[Purple Haize]

Could TCU Become Liberty's New Season Opener?

The Forth Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that Alabama, BYU, Liberty, and Texas A&M are all “possibilities” to replace Cal on TCU’s schedule. The Horned Frogs and Golden Bears were scheduled to meet Sept. 5 in Berkeley

If it’s at the JerryDome Tyndale will die happy

[thepostman]

Other then it not being BYU, it checks all of the boxes! haha

[tyndal23]

Could TCU Become Liberty's New Season Opener?

The Forth Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that Alabama, BYU, Liberty, and Texas A&M are all “possibilities” to replace Cal on TCU’s schedule. The Horned Frogs and Golden Bears were scheduled to meet Sept. 5 in Berkeley

If it’s at the JerryDome Tyndale will die happy

Nope. Horn Frogs have a nice stadium. Jerry World is only to convince BYU to play us annually and not have to fly across the country and we both get recruiting presence in DM. Moot point since we are going the G5 model. I suppose if we still insist on playing a couple of P5’s a year - might as well take a beating from a team 3 hours from me.

[Sly Fox]

I have been dealing with a slew of major situations down here in Texas. I won't bore you with the all of the details but my forays onto ASOR have been limited. I can get to Ownby Stadium in just over 3 hours so I would certainly be interested. That is if I could actually get in the stadium.

I am growing less confident by the day in anyone attending games this fall. I have a strng feeling that any games are going to be made-for-tv events. Honestly this might force some renewed creativity by producers to test out some concepts that would not have been practical with fans in the stands.

[SumItUp]

High school related, Virginia will not play football this fall.

https://www.wtvr.com/sports/vhsl-high- ... -this-fall

[jinxy]

Meac is cancelling. So why would ncaa allow 2 wins to count toward bowl eligibility and then brett mcmuprhy tweets emmert saying if decision was today fcs would be cancelled.

If theres no fcs and no out of conference games our best case scenario is 10 games which it sounds like 8 or 9 is the more likely number


I heard we already had a date with byu penciled in. I would assume the same with army since neither was on the schedule.

The way this is being handled is ludicrous.

[thepostman]

Might be close to losing our first opponent, officially.

[LU 57]

Meac is cancelling. So why would ncaa allow 2 wins to count toward bowl eligibility and then brett mcmuprhy tweets emmert saying is decision was today fcs would be cancelled.

If theres no fcs and no out of conference games our best case scenario is 10 games which it sounds like 8 or 9 is the more likely number


I heard we already had a date with byu penciled in. I would assume the same with army since neither was on the schedule.

The way this is being handled is ludicrous.

Saw MEAC had 7 FBS games scheduled (obviously one we know about real well). Might be an opportunity to pick up another game to fill in, assuming not all conferences go conference only.

[olldflame]

Why would they announce that FBS teams can count 2 FCS wins if they are going to cancel the FCS season?

[Jonathan Carone]

Why would they announce that FBS teams can count 2 FCS wins if they are going to cancel the FCS season?

To try to keep FBS schools playing non conference games
To try to keep FCS teams playing

By the MEAC canceling, it shows they don't think it's safe to play even if they'll lose those paychecks. It also shows they'd lose less by canceling the season than if they played it in front of no fans even with those checks.

[jinxy]

I think your right but its so trivial. Everybody is goin all over the board.

Gotta wonder what guys like land are thinking now.

[Jonathan Carone]

Everybody is goin all over the board.

I don't think they are. It's costing somewhere around $25,000 to test for a football team over the summer. For an entire department, it could cost mid-six figures for the fall. If you're going to travel places to play, you can't just screen your players (which is what we're doing now). You'd actually have to test them. Given the costs and the fact that many of the testing facilities are becoming overwhelmed which is pushing test results back to seven days, there's really no safe, cost-effective way to keep this thing going.

[FlamesHighontheTide]

The vaccine that seems to be promising as it is producing anti-bodies could save the college football season. Yet, all this stuff over my head.

[Jonathan Carone]

Everybody is goin all over the board.

I don't think they are. It's costing somewhere around $25,000 to test for a football team over the summer. For an entire department, it could cost mid-six figures for the fall. If you're going to travel places to play, you can't just screen your players (which is what we're doing now). You'd actually have to test them. Given the costs and the fact that many of the testing facilities are becoming overwhelmed which is pushing test results back to seven days, there's really no safe, cost-effective way to keep this thing going.

Just to back up this point for those who think I'm just pulling numbers out of the air:

East Carolina is dealing with managing the cost of testing and safety protocols amid financial problems that led the American Athletic Conference school to cut four varsity sports in May. Athletic director Jon Gilbert said the school has already budgeted $100,000 for coronavirus expenses that include testing and supplies such as masks; he expects to exceed that amount and said some schools could end up spending $500,000, depending on the number of cases.

https://www.goshennews.com/sports/ncaa- ... 81fe9.html

[Risewithus]

Just lost the NC a&t game. Assuming the ACC games soon. This is tough. I'm not as optimistic anymore of the season.

[Class of 20Something]

If we can replace them with BYU who lost a lot of road games though.

[Risewithus]

Wonder if these conferences that cancelled fall sports plan to move football to spring or just take the year off. Statements were not clear.

[ASOR Forums Admin]

ASOR weighs in:

If the college football season does go on amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Flames could look for a replacement game on short notice. Several teams have lost games with the MEAC canceling football and the Big Ten and PAC-12 opting for conference only seasons.

[ballcoach15]

All these schools and conferences canceling games, are acting too quickly. Should wait until at least mid August.

[Jonathan Carone]

So you want everyone to practice for a month then cancel things?

[thepostman]

There are far too many logistics to iron out to go that route.

Look on the bright side the NBA is starting soon

[LUDad]

Putting things into perspective....

US found a way to play at least partial football season during 1918 Spanish Flu that infected about a third of the world's population, and killed 2/3's of a million in US while engaging in World War 1. And population was a lot lower then and medical care not nearly as advanced as today.

https://www.si.com/college/tmg/tony-bar ... panish-flu

https://saturdayblitz.com/2020/03/22/co ... -pandemic/

https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-he ... 42838.html

[ASOR Forums Admin]

Would a CAA team be willing to schedule an independent schedule?

Could a CAA team fill a void on Liberty's 2020 football schedule?

The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach is reporting that the CAA will not have any conference games scheduled but teams who want to play an independent schedule can try to do so. It will be incredibly challenging for an FCS team to pull off a completely revamped schedule in less than two months, but some will certainly try.

[ballcoach15]

So you want everyone to practice for a month then cancel things?

As big as football is, wait until last minute before throwing in the towel.

As for Postman's NBA, it makes very little sense to restart season in July, August or whenever it starts. They should just wait until 20-21 season. But I said when this stuff first started , "the NBA will cancel the 21 season, just to finish 20 season. When NBA does start, it will not be about basketball, led by ESPN, it will be about social crap.

[LUOrange]

There are far too many logistics to iron out to go that route.

Look on the bright side the NBA is starting soon

I agree with Ballcoach's sentiments, but the ACC, SEC & Big 12 are doing it correctly in waiting until the end of the month. I'd also let teams practice as they wish.

And what's the "NBA?"