The three main contingency plans being discussed for allowing a 2020 CFB season to happen

[The Sheriff]

Could Clemson play football this fall if other ACC schools aren't ready to?

I know Clemson isn’t popular around here but it’s some possible positive news. Plan two seems the most popular right now according to the insiders on that website so we may not play Charlotte, at Oklahoma, Furman or Florida although you’d think they’d do everything possible to reschedule the Florida game. Keep in mind that the NCAA does not sanction college football championships in the Power 5 conferences or the Group of 5. It is also important to remember that the Power 5 Conferences have full autonomy.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Other ACC schools havent been ready to play since Jameis and Jimbo left FSU.

 

[The Original Fade]

I’m waiting for the great football coach in the history of the sport, Dan Mullen, to tell us what to do.

 

[golfballs]

There’s no way playing only conference games would be a “logistical nightmare”

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I’m waiting for the great football coach in the history of the sport, Dan Mullen, to tell us what to do.

Glad to see you are fully healed from the Rona....

 

[Dumbledorange]

"The third scenario the conferences are looking at is what ESPN’s Chris Fowler mentioned on Instagram last week. There are discussions about starting the season next spring, possibly in February. This is only being talked about if the first two scenarios cannot occur."

The full season "as is" has such a low chance of occurring that can be discounted for the simple fact that all the schools on the schedule will have to have their students on campus as was told to Pence.

"First of all, as the conference commissioners indicated on Wednesday to Vice President Mike Pence, there will be no football if the campuses cannot not re-open in the fall. "

If you're a decent manager, you have to move past Plan 2. That leaves us with Spring football. The can of worms that opens up is enormous.

 

[The Sheriff]

There’s no way playing only conference games would be a “logistical nightmare”

They are saying that teams trying to reschedule the first four or five games or however many they miss if plan two is what happens would be a logistics nightmare.

 

[Dumbledorange]

They are saying that teams trying to reschedule the first four or five games or however many they miss if plan two is what happens would be a logistics nightmare.

Nightmare for sure. Is it even workable? Don't know.

The other piece is the economic one. If we continue down this path of increasing un/underemployemnt, sales will drop and revenues will become as thin as paper. Only the elite will have the money to travel, lodge, etc. Small businesses are beginning to fail at record numbers. The USGov't can only print so much money before horrible inflation is assured.

It's a David Ferrie scenario.

 

[The Original Fade]

Glad to see you are fully healed from the Rona....

My post was for you, mojo

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

I think play will take place in the fall, either on time or October. To heck with spring, folks aren't going to want that and it makes no sense and little time to recover for next fall. There is still plenty of time to figure it out and if things keep declining on the virus front I think at some point fall football will happen. I don't think spring is a good idea at all. God Bless and GBO!

 

[jbeeman85]

If the season starts in October, wouldn't it be pretty easy to play the September games in December ? Those weeks would be open for everyone.

Bowl season could then be in January. Could have National Champ game the week between AFC/NFC Title games and Super Bowl.

 

[volmoon]

I think play will take place in the fall, either on time or October. To heck with spring, folks aren't going to want that and it makes no sense and little time to recover for next fall. There is still plenty of time to figure it out and if things keep declining on the virus front I think at some point fall football will happen. I don't think spring is a good idea at all. God Bless and GBO!

 

[vols 30]

I can't see the 3rd scenario happening.

What would happen to college basketball? What a scheduling nightmare

 

[Boogievol]

Eliminating the out of conference games and starting the season October 1st seems the most likely scenario to me.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

If the season starts in October, wouldn't it be pretty easy to play the September games in December ? Those weeks would be open for everyone.

Bowl season could then be in January. Could have National Champ game the week between AFC/NFC Title games and Super Bowl.

Official Game Thread: Tennessee vs UF 12/26 3:30 CBS

 

[bamawriter]

I can't see the 3rd scenario happening.

What would happen to college basketball? What a scheduling nightmare

Start in April and play into July. Everything is going to get pushed back and truncated.

 

[Smokeyone]

Has anyone notice that wi th h the exception of 2-3 hotspots we peaked as a country last week and 90 something percent of the country is fine and honestly should be getting back to normal?

 

[The Sheriff]

I can't see the 3rd scenario happening.

What would happen to college basketball? What a scheduling nightmare

Start in April and play into July. Everything is going to get pushed back and truncated.

We’d lose some seniors and draft eligible players who would be on the team if we play in 2020 but they’d be gone if we don’t play until the spring of 2021 because the new year in the NFL starts in March.

 

[vols 30]

Start in April and play into July. Everything is going to get pushed back and truncated.

Wow. That's terrible. Hopefully, we don't get to this point

 

[bamawriter]

Wow. That's terrible. Hopefully, we don't get to this point

It'll be better than not playing at all.

 

[vols 30]

It'll be better than not playing at all.

Agree

 

[Nocleats]

Floridas worst nightmare is playing outdoors in December...

 

[white65]

I think you start the season The first week of January so that you can be done by May and still start the next season in the fall. Basketball will start in mid to late February.

I'm hoping this all dies down soon and we can start on time or sometime in October.

 

[WBO]

There was an article in the Knoxville paper about how much money UT would lose if the season were canceled and that's true, but just imagine the metro Knoxville economy. The hotels, the restaurants, it would be devastating. Some hotels double their nightly rates and require 3 days occupancy on home game weekends. Imagine that loss in revenue times 7 games.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

There was an article in the Knoxville paper about how much money UT would lose if the season were canceled and that's true, but just imagine the metro Knoxville economy. The hotels, the restaurants, it would be devastating. Some hotels double their nightly rates and require 3 days occupancy on home game weekends. Imagine that loss in revenue times 7 games.

It’s incredibly important that we get the economy going again, take care of local businesses that need that football income, but I still find it ridiculous that these hotels do this, and have so for a long time. They make traveling to games very difficult when you’re spending an extra $900 -$1000 + on top of everything else.