR]

Several colleges here have recently ramped up converting their face to face classes to the online format. Don’t know if that’s just preparing for the possibility or the inevitable.

[favorite football fan]

Inaccurate. At least 3 D-IIIs have let go of their fall playing seasons for this year.

You are correct. Let's see the tally thus far.
Bowdoin (D3)
Morehouse (D2)
TCNJ (D3)

I don't know the others except for those schools that are closing permanently i.e. MacMurray (D3).
Can you add to the schools that are cancelling fall athletics due to the virus?

[reeder]

https://twitter.com/redditcfb/status/1277617438457303041

[ursus arctos horribilis]

What are you talking about?? I don't understand your request.

I have noticed there are embedded links in his posts frequently and it is something that an old ad software here on AGS used to do. It would turn certain words into links for related products etc. Once I took over I got rid of all that ****. So it looks suspicious when someone posts up stuff like that to me. So I asked what the purpose of putting a link in a word that really need any clarifying or backing up. The stuff linked didn't have a lot to do with the content it appeared so I start to wonder is this someone doing weird spam type crap. I removed them so you didn't see it.

[mvfcfan]

I voted "very different" although I would not be completely surprised if the whole season was cancelled. If they do play I think it will definitely be with reduced fans and I doubt we would have a playoff. If we just played conference games only with reduced fans I would be happy with that. It would be better than nothing.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Why do we always have skimlinks in your posts?

Because it is information; sure, I view Fox and ESPN. Did not know they were "spam" as I trust Fox over CNN and MSNBC. Is there an official rule that one cannot link to FoxNews? What about FoxSports?

Instead of "just saying it", I "demonstrate" where I get the information from.
Plus, I have put in a few pdf articles and other news sources. Some people have embedded twitter.

I am asking why you are doing it and I'm getting real sick of your mouthy f'n attitude about everything to be honest. I don't need to post a rule for you when I am just asking why it is there. In fact I don't need to post a rule for ****. If I tell you to knock it off consider it a rule. I'm not telling you that at this point but embedding the link to whatever site on a word like "NBA player" to direct back to a list of articles looks like what old spam links would do.

I don't give a rat's ass what you think is great content for news whether it be sports or anything else.

[POD Knows]

I have noticed there are embedded links in his posts frequently and it is something that an old ad software here on AGS used to do. It would turn certain words into links for related products etc. Once I took over I got rid of all that ****. So it looks suspicious when someone posts up stuff like that to me. So I asked what the purpose of putting a link in a word that really need any clarifying or backing up. The stuff linked didn't have a lot to do with the content it appeared so I start to wonder is this someone doing weird spam type crap. I removed them so you didn't see it.Ah, OK, 10-4

[favorite football fan]

I am asking why you are doing it and I'm getting real sick of your mouthy f'n attitude about everything to be honest. I don't need to post a rule for you when I am just asking why it is there. In fact I don't need to post a rule for ****. If I tell you to knock it off consider it a rule. I'm not telling you that at this point but embedding the link to whatever site on a word like "NBA player" to direct back to a list of articles looks like what old spam links would do.I don't give a rat's ass what you think is great content for news whether it be sports or anything else.

I was totally unaware of such. My apologies to you. I can see where being a forum owner/operator is a tough position to be in. Again, my heartfelt and sincere apologies.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I was totally unaware of such. My apologies to you. I can see where being a forum owner/operator is a tough position to be in. Again, my heartfelt and sincere apologies.xthumbsupx

[Hammerhead]

I'm expecting the worst so I won't be disappointed -- no college or pro football this fall. Maybe not even high school.

If this is true, it will end our 18-year streak of attending one NFL game each season.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I'm expecting the worst so I won't be disappointed -- no college or pro football this fall. Maybe not even high school.

If this is true, it will end our 18-year streak of attending one NFL game each season.

You can only attend if a season happens so I don't think that would break a streak.

[Mocs123]

I'd love to have as much of a regular season if possible, but I would prefer to just be able to watch games on TV (ESPN+) then nothing. I think for that model to work for FCS teams that don't have TV contracts, there would have to be a pay per view type setup, so instead of buying a ticket to watch a game in person, you buy a ticket to watch a game on TV. For P5 teams, I imagine they get most of their money is from TV contracts already and they wouldn't need fans in the stands.

FBS teams will push for a season for the $$$ (ESPN would probably be on board too), but FCS doesn't have that kind of financial pull.

[favorite football fan]

I've never wanted anyone to be as WRONG as I hope you are!!!! But I'm afraid you my have some solid thought behind your percentages.

My sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football. At the risk of my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", in the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald today, it was reported and opined by the author: (no link provided but google Shatel, Nebraska football as your keywords in your search engine).

Justin Sell, AD at SoDakSt said that they are not virus testing due to financial reasons. Thus, the author opined that there would be no Nebraska-SoDakSt game on Sept 19.

To confirm the Sell comment, google Dennis Dodd on an article entitled: College football teams wrestle with ethics of reporting positive coronavirus tests during game weeks. In the article, Sell noted that they have not been testing for the virus and has to work within the state and figure out the financial impacts of that. However, there may be the aspect of taking out the guaranteed money and deducting the cost of testing out of the final check.

From the article, it appears that there is the HIPPA and privacy laws to consider as well as the ethics of it. Some interesting variables to consider as well.

Again, my apologies for my mouthy f'n attitude about everything.




Again, to reiterate my apologies about my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", the South Dakota State game against Nebraska has not been officially cancelled. And since I have "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", I am curious if this game will proceed on Sept 19 and if this lack of testing will affect the rest of the MVFC if teams are unable to afford extensive testing.

[Bisonoline]

My sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football. At the risk of my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", in the Scottsbluff (NE) Star-Herald today, it was reported and opined by the author: (no link provided but google Shatel, Nebraska football as your keywords in your search engine).

Justin Sell, AD at SoDakSt said that they are not virus testing due to financial reasons. Thus, the author opined that there would be no Nebraska-SoDakSt game on Sept 19.

To confirm the Sell comment, google Dennis Dodd on an article entitled: College football teams wrestle with ethics of reporting positive coronavirus tests during game weeks. In the article, Sell noted that they have not been testing for the virus and has to work within the state and figure out the financial impacts of that. However, there may be the aspect of taking out the guaranteed money and deducting the cost of testing out of the final check.

From the article, it appears that there is the HIPPA and privacy laws to consider as well as the ethics of it. Some interesting variables to consider as well.

Again, my apologies for my mouthy f'n attitude about everything.






Again, to reiterate my apologies about my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", the South Dakota State game against Nebraska has not been officially cancelled. And since I have "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", I am curious if this game will proceed on Sept 19 and if this lack of testing will affect the rest of the MVFC if teams are unable to afford extensive testing.




Regardless if the game is cancelled you will still have your mouth. So there is that.

[favorite football fan]

Regardless if the game is cancelled you will still have your mouth. So there is that.

No. I have my mouthy f'n attitude about everything.

That is a big difference.

[Bisonoline]

No. I have my mouthy f'n attitude about everything.

That is a big difference.

I stand corrected.

[smilo]

Are FCS players not getting sick yet or is it just not being widely reported when they get sick? If the former, it really makes me quite suspicious of what is going on at the P5 southern schools causing mass outbreaks.

[Bisonoline]

Are FCS players not getting sick yet or is it just not being widely reported when they get sick? If the former, it really makes me quite suspicious of what is going on at the P5 southern schools causing mass outbreaks.

Just because they say they have covid it only means they have been exposed. It doesnt mean they are sick.

[favorite football fan]

Are FCS players not getting sick yet or is it just not being widely reported when they get sick? If the former, it really makes me quite suspicious of what is going on at the P5 southern schools causing mass outbreaks.

My sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football. At the risk of several here becoming bilious due to my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", there is an article in USA Today date June 21 entitled College sports and coronavirus: schools reporting positive tests among athletes. This article lists the schools that have reported them. Of FCS:
Austin Peay =11, athletes cannot report until July 16
NDSU =1 (sport unspecified)
Southeastern LA: 2 athletes and 2 staff members

The article did say that some schools choose not to report. Whether this is a reporting issue or due to geography remains to be seen. However, I have no doubt that those exposed to the virus are being reported to public health officials. Again, I wish to signal my sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football.

[Professor Chaos]

My sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football. At the risk of several here becoming bilious due to my "mouthy f'n attitude about everything", there is an article in USA Today date June 21 entitled College sports and coronavirus: schools reporting positive tests among athletes. This article lists the schools that have reported them. Of FCS:
Austin Peay =11, athletes cannot report until July 16
NDSU =1 (sport unspecified)
Southeastern LA: 2 athletes and 2 staff members

The article did say that some schools choose not to report. Whether this is a reporting issue or due to geography remains to be seen. However, I have no doubt that those exposed to the virus are being reported to public health officials. Again, I wish to signal my sincere apologies precedes this post and I hope this is related to FCS football.
You remind me of a previous "contributor" here who's used multiple monikers in the past. What are your thoughts about the Princeton football program in general?

[TheKingpin28]

You remind me of a previous "contributor" here who's used multiple monikers in the past. What are your thoughts about the Princeton football program in general?

Oh not that again. I am staying out of that one.

[favorite football fan]

You remind me of a previous "contributor" here who's used multiple monikers in the past. What are your thoughts about the Princeton football program in general?

I am a one moniker person. And since I have a "mouthy f'n attitude about everything",
this is one area i.e. Princeton football program, that I do not have an attitude toward, not even a f'n attitude. From this, one can logically conclude that I do not have a mouthy f'n attitude about everything but a mouthy f'n attitude about some things as everything would imply "all things." But if you wish for me to have a f'n attitude, and include a mouthy one, about Princeton football, I can contribute in that regards. All I know about Princeton is that Einstein was there after he created the Einstein Bagel Company and the secret recipe is something like E=MC2.

[caa51]

Another domino falls, D3 RPI cancels all fall sports.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

You remind me of a previous "contributor" here who's used multiple monikers in the past. What are your thoughts about the Princeton football program in general?

I was going to state that in the previous post reply where his mouth f'n attitude was pointed out. I let it go to see what his next move was going to be. He's convinced me now so I'll take the next steps in showing him he needs be more careful in masking his mouthy f'n attitude.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I am a one moniker person. And since I have a "mouthy f'n attitude about everything",
this is one area i.e. Princeton football program, that I do not have an attitude toward, not even a f'n attitude. From this, one can logically conclude that I do not have a mouthy f'n attitude about everything but a mouthy f'n attitude about some things as everything would imply "all things." But if you wish for me to have a f'n attitude, and include a mouthy one, about Princeton football, I can contribute in that regards. All I know about Princeton is that Einstein was there after he created the Einstein Bagel Company and the secret recipe is something like E=MC2.

Don't worry, we'll probably see less of it for a bit.

[Milktruck74]

I'm sure HIPPA applies to schools disclosing any identifying data of the positive testing kids, but as Covid is communicable, doesn't it have to be reported to the county health department? Surely someone on here is in public health and can impart some wisdom upon us.

[Milktruck74]

Tennessee Gov just signed an order that extends the 50 person maximum for gatherings through 8/29. Games wont happen until after that date, but....... I'm not sure how this will impact FB practices, but between players, coaches, trainers, equipment peeps, etc...there are probably 150-175 people at any given practice. So, hmmmmmm????? Maybe they consider each specialty a separate gathering....but what to do for full practice.

[bonarae]

Not sure if this is true, but from what I saw on the FCS fans FB group, MVFC games will be without fans this season. xsmhx

[Professor Chaos]

Not sure if this is true, but from what I saw on the FCS fans FB group, MVFC games will be without fans this season. xsmhx
Just speculation at this point I'd say. I'm sure Fargo media types would be all over it if anyone in an official capacity with the conference said this and it's been crickets at this point. MVFC commish Patty Viverito did say yesterday that "interruptions are inevitable" in regards to playing football this fall so that probably fueled that speculation. It's a logical conclusion to jump to though at this point.

[The Yo Show]

I'm sad to say but I don't think there will be a college football season.

[Bisonator]

Not sure if this is true, but from what I saw on the FCS fans FB group, MVFC games will be without fans this season. xsmhx
Have not heard this from anyone in the know as of yet.

[Catbooster]

Business as usual. 11 game season with no changes.
Mostly the same,little changes, just less fans.
very different, Reduced schedules, no playoffs, etc
There will not be a 2020 Season!!!

When you first posted this, I was (admittedly somewhat optimistically) between the 2nd and 3rd options, but much closer to the 3rd. But I assumed it would vary considerably depending on the school and their location.

At the time, things were going relatively well here in Montana and many of the western states. The pandemic hadn't taxed our hospitals, the curve had flattened and we were opening businesses up, etc. Since opening up the economy, we've been watching the cases rise. I'm much less optimistic about the season.

I still think it may vary based on your school and location but I can't see us having anything close to a normal season now. Some may have a couple games and maybe some exhibition games or games with limited rosters. But nothing like a normal season.

[Winterborn]

I'd say it is about 90% it doesn't happen....xsmhx


Im hedging that way also.


Same. I was planning on spending a good week out there camping and then going to the game. Now I might just go to Alaska instead.

[Milktruck74]

When you first posted this, I was (admittedly somewhat optimistically) between the 2nd and 3rd options, but much closer to the 3rd. But I assumed it would vary considerably depending on the school and their location.

At the time, things were going relatively well here in Montana and many of the western states. The pandemic hadn't taxed our hospitals, the curve had flattened and we were opening businesses up, etc. Since opening up the economy, we've been watching the cases rise. I'm much less optimistic about the season.

I still think it may vary based on your school and location but I can't see us having anything close to a normal season now. Some may have a couple games and maybe some exhibition games or games with limited rosters. But nothing like a normal season.

YEah, I'm feeling the same. It'll be interesting to revisit this in 3 or 4 weeks and see what we know. As of right now, Chattanooga is still planning on players reporting soon.

[BEAR]

NFL is cutting back already.


The NFL preseason is going to have a different look this year and that's because it's been cut in half.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-to-cut-two-weeks-off-2020-preseason-schedule-could-end-up-canceling-all-preseason-games/

[cx500d]

Same. I was planning on spending a good week out there camping and then going to the game. Now I might just go to Alaska instead.

Working the crab boats is good beer money

[Winterborn]

I'd say it is about 90% it doesn't happen....xsmhx


Im hedging that way also.


Working the crab boats is good beer money

If I work on those boats it is going to be to save for a C8 GS, not for beer money. xthumbsupx


My brother and cousin both worked the long line fishing boats for awhile and the stories they tell about the crab guys are interesting. Brother also worked for a rancher on Kodiak island for a summer.

I would go up there to do some halibut fishing, hang out at the Alaskan Hotel bar, and just generally hike around. Have been up there once before and if I wind up there again I have a place to stay with some family.

[cx500d]

If I work on those boats it is going to be to save for a C8 GS, not for beer money. xthumbsupx


My brother and cousin both worked the long line fishing boats for awhile and the stories they tell about the crab guys are interesting. Brother also worked for a rancher on Kodiak island for a summer.

I would go up there to do some halibut fishing, hang out at the Alaskan Hotel bar, and just generally hike around. Have been up there once before and if I wind up there again I have a place to stay with some family.

Well, don't bother retracing "In the Wild" locales...

An abandoned bus in Alaska featured in the film Into The Wild has been removed after increasing numbers of tourists got into difficulties visiting it.


A US army helicopter lifted it from a trail outside Denali National Park. The local mayor said it was "a big relief".


Two people have drowned in rivers on their way to or from the bus and many more have had to be rescued.


In 1992 the bus was inhabited by 24-year-old adventurer Chris McCandless, who eventually died of starvation.


His story was told by author Jon Krakauer in the 1996 book Into The Wild.


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16483/production/_112976219_mediaitem112976218.jpg


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53106441#:~:text=An%20abandoned%20bus%20in%20Alask a,was%20%22a%20big%20relief%22.

[Bisonator]

NFL is cutting back already.



https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-to-cut-two-weeks-off-2020-preseason-schedule-could-end-up-canceling-all-preseason-games/
This is something that should have been done years ago. The only reason they have preseason games is to make more money.

[BEAR]

This is something that should have been done years ago. The only reason they have preseason games is to make more money.

It's also the only time the common man like me can go to an NFL game. Tickets are dirt cheap compared to regular season games and playoff games. But you are right, it's all about the money. Got a friend that plays in the NFL and he said the long preseason adds onto the fact that football really works on the knees. xlolx

[Milktruck74]

It's also the only time the common man like me can go to an NFL game. Tickets are dirt cheap compared to regular season games and playoff games. But you are right, it's all about the money. Got a friend that plays in the NFL and he said the long preseason adds onto the fact that football really works on the knees. xlolx

Funny....My Pops played DL for (almost) every game for 13 seasons (when chop blocks were mostly legal) and the knees are about the only thing that still works on him. He has been a bit of an anomaly...a 70s Raider that didn't drink, cuss or do drugs, was never arrested...and has been married to my mom for over 50 years....so with that track record, his knees should be fine!!! hahaha

[BEAR]

Funny....My Pops played DL for (almost) every game for 13 seasons (when chop blocks were mostly legal) and the knees are about the only thing that still works on him. He has been a bit of an anomaly...a 70s Raider that didn't drink, cuss or do drugs, was never arrested...and has been married to my mom for over 50 years....so with that track record, his knees should be fine!!! hahaha

Yeah..I guess it's not just the sport but genetics. He's a big guy too so there's that. xlolx

[Milktruck74]

Yeah..I guess it's not just the sport but genetics. He's a big guy too so there's that. xlolx
Good genetics do help. He ran full court basketball a few nights a week for 25 years after retirement. I'm late 40s and at 270# I've finished 50+ ultra marathons. The key is good genetics and the old lineman trick of lubrication with bacon grease, from the inside!!!!

[Professor Chaos]

NDSU announced a major change in ticket handling for the 2020 season with all tickets going mobile/electronic: https://gobison.com/sports/2020/6/26/mobile-tickets.aspx

It looks like this is meant to allow for less contact when entering the facility but I'd also guess that this makes it easier to "deactivate" tickets and issue refunds if they have to limit capacity and distance the remaining tickets from each other.

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU announced a major change in ticket handling for the 2020 season with all tickets going mobile/electronic: https://gobison.com/sports/2020/6/26/mobile-tickets.aspx

It looks like this is meant to allow for less contact when entering the facility but I'd also guess that this makes it easier to "deactivate" tickets and issue refunds if they have to limit capacity and distance the remaining tickets from each other.

If they do it like other events, the gate people end up touching your phones anyway. It's probably less cost and easier to manage as you said.

[Bisonoline]

NDSU announced a major change in ticket handling for the 2020 season with all tickets going mobile/electronic: https://gobison.com/sports/2020/6/26/mobile-tickets.aspx

It looks like this is meant to allow for less contact when entering the facility but I'd also guess that this makes it easier to "deactivate" tickets and issue refunds if they have to limit capacity and distance the remaining tickets from each other.

You can also print them from home.

[Winterborn]

NDSU announced a major change in ticket handling for the 2020 season with all tickets going mobile/electronic: https://gobison.com/sports/2020/6/26/mobile-tickets.aspx

It looks like this is meant to allow for less contact when entering the facility but I'd also guess that this makes it easier to "deactivate" tickets and issue refunds if they have to limit capacity and distance the remaining tickets from each other.

There goes my streak of keeping the paper tickets and memorializing the games I have attended.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Well, don't bother retracing "In the Wild" locales...

An abandoned bus in Alaska featured in the film Into The Wild has been removed after increasing numbers of tourists got into difficulties visiting it.


A US army helicopter lifted it from a trail outside Denali National Park. The local mayor said it was "a big relief".


Two people have drowned in rivers on their way to or from the bus and many more have had to be rescued.


In 1992 the bus was inhabited by 24-year-old adventurer Chris McCandless, who eventually died of starvation.


His story was told by author Jon Krakauer in the 1996 book Into The Wild.


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16483/production/_112976219_mediaitem112976218.jpg


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53106441#:~:text=An%20abandoned%20bus%20in%20Alask a,was%20%22a%20big%20relief%22.



I remember this story when I was just out of college. That kid was not that far away from getting out but he didn't have a map.

[dgtw]

There goes my streak of keeping the paper tickets and memorializing the games I have attended.

You can still print out a copy of the e-ticket they send you and put that in your scrapbook.


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[Winterborn]

You can still print out a copy of the e-ticket they send you and put that in your scrapbook.


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Printing that way typically in the past has expanded the ticket to an entire sheet of paper and is just a generic ticket. I like the nice and neat 2"x6" official copies.

[POD Knows]

Printing that way typically in the past has expanded the ticket to an entire sheet of paper and is just a generic ticket. I like the nice and neat 2"x6" official copies.Yea, don't like this, we have 9 tickets, I will be walking around with freaking 8.5 X 11 pieces of paper to hand out to 9 different people.

[cx500d]

Yea, don't like this, we have 9 tickets, I will be walking around with freaking 8.5 X 11 pieces of paper to hand out to 9 different people.
I think you can transfer electronically

[dgtw]

Printing that way typically in the past has expanded the ticket to an entire sheet of paper and is just a generic ticket. I like the nice and neat 2"x6" official copies.

I am also old school and miss the look of old ticket stubs. I have a set from a game my parents went to in 1971. But whatcha gonna do? Traditional tickets may be a victim of Covid-19.


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[Bisonoline]

Yea, don't like this, we have 9 tickets, I will be walking around with freaking 8.5 X 11 pieces of paper to hand out to 9 different people.

Just think====you will be able to actually read whats on the ticket!:D

[TheKingpin28]

Just think====you will be able to actually read whats on the ticket!:DThat implies POD reads. xcoffeex

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[Gil Dobie]

Been hearing more on a Spring football season.

[Winterborn]

I am also old school and miss the look of old ticket stubs. I have a set from a game my parents went to in 1971. But whatcha gonna do? Traditional tickets may be a victim of Covid-19.


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Complain on a internet message board about it. :D


But overall I can see physical tickets going away as well permanently. I would pay a few bucks extra for a chance at a nice paper copy if it came down to it.

[Gil Dobie]

Complain on a internet message board about it. :D


But overall I can see physical tickets going away as well permanently. I would pay a few bucks extra for a chance at a nice paper copy if it came down to it.

I still have a good collection of stubs. Won't be adding any new Bison tickets it appears.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

There goes my streak of keeping the paper tickets and memorializing the games I have attended.

That's funny, I do that too. Screenshots of the phone or save the pdf now. Same thing.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Okay, I did not read ahead to see the answers are already except for the screenshot so just disregard the other part.

[BEAR]

Pete Thamel
@PeteThamel (https://twitter.com/PeteThamel)
Sources: The nearly dozen FCS Commissioners held a conference call today. There’s no imminent movement for the rest of the FCS to begin exploring a spring season. A majority of the FCS commissioners are content with status quo for now.

[Milktruck74]

Pete Thamel
@PeteThamel (https://twitter.com/PeteThamel)
Sources: The nearly dozen FCS Commissioners held a conference call today. There’s no imminent movement for the rest of the FCS to begin exploring a spring season. A majority of the FCS commissioners are content with status quo for now.



If the Ivy league is the only conference to not play this fall, I doubt they play at all in the spring....then again with a seven game season, they could have an 8 team conference playoff. Wouldn't that be interesting!!!! hahahah.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

A 2020 season doesn't look good as of now.

Zero football for a year will suck!

xsmhx

[Derby City Duke]

No football and the easiest year in history to earn the poll perfection banner!

Both make me sad.

[ASU33]

I'm sad. That's it, I'm sadxsmhx

[bonarae]

No season seems more than likely now. Less OOC = less significance for the season. xsmhx


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[Bisonator]

What a ****ing year this just blows. I'm gonna go ****ing nuts before they come up with a vaccine. xsplatx

[BEAR]

A 2020 season doesn't look good as of now.

Zero football for a year will suck!

xsmhx

I was thinking about that timeline. You know apart from the 24 teams that got to be in the playoffs last year, the other 100 give or take most likely haven't played a game since the last regular season game which was ABOUT

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

and won't return if they cancel the whole season and not do any football in the spring

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

xbawlingx

[Ivytalk]

This thread should be retitled “AGS Mental Health Hotline.”

The Doctor is in.

[JALMOND]

What a ****ing year this just blows. I'm gonna go ****ing nuts before they come up with a vaccine. xsplatx


I blame Laker fans. For so long, I had heard that if something were to happen to Kobe,the world would be turned upside-down. Well Kobe died the end of January...xcrazyx

[JALMOND]

Big Sky Commissioner, Tom Wistrcill, "hopeful" football will be played, but "everything's still on the table". From Slim Kimmel, MTN Sports.

https://www.montanasports.com/big-sky-conference/big-sky-conference-commissioner-hopeful-for-fall-sports-but-everythings-on-the-table

[ST_Lawson]

I blame Laker fans. For so long, I had heard that if something were to happen to Kobe,the world would be turned upside-down. Well Kobe died the end of January...xcrazyx

For quite a while, people were blaming us Cubs fans for winning it all in 2016.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile.... STATS editor thinks that no playoffs this season may be a reality for the FCS.

http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20200709163151876953404

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

I was thinking about that timeline. You know apart from the 24 teams that got to be in the playoffs last year, the other 100 give or take most likely haven't played a game since the last regular season game which was ABOUT

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

and won't return if they cancel the whole season and not do any football in the spring

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

xbawlingx



Only a matter of time until conferences/schools call off the 2020 season....xsmhx

[DEX]

This thread should be retitled “AGS Mental Health Hotline.”

The Doctor is in.

Just write me a prescription. Preferably something that pairs well with Wild Turkey.

[Ivytalk]

Just write me a prescription. Preferably something that pairs well with Wild Turkey.
You must have medical training! I was going to suggest a flight of small-batch bourbons.

[cx500d]

Just write me a prescription. Preferably something that pairs well with Wild Turkey.

For drinks that call for honey, I make a honey simple syrup using BFNWMN's honey and put in a squeeze bottle. Basically 1:1 ratio of hot boiled water and honey - mix the honey in after the water boils and cool. Honey by itself in a cold drink doesn't mix well. I actually use Honey simple syrup in place of anything that calls for simple syrup. Nature's sugar (Honey) over refined crystal sugar any day

Boulavardier (basically a bourbon Negroni):

1 ½ parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. sweet vermouth
¾ oz. Campari


Scofflaw looks good:



1.5 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
½ oz. grenadine
¾ oz. dry vermouth
¾ fresh squeezed lemon juice
orange bitters


Paper Plane:



¾ parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
¾ oz. Amaro Nonino
¾ oz. Aperol


Brown Derby:



2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
1 oz. fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
¼ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ oz. honey


New York:


2 parts Wild Turkey Rye
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
¾ oz. grenadine


Bourbon Rickey

2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
½ oz. simple syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
soda water


Kentucky Mule

2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. ginger syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
dash of Angostura bitters
soda water





Bourbon Bramble:

2 parts Wild Turkey® Bourbon
½ oz. simple syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ oz. Chambord
a few fresh blackberries

[Puddin Tane]

Im thinking 2 or 3 games get played, somebody testes positive, rest of season cancelled

[ST_Lawson]

For drinks that call for honey, I make a honey simple syrup using BFNWMN's honey and put in a squeeze bottle. Basically 1:1 ratio of hot boiled water and honey - mix the honey in after the water boils and cool. Honey by itself in a cold drink doesn't mix well. I actually use Honey simple syrup in place of anything that calls for simple syrup. Nature's sugar (Honey) over refined crystal sugar any day

Good idea...I'll have to give that a try. We have a herb garden bed that's kinda been taken over by mint this year, so I need to work on my mint drinks game...mojitos, mint julips...good for relaxing on a warm day.

[Raven Maniac]

Im thinking 2 or 3 games get played, somebody testes positive, rest of season cancelled

Don't they all have testes?


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[Puddin Tane]

Beware the testes

[Hammerhead]

I got yelled at once for doing a mic check with “Testes, testes, 1, 2, 3.”

[No_Skill]

I got yelled at once for doing a mic check with “Testes, testes, 1, 2, 3.”

Huh huh. That would rule.

[bonarae]

Additional G5/FCS games possible?

https://fearthefcs.com/2020/07/11/additional-fbs-versus-fcs-games-possible-for-2020-season/

[Milktruck74]

Good idea...I'll have to give that a try. We have a herb garden bed that's kinda been taken over by mint this year, so I need to work on my mint drinks game...mojitos, mint julips...good for relaxing on a warm day.

The 7 step Process for the Perfect Mint Julip

1. Start with a high quality Bourbon (I like Woodford's Double Oaked or Some of the single batch Four Roses, Blanton's).
2. Place the mint in the glass and muddle it.
3. Pour in the Simple Syrup.
4. Add Ice.

This is the CRITICAL STEP.

5. Pour all that crap out of your glass.
6. Add Bourbon
7. Enjoy!!!!!

[Raven Maniac]

I know it would never happen but it would be great (for me) if the FCS plays partial seasons with no playoff, for schools to set up "bowl" games at the end of the season. Have some really good match ups. With fewer games being played all across college football I bet ESPN would love it. Hey aren't we watching Korean baseball?


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[cx500d]

I got yelled at once for doing a mic check with “Testes, testes, 1, 2, 3.”
Well, yeah, nobody has 3 testes unless they are a freak. Its called Polyorchidism

[ST_Lawson]

I got yelled at once for doing a mic check with “Testes, testes, 1, 2, 3.”

Ok Beavis.

https://i.imgur.com/4MML4W4.jpg

[Bisonator]

For drinks that call for honey, I make a honey simple syrup using BFNWMN's honey and put in a squeeze bottle. Basically 1:1 ratio of hot boiled water and honey - mix the honey in after the water boils and cool. Honey by itself in a cold drink doesn't mix well. I actually use Honey simple syrup in place of anything that calls for simple syrup. Nature's sugar (Honey) over refined crystal sugar any day

Boulavardier (basically a bourbon Negroni):

1 ½ parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. sweet vermouth
¾ oz. Campari


Scofflaw looks good:



1.5 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
½ oz. grenadine
¾ oz. dry vermouth
¾ fresh squeezed lemon juice
orange bitters


Paper Plane:



¾ parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
¾ oz. Amaro Nonino
¾ oz. Aperol


Brown Derby:



2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
1 oz. fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
¼ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ oz. honey


New York:


2 parts Wild Turkey Rye
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
¾ oz. grenadine


Bourbon Rickey

2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
½ oz. simple syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
soda water


Kentucky Mule

2 parts Wild Turkey Bourbon
¾ oz. ginger syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
dash of Angostura bitters
soda water





Bourbon Bramble:

2 parts Wild Turkey® Bourbon
½ oz. simple syrup
¾ oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ oz. Chambord
a few fresh blackberries





Thanks this should get me thru today..........keep them comingxdrunkyx