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UMass Announces Intention To Play Football in Fall 2020

Mass requires 14 day quarantine for out of state travel except New England states, NY and NJ.
 
MustangMan said:
That ship has sailed. The AAC will never allow UConn in as a partial member. The only football-only independent they would consider taking is BYU.

But, AAC teams would not be opposed to playing OOC games against UConn - now or in the future. It is not like you are on a. blacklist.
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You misread my message. I was talking about UMass using it as a pitch for membership.
 
Storrs South said:
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This was a bold move by UMass this morning to shake out some games. They basically just hung a shingle to see who would call.

Maybe this nutty scheme works and they a little four game book together. Wouldnt surprise me though it it looked something like:

i) BYU in November (they have three of four weeks still open in November on their eight game schedule)
ii) Liberty <--has a ten game schedule, would they want to add another game?
iii) UConn <--nudge nudge nudge from Walt Bell to Randy.
iv) An FCS game
v) Wing and prayer backfill game somewhere in FBS on a whim.

So yeah, pretty much they could nail down BYU and after that who knows.
 
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Quoting UMass to get info on UConn....
 
UConn needs to issue a public statement. This is freaking ridiculous. Can’t cancel the season and be Ft Knox withholding information from media/fans. If I was trying to kill off a program- this is how I’d be doing it.
 
Drew said:
UConn needs to issue a public statement. This is freaking ridiculous. Can’t cancel the season and be Ft Knox withholding information from media/fans. If I was trying to kill off a program- this is how I’d be doing it.
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I wouldn't expect one today....but seems like they have to respond sometime this week either with a statement or some quotes for select media. I understand the team has a meeting on Wednesday, maybe something comes out Wed/Thurs.
 
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Meanwhile UConn will hold two closed door scrimmages with no spring game and not let their fan base see the team play for two years- sick!!!
 
It’s actually hysterical that we have a young team in need of development and have a chance to play multiple games without anyone losing eligibility and instead we’re like “nah we’re just gonna practice a few days a week instead”
 
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Bongo Fury said:
Mass requires 14 day quarantine for out of state travel except New England states, NY and NJ.
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In Massachusetts you can visit if you pass a COVID test within 72 hours of arrival in the state and you do not need to quarantine. Since almost all football teams are being tested multiple times weekly, the state travel ban is not a roadblock to playing college football.
 
UConnJim said:
In Massachusetts you can visit if you pass a COVID test within 72 hours of arrival in the state and you do not need to quarantine. Since almost all football teams are being tested multiple times weekly, the state travel ban is not a roadblock to playing college football.
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I was told otherwise lol! Wouldn’t be the first time I have received UMass info from the Boneyard.
 
Bongo Fury said:
I was told otherwise lol! Wouldn’t be the first time I have received UMass info from the Boneyard.
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COVID-19 Travel Order
All visitors entering Massachusetts, including returning residents, who do not meet an exemption, are required to:
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  • Complete the Massachusetts Travel Form prior to arrival, unless you are visiting from a lower-risk state designated by the Department of Public Health.
  • Quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative COVID-19 test result that has been administered up to 72-hours prior to your arrival in Massachusetts.
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If your COVID-19 test result has not been received prior to arrival, visitors, and residents must quarantine until they receive a negative test result.
Failure to comply may result in a $500 fine per day.
Please find more information below, including the list of lower-risk states, exemptions, business guidance and other details.
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HartfordHank said:
COVID-19 Travel Order
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The university continues to require a 14-day quarantine of all travelers returning from an international or high-risk domestic destination without an option to substitute a negative COVID-19 test result in place of a quarantine. This would apply to UMass but could quarantine or file for an exemption I reckon.
 
Ok well if UMASS can make it work, no reason UCONN can't with a bigger athletic budget.
 
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Whether UConn plays or not this year there is not much effect to the next 5 years in the plan for football. There just isn't much reward in playing this year, so why take the deeper financial loss and the higher health risk?

Covid is unfortunate, but UConn sitting this one out makes some sense.

Basketball is different as there is revenue and a championship to play for, so there is at least some tangible reward for the risk. Basketball should cover its costs and this season is key to the rebuild.
 
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UConn basketball and hockey in two months! Forget football, that ship has sailed in 2020.
 
Palatine said:
We cancelled way too soon. The NFL had zero Covid positives this week. But there doesn't seem to be a way out of this. Just sit back and take our medicine.
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Bend over and take it is more like it.
 
Time to call UConn athletic department and get this ball rolling asap.

Benedict and Edsal have to see the writing on the wall and how bad this will look if UConn stays on the sidelines while others like UMass are playing. This will hurt recruiting and hurt the program overall.

Get this done and play four, five or maybe six games.
 
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Drew said:
UConn is literally going to play basketball with fans in the arena in a month and a half.
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Whataboutism doesn't change wrong to right. A weak argument can be made keeping 15 people in a bubble and sequestering games in groups for 3 months vs 100 people traveling around the country every week. Doesn't make it right. College sports is neither essential nor necessary to these kids education which is mostly online.

The correct move is for them not to play.
 
Drew said:
We easily could take advantage of these last minute cancellations to acquire future home and home series too. Houston got a H/H with Baylor. USF got the H/H with Notre Dame. UConn could've easily been ready to play on standby for leagues that had to postpone games- Army last Saturday is a great example. Just frustrating we were so quick to cancel yet seemingly have zero interest in re-visiting the issue now that it's clear we have found ways to play this fall.
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And why are there cancellations? No wonder Americans are the prime idiots in responding to this.
 
SubbaBub said:
Whataboutism doesn't change wrong to right. A weak argument can be made keeping 15 people in a bubble and sequestering games in groups for 3 months vs 100 people traveling around the country every week. Doesn't make it right. College sports is neither essential nor necessary to these kids education which is mostly online.

The correct move is for them not to play.
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Except they're not bubbling anyone outside of a few non-conference games. And UConn basketball is playing all 20 of their league games at the venues of the home team. I get it you want UConn hoops (I do too) but don't act like this isn't hypocrisy at its finest. If it isn't safe to play football during November and December then it most definitely isn't safe to play basketball either- no matter how hard you want to justify/spin it so you can watch UConn play Big East hoops (and news flash- its completely safe to do both).
 
“We said canceled for this fall. We didn’t say postponed or suspended,” one source close to the program said.

 
Storrs South said:
“We said canceled for this fall. We didn’t say postponed or suspended,” one source close to the program said.

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lol F this small time bs. I'm so over this entire Randy Edsall era and regime its insane. Get us a real accountable leader in charge of this program that will stand up for his players and fight for them instead of consistently blow smoke to stroke his own ego. What a joke and a loser mindset this staff and administration has related to our program. Absolute joke.
 
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