Pessimism grows in college football over season starting on time (update: it’s crumbling):

[huskymedic]

 

[JohnFSilver]

I don’t see a path forward in college football.

 

[UCFBfan]

ACC delaying start of fall sports until Sept. 1

The Atlantic Coast Conference has decided to delay the start of competition in all fall sports until at least Sept. 1, the conference announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

Starting to push back in the P5

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

UConn - Indiana
UConn - Illinois

 

[huskymedic]

All Sports...

 

[BugsyCT]

Feel another domino effect coming on. Not looking good for any football this fall. We'll have to wait & see.

 

[phillionaire]

I get the logic of doing conference only games, but how will that work for Rutgers? Can’t really take a bus from New Jersey to Iowa or Nebraska without needing to stop at a hotel.

 

[mike012]

So it appears the P5 will only be playing conference schedules. Going to be a rough year for the G5.

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Will Indiana and Illinois have to pay us for breaking their contract?

 

[BugsyCT]

If other conferences follow suit like the B1G, that leaves the indies hung out to dry. Namely us.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

So it appears the P5 will only be playing conference schedules. Going to be a rough year for the G5.

There won’t be a season so it’s fine

 

[BugsyCT]

Will Indiana and Illinois have to pay us for breaking their contract?

Or maybe reschedule the games a few years down the road?

 

[whalerfan]

Will Indiana and Illinois have to pay us for breaking their contract?

That was my question as well. If the ACC does the same then Virginia and North Carolina are off the schedule as well. Adding the following, were Illinois and Indiana "buy games"? Also, there's revenue lost on the Indiana game because it was on CBS Sports Network. Will there be compensation for that? One last tidbit. Since CUSA is so spread out, if they follow suit would they do divisional only games or could that open the door for some other games.

 

[Exit 4]

I really don’t see what any of this in conf only stuff does for the meaningful issues which is the contagion issue.... but anyway

 

[polycom]

Sounds like there isn’t going to be football unfortunately. Today is a sad day.

 

[polycom]

I really don’t see what any of this in conf only stuff does for the meaningful issues contagion issues.... but anyway

Easier to tear away the bandaid slowly than doing it fast

 

[huskymedic]

LOL...

 

[huskymedic]

Big “if” in there...

 

[Jimdish255]

I really don’t see what any of this in conf only stuff does for the meaningful issues contagion issues.... but anyway

Neither do I. Seems like a "feel good" measure to say you're doing something. There are risks in traveling and risks in staying close to home. But in the end we just need to sit tight and not spin our wheels to much because it might be futility at this point. A radically amputated schedule holds little or no interest to fans and bowl games and determining a playoff would be off the charts subjective if they could even schedule them.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Jimdish255]

LOL...

We'll travel here but not there. OK guys it's getting really strange.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[ZooCougar]

Well, there won't be a season.

First they will go to conference only and then those will get canceled too.

 

[polycom]

Lol @ conferencing saying these are difficult choices. These are there only choices. If they played and there was an outbreak people would be jobless.