Notre Dame cancels Navy game...

[coachcap]

ACC mandates that all games be played at home team's stadium, no neutral sites. The tilt was scheduled to be played in Ireland. Instead the leprechauns will play BYU. THIS flies i. The cace of ND stating post WWII That they wo
Zzruld meep the Middies on The schedule as long as Navy wanted to continue the series. In gratitude for Annapolis steering students to ND's Naval & Marine ROTC Program & thus keeping South Bend "afloat".

 

[huskymedic]

You okay @coachcap? - looks like you had a TIA there in the middle of the paragraph.

 

[coachcap]

Posting from cell phone. Tried editing but it didn't work. All is good.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

How did BC and GTech make it work against the mandate?

 

[kibblesnbits]

ACC mandates that all games be played at home team's stadium, no neutral sites. The tilt was scheduled to be played in Ireland. Instead the leprechauns will play BYU. THIS flies i. The cace of ND stating post WWII That they wo
Zzruld meep the Middies on The schedule as long as Navy wanted to continue the series. In gratitude for Annapolis steering students to ND's Naval & Marine ROTC Program & thus keeping South Bend "afloat".

The game was moved to Annapolis at least a month ago. That seems to meet the mandate so why was the game cancelled?

 

[huskymedic]

The game was moved to Annapolis at least a month ago. That seems to meet the mandate so why was the game cancelled?

Has to be a home game for ND per ACC 10+1 rules for this year. ND choose WMU as their +1.

• All non-conference game opponents, selected by the respective school, must be played in the home state of the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents must meet the medical protocol requirements as agreed upon by the ACC

 

[kibblesnbits]

Has to be a home game for ND per ACC 10+1 rules for this year. ND choose WMU as their +1.

• All non-conference game opponents, selected by the respective school, must be played in the home state of the ACC institution, and all non-conference opponents must meet the medical protocol requirements as agreed upon by the ACC

With all due respect to the Broncos, which team is more likely to have the discipline to follow pandemic induced limitations - Navy or WMU? Clearly the real reason is that they wanted to ensure the +1 was always a home game for the ACC team.

 

[huskymedic]

With all due respect to the Broncos, which team is more likely to have the discipline to follow pandemic induced limitations - Navy or WMU? Clearly the real reason is that they wanted to ensure the +1 was always a home game for the ACC team.

No doubt on both accounts!

Good read ->

Medical professionals and discipline are helping Navy athletics build a ‘bubble’ for fall sports

Jim Berry begins by clarifying he is a certified athletic trainer, not an epidemiologist. Berry is qualified to discuss the safety protocols the Naval Academy Athletic Association has implemented f…

www.capitalgazette.com

>>“We have a unique situation here at the academy in which our [student-athletes] are truly locked in,” he said.

Niumatalolo seconded that assessment: “Being on a military installation helps; Our campus is surrounded by a wall with gates and guards. Here, the bubble is literal.”<<

 

[VAHUSKY]

I am a Navy season ticket holder. As noted, the ND game had been scheduled for Dublin as a Navy “home” game and moved to Annapolis when Ireland cancelled the event due COVID 19 restrictions. This would have been the first ND game at Navy’s stadium. Navy home games against ND are traditionally played in NFL stadiums in areas where there is a Navy presence to maximize revenue. Navy’s Annapolis stadium only holds 38,000 and ND can sell more tickets than that. Recent ND “Home” games for Navy have been in Jacksonville, SD, Ravens Stadium, FedEx Field and Dublin. Navy/ ND “away” games are played in South Bend. If played in Annapolis, the ND game would not have been part of the Navy season ticket package. Extra cost. The replacement BYU game is part of the package, as a substitute for a cancelled home game with Lafayette (Patriot League cancelled Fall sports).

I am personally disappointed that Navy is not playing ND this year, even if the game would have to be played in South Bend due to ACC rules. 93 yrs of continuous competition is not something to be lightly discarded. Navy is clearly a more attractive game for ND than ND’s retained OOC game - W Michigan, and future schedules could have been adjusted to give Navy a makeup “home” game. After all, Navy had planned to travel (to Dublin) anyway and the academic scedule had even been adjusted to allow the student body to attend and “march-on” the field (always an impressive sight) in Dublin.

Don’t know why the game couldn’t have happened.
It’s usually a competitive game and sometimes lightning does strike and Navy wins.

 

[Watchdog]

They care only about the money and hype that falls their way. Tradition be damned.

 

[VAHUSKY]

No doubt on both accounts!

Interesting statement from Navy Head Coach on service academies advantage in keeping football players healthy - “our gates have guards with machines guns”. Navy players reported to campus in July and are essentially locked in (no off campus parties, no frat houses, no visits to downtown clubs, no Rutgers type exposures to virus) until season is over. Same holds true for entire student body. Once they check in, they are tested, quarantined for two weeks and then confined to the campus by those machine gun toting guards until the can go home at Thanksgiving. Essentially, Navy is creating a 4500 student NBA type “bubble”.
We’ll see if it works.