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10 hours ago, WyoHusker56 said:

 

The thing that's funny is if they had released this letter along with the announcement it probably would have held back some of the outrage. Now people are mad already so this did little to help and even irritated people more at this point because they could have shared this at the beginning.

I go back to my advice to any of my employees...dont send an email to be first to respond, send a thought out one, first responses are generally emotional response without thinking of all angles

On 8/19/2020 at 3:44 PM, Roundball Shaman said:

What they’re saying is, Too Much We Do Not Know. We don’t know. We don’t know.

 

The success or failure of the potential Big 12/SEC seasons will sort this out. Their attempts to play will either be a brilliant example of taking a leap of faith and being rewarded for it, or will be the dumbest thing they could have chosen by endangering the health and safety of the players when they should have known better. Either way, the Big Fourteen can just sit back and find out which of the answers is the correct one. Let the other conferences be the guinea pigs and watch for and learn from the results.

 

This is the Game Within The Game. The Big 10/Pac 12 vs. the SEC/etc. Who will end up being the smart ones? Who will end up saying I Told You So. Who will win the PR (and recruiting) wars? Who will be The Good Guys and who will look like the villains? And will anybody be playing football in 2021?
 

I really dont think not playing, if the other conferences implode due to COVID, will win any recruiting bonuses for the BIG or PAC.

Kinda hope SEC teams poach, teach our conference a lesson...basically I'm just bitter. All P5 conferences should have made a unified choice

Regardless of all of this...remember the Alamo...and its basement 

14 hours ago, Bledred said:

It has been leaked that it was a 8-6 vote by the chancellors and presidents of the member schools.  Then the Big 14 (Kevin) decided to not release the results and which schools said yes and which schools said no.  The nays won and the rest is history.  Kevin deserves some flak for not releasing the results to the public. 

Was the vote based on anonymity? I would assume it was, if not..likely a different vote 

Love the AAC guy...golden

1 hour ago, teachercd said:

Live streamed lecture?  They are more likely, I would probably say close to 100% would attend.

 

Recorded lecture/webinar...just depends on the kid.  Just like the regular college kids...50/50.

My thoughts too...thanks for the response 

3 hours ago, teachercd said:

My buddy had 3 online classes today...here was his attendance

 

11/29

14/28 

and

 

1/31

In your opinion, are college athletes who live in a bubble, that have a fairly regimented schedule while in said bubble more likely to attend online courses than students who really have no one monitoring their attendance and dont live in a structured environment 

9 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

 

@teachercd You wanna tell him how well online classes work? 

Please, tell me.

Are we talking traditional students who have no academic oversite and have ample amounts of free time outside of scheduled online classes to do/go wherever they want?

26 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

 

Ok. Now tell us how those teams in the bubble are going to go to class and keep up with schoolwork. 

Online?

There are many times teams have away games 2 out of 3 weeks, leaving on a Thursday or Friday to get there.

This actually provides them a more stationary home for 3 weeks. I mean come on, let's not act like online learning is not completely possible for this.

Bubble 4 teams together for 3 weeks. Each team gets 3 games in 3 weeks. Take a week off, 3 teams charter to another bubble in that time another 3 come in...rinse and repeat for 3 times. That is 9 games in 11 weeks.

7 minutes ago, Comish said:

Warren might have had to announce the message, but it was delivered in an insouciant, rambling and tone deaf style. He had No explanations, No empathy, No answers, and no backup plans. Is this guy really the best the mighty Big 10 wants or needs as it's front porch Visual? 

I dont know...I'm just giving my opinion on how I think this all went down. Basically expected people to think "smart choice" and when not received that way it went.."look over there" mode

7 hours ago, Omaha fan said:

Meanwhile the pac and big12 become afterthoughts 

 

That was...FANTASTIC!!!!!

3 hours ago, teachercd said:

National Radio guys have a really different opinion.  I almost wonder if TV guys feel a little more pressure to say certain things.

Of course they do, it's a face to an opinion, radio goes in one ear and out the other

Simply put..University leaders came to a majority decision out of conversation and litigation mitigation, Warren had to deliver the news, news based solely on "smart" people having a conversation... the backlash happens and now Presidents are backtracking because they dont want to be the one who has to tell their university and donors they advocated to not have a season, so they hide under "there wasn't a vote" although their feedback was "the vote"...I feel bad for Warren as he was only delivering a message that apparently a majority agreed on and now they are backpedaling due to fans saying "F you, tell us why when other conferences are moving forward."

Honestly feel Presidents thought other conferences would follow suit, so why bother with facts when it is all going to be a "in the best interest of players" narrative 

1 hour ago, suh_fan93 said:

McCaffrey to Fleming

 

 

Sideline deepballs (in practice)...these are things we celebrate.

I made a grilled cheese with havarti, cheddar and pepperjack... granted it was from the Gods eye tower, if you want to see it....just imagine it

5 hours ago, The Duke said:

We are all about to find out how Nebraska truly feels about it's Big Ten membership.

 

Yesterday was nothing short of a unified front by the university leadership in shooting a shot across the Big Ten's bow with the threat that if the conference didn't play football this fall Nebraska could look elsewhere and at all options.

 

If Nebraska ever had any reservations about it's 10 years in the Big Ten, and wanted to pursue going back to their historical roots of the Big 8/Big12...NOW could be the time to do it.

 

Don't discount what Bill Moos has said in the past on his feelings about scheduling old Big 12 opponents. The facts are traveling to away games in Big 12 locations is just easier for Nebraska fans. Those road trips are more cost effective as well. Also, the current Big 10 conference is not the same confernce Nebraska signed up for in 2010. Nebraska didn't sign up for Rutgers & Maryland.

 

The current landscape just has that feeling that big changes are coming.

 

The NCAA's influence as a whole is on thin ice. The rumors of a Power 5 break away have only gotten louder in recent years.

 

The techtonic fault lines of college football could...could be shifting again. If Nebraska really wanted to return home, now might be the best time to look at those options.

We could go back...but we would really look like a school that couldn't handle their own against Big 10 teams and went scrambling back to easier grounds 

Not saying that is the truth, but narrative trumps reasons 

2 hours ago, Cdog923 said:

 

#1 is also false: there won't be college basketball, either. 

Curse you...GO ZAGS!!!!

Joel Klatt was on point on BTN...other news, I have a 115% return since starting on stocks this year.

Both statements are true..yolo 

Edit: is "yolo" a thing still?

2 hours ago, Rochelobe said:

Can't believe I needed to use the /s

 

Are so many people that humorless?

Yes, yes we are not

Likely missed this somewhere but I assume conference only games pushes season start date back to late september/1st week October or something like that...correct?

No season this year...send me your ticket money and I will make everyone some badass scrimshaw, that's my COVID built skill...that, and embellished skills of grandeur 

43 minutes ago, ZMagers22 said:

It’s been a busy few months. What did I miss? 

Skinny Jean's are still a thing

5 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

I'm starting to wonder if I want a season that will prove absolutely nothing, be loaded with asterisks, and covered like a joyless exercise  played out in near-empty stadiums.

 

Interestingly enough, I'm still leaning "yes." 

At this point...Give me a virtual full season via xbox over a 5 game (my estimate) season played in empty stadiums. Sure it would be weird, but it would be a season with the best asterisk ever

On a side note, Dr. Fauci has replaced C. Everett Coop at the top of my list of doctors that I've seen the most on tv

"AM looking to rebound per Frost"....well, yeah, i would hope so