Branno

There might be some audio glitches, I'm running on an emulator right now. I should get a capture device that supports PS3 today, so future weeks shouldn't have the audio cutting out.

Not sure how many are going to be interested in this, or if this is even the right place for it (this is the closest we're going to have to Husker football for awhile). Every week I'll be streaming the 2020 season as it was supposed to be, starting with Purdue and ending with (hopefully) and Championship. Follow along with all the twists and turns at twitch.tv/throughthesegates and GO BIG RED!

Fully husked.

BuT tHe CoAcHeS sAiD iT wAs SaFeR tO pLaY

What next for NU? They hopefully play football in the Spring with the rest of the B1G. Any other "scenario" is just a fantasy. We'd be stupid to go against the B1G on this.

The link for the official statement if you need it: https://bigten.org/news/2020/8/11/general-big-ten-statement-on-2020-21-fall-season.aspx It's verbatim what @knapplc posted.

I also couldn't find an example of someone on the moon suffering from a severe COVID related issue, what is your point? You keep saying we need to base our information on "current data" but that just doesn't exist for college athletes. I'm not sure if you noticed this or not, but they kind of canceled all college sports since March. It's hypothetical that humans can't survive in the vacuum of space, should we start pushing people out of airlocks to test that? No. That would be insane. I just don't understand your inability to take information from one thing (increased infections/death in the overall population, COVID outbreaks in MLB) and apply it to another (college sports). Look man, I get that you want the football season to happen. I also would like nothing more. But it would be irresponsible for us to ignore the realities of the world and put athletes health in danger just so we can have something to watch on TV for 12 10 Saturdays in the fall. It is a fact that when players are not put into a bubble that outbreaks are inevitable. We're seeing it in college football already and we're seeing it in MLB. We have nowhere near enough information regarding how severe these cases are, but that doesn't mean everything is alright. It is a fact that lingering heart, lung, and mental conditions occur in large numbers of "recovered" COVID patients of all ages. What is not a fact? That any data or study shows it is safe to play football at any level. That is your opinion. There is a big difference between your opinion and a fact. Try bringing something new to this, this is getting boring.

I'll take any sports, but baseball is my 1 true love (Huskers football is, I guess, a sister wife). It's going to suck if this season, even a 60 game contracted one, doesn't work out.

1 open week? Seems like a risky decision.

It gives him the most room possible when it comes to the number of fans that can be in the stadium if a season happens. Obviously, he wants a full stadium as it gets him the most money. If a season happens, I fully expect to see him lower those numbers drastically. Sigh...

I think someone needs a JUMP to conclusions mat. This link has 0 value when discussing how safe it is to play a contact sport at the collegiate, or any, level. It also, hilariously, refutes the idea that Nebraska is "safe" as it clearly shows infections are on the rise over the past month. That's, just like, your opinion man. Rob Manfred just threatened to shutdown the baseball season as early as next Monday because of the threat of COVID-19 and the difficulty to control players without a bubble. https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/07/31/manfred-warns-hell-shut-the-baseball-season-down-if-players-arent-more-careful/ LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL If we have a football season this fall I'm pretty sure I'll be able to provide plenty of examples. Once, you know, the athletes themselves announce how they are affected (pesky HIPAA and their rules against sharing patient information) or someone inevitably dies. What do we currently know about sports in the COVID-19 pandemic? 1. Putting an entire league (NHL, MLS, etc) in a bubble works pretty damn well 2. Placing restrictions on players without removing them from society at large (hello MLB) doesn't work. The CDC has provided guidance on sports, that full-contact sports like Football are high risk (feel free to google this, I provided the link forever ago). The NCAA says football is high risk. Additionally, all of the evidence shows it's not a good idea to play team sports, even low contact sports like baseball, if you can't remove the players, coaches, etc from their communities. As this is something you just can't do in college, all the available information tells us it's the opposite of safe. So, I'm sorry man but I'm not going to take your faulty conclusions over facts (covid spreading like wildfire in MLB) and guidance from experts.

The Big Ten controls its member schools. If it tells them to cancel the game, they cancel the game. I'm not sure what the exact language is in the contracts between member schools and their non-conference opponents but I doubt it gives the Big Ten the ability to dictate anything to non-conference opponents. The idea that they can tell another school that they have to comply and allow the B1G to verify anything is laughable.

Any credible source for this would be awesome, because from what we're seeing in baseball it is clearly not safe to play. Btw, the NBA, NHL, MLS, or any other sport that put literally everyone in a bubble doesn't count. College athletes won't be in a bubble.

The Big 10 can mandate member teams follow specific guidelines regarding the spread of COVID-19. They have no authority over non-conference members. It’s also easier to reschedule big 10 only games if needed.

Dude, I miss these videos.

It was obviously in good fun, come on man. Don't take things so seriously.

The “Why do we even have a football team” season: Game 1: 2018 vs Colorado, L 33-28 Game 2: 2017 at Oregon, L 42-35 Game 3: 2013 vs UCLA, L 41-21 Game 4: 2008 vs Virginia Tech, L 35-30 Game 5: 2015 at Illinois, L 14-13 Game 6: 2010 vs Texas, L 20-13 Game 7: 2019 at Minnesota, L 34-7 Game 8: 2007 vs TAMU, L 36-14 Game 9: 2016 at Ohio St, L 62-3 Game 10: 2014 at Wisconsin, L 59-24 Game 11: 2011 at Michigan, L 45-17 Game 12: 2017 vs Iowa, L 56-14 CCG: 2012 vs Wisconsin, L 70-31 Bowl: 2011 vs S Carolina, L 30-13 We played Wisconsin twice in a single season so I figure I can include them twice here. Not a lot of week 2 losses to pick from, led to a repeated year. Bowl ended up repeating a year too.

Spring game: 2014 (Pelini cat tunnel walk) Game 1: 2013 vs Wyoming, W 37-34 Game 2: 2007 at Wake Forest, W 20-17 Game 3: 2016 vs Oregon, W 35-32 Game 4: 2014 vs Miami, W 41-31 Game 5: 2012 vs Wisconsin, W 30-27 Game 6: 2011 vs Ohio St, W 34-27 Game 7: 2006 at Kansas St, W 21-3 Game 8: 2017 at Purdue, W 25-24 Game 9: 2018 vs Bethune-Cookman W 45-9 Game 10: 2015 vs Michigan St, W 39-38 Game 11: 2019 at Maryland, W 54-7 Game 12: 2010 vs Colorado, W 45-17 CCG: 2009 vs Texas, L 13-12 Bowl: 2008 at Clemson, W 26-21 Tried to get a mix of important games (last big 12 game), comebacks, and fun moments. Added constraint of single game per year and opponent, except for the spring game

Looks like more states are about to experience an outbreak https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/28/fauci-says-there-are-early-signs-coronavirus-outbreaks-are-brewing-in-ohio-indiana-kentucky-and-tennessee.html

Id like to solve the puzzle!

The answer to that question is clearly yes. There are a shockingly high number of people on this board that would be fine with players dying.