REVERSE VOTING WEDNESDAY TO
PLAY THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SEASON AFTER INITIALLY
POSTPONING ACTION IN AUGUST DUE
TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
THE BIG 10 WILL KICK OFF THEIR
SEASON ON OCTOBER
24TH AND PLAY 8 GAMES IN 8
WEEKS BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
TITLE GAME COMMENCES ON
DECEMBER 19TH JOINING US NOW IS
PATRICK SMITH WHO IS THE SENIOR
EDITOR FOR
COLLEGE SPORTS. AT FAN CITED
PATRICK GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK
HERE ON THE SHOW WITH US LET'S
DIVE RIGHT IN THE BIG
10 WAS THE FIRST POWER
5 CONFERENCE TO POSTPONE THEIR
FALL SEASON NOW THEY'VE DECIDED
TO PLAY AFTER ALL WHAT'S
CHANGED HERE.
>> YEAH, THE BIGGEST CHANGES
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
ANTIGEN
TESTING WHERE IT'S REALLY
REMARKABLE. THE BIG TIME TO NOT
PASS TO SEE IF PLAYERS ARE
POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS
ESSENTIALLY BEFORE THEIR
INFECTIOUS IT'S PRETTY
REMARKABLY
ENOUGH TASK. YOU KNOW HOW WHEN
SOMEBODY WILL CONTRACT THE
CORONAVIRUS SO THAT'S ALWAYS A
BIG STEP TO BASICALLY
ELIMINATES THE
CONTRACT TRACING. AND THEN
SECONDLY, CARDIAC MACHINES ON
MY MACHINES ON CAMPUS
WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE ONE OF
THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF ONE OF
THE UNKNOWNS ABOUT THE
LONG-TERM EFFECTS WAS
A LOT OF THESE PLAYERS WHO
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS WE'RE ALSO TESTING
POSITIVE FOR MILD HEART IVESON
OBVIOUSLY ANY TIME YOU'RE
DEALING WITH A HEART AILMENTS
AND
THAT CERTAINLY CONCERNING SO
THE BIG 10 AND THERE ARE OTHER
MEDICAL COUNCIL THEY WERE.
HAPPY OR PLEASED WITH THE
PROGRESS OF THE
ANTIGEN TESTING AND THE
MACHINES ON CAMPUS SO REALLY 2
HUGE ADVANCEMENTS WHICH GAVE
THE THE OPENING FOR THE BIG 10
TO START THEIR SEASON NEXT
MONTH.
>> NATURALLY, I'M THINKING
ABOUT AND LOOKING AT SOME
OF THESE WHETHER IT'S OHIO
WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW
UNIVERSITY I I OR
EXCUSE ME. UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS URBANA
CHAMPAIGN CAMPUS. ALL OF THEM
HAVE REPORTED CASES IN ONE
INSTANCE
OR ANOTHER, AND SO HOW THEY'VE
BEEN ABLE TO SEPARATE THESE
STUDENT ATHLETES FROM THE
BROADER STUDENT POPULATION TO
MAKE IT FOR A 6 C'EST WILL
START TO THIS BIG 10 FOOTBALL
SEASON SON.
>> YEAH WELL WE'VE SEEN THE NBA
AND THE NHL. THEY HAVE
YOU KNOW CONSTRUCTED BUBBLES
YOU KNOW WHERE IS COLLEGE
FOOTBALL. THE NFL ARE UNABLE TO
DO THAT BUT I MANY CASES AROUND
THE
STUDENTS ARE REMOTE LEARNING
THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON CAMPUS BUT
EVEN FOR THE COLLEGES THAT
STILL HAVE STUDENTS
ON CAMPUS MIGHT BE REMOTE
LEARNING, BUT YEAH, IT'S GOING
TO BE A AN ONGOING EFFORT.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
THE EASY WE'VE SEEN AT MANY
CAMPUSES YOU KNOW ALICE THEIR
HEAD COACH THE OTHER DAY SAID
THAT MOST OF THIS TEAM
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS TEXAS TECH
AND ABOUT 75 POSITIVE THEY'RE
CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE WOODS
BUT THE BIG 10 ARE GOING TO
GIVE IT
A SHOT VERY TOUGH PROTOCOLS
PLAYER DOES TEST POSITIVE FOR
THE CORONAVIRUS THEY'RE GOING
TO BE WITHOUT FROM COMPETITION
FOR 21 DAYS. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW
ESSENTIALLY 3 GAMES THAT THEY
WILL MESS. AND THEN THERE'S A
5% THRESHOLD IF A TEAM HAS 5%
POSITIVES. YOU KNOW THEY'RE
GOING TO SHUT
DOWN CELL IF YOU DON'T LET YOU
KNOW 9200 AND. STIRS 5 PLAYERS
TEST
THAT THE END OF THINGS HERE SO
IT'S EXCITED THAT THE BIG 10 IS
GOING TO START
WITH THESE LIMITATIONS IN PLACE
THERE IT'S NO SURE THING THAT
YOU KNOW WILL EVEN BE PLAYING
IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
>> TO BE FAIR YOU DO HAVE SOME
PLAYERS THAT REALLY WANTS TO GO
OUT AND TAKE THE FIELD SOME OF
THEM EVEN TRYING
TO USE UNIONIZED AS VOICING HIS
DESIRE TO UNIONIZE. THAT LED BY
A HIGHER STATE. QUARTERBACK
JUSTIN FIELDS ORGANIZING A
PETITION TO PLAYS WELL WE'VE
SEEN SO IS THE DYNAMIC OF THE
POWER IN COLLEGE SPORTS
CHANGING.
>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS AND I
THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT COLLEGE
SPORTS. YOU KNOW IT NEXT YEAR 2
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IT'S GOING
TO BE A LOT IT'S GOING TO LOOK
A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS IN
THE PAST. YOU KNOW COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS WILL BE ABLE
TO CASH IN ON A MIDGET NAME
IMAGE AND
LIKENESS RIGHTS AND THE NEXT
YEAR CELL SO PLAYERS WILL BE
GETTING BUT WE SAW THIS
OFFSEASON PLAYERS REALLY HOLD
THE POWER. YOU KNOW WE SAW A
LOT OF A SOCIAL JUSTIN FIELDS
LEADING A PETITION THAT HAD
ABOUT I DON'T KNOW MAYBE 20,000
RETWEETS ON TWITTER
AND PRETTY MUCH JUST A MATTER
OF HOURS PLAYERS LIKE JUSTIN
FIELDS, TREVOR
LAWRENCE CLEMSON. THESE GUYS
REALLY ALL THE POWER AND YOU
KNOW LET DIRECTORS AND
UNIVERSITY THEY SERVE WE'VE NOT
WILLING TO YIELD ANY OF THEIR
POWER YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S
CERTAINLY AN ONGOING POWER
STRUGGLE, BUT THAT BALANCE OF
THAT POWER STRUGGLE THAT HAS
BEEN SHIFTED TOWARDS THE
PLAYERS. THIS OFFSEASON AND
IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET MORE AND
MORE TOWARDS THE PLAYERS FAVOR
IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> AND SO THE PAC 12 ALSO
REMAINS THE LONE POWER 5
CONFERENCE THAT SITTING OUT
THIS SEASON. THE CONFERENCE
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE
GOING BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DAILY
COVID-19 TESTING
AS TO ATHLETES IS THERE ANY
CHANCE THEY COME BACK EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED.
>> YOU KNOW IF
YOU ASKED ME THIS LAST WEEK IT
WAS SAID NO CHANCE THE PAC 12
WITH A TREND THAT STARTED AFTER
THE NEW
YEAR, BUT. IN LIGHT OF THE BIG
TEN'S KNOWS IT LOOKS LIKE THE
PAC 12 IT IS FEELING THAT THE
FEEDING THE
FIRE HERE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO
GET THE SEASON STARTED MAYBE A
WEEK OR 2 AFTER THE BIG 10.
POSSIBLY HALLOWEEN WEEKEND.
MAYBE THAT
FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER, BUT AT
THAT POINT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
BIT TOO LATE TO BE INCLUDED IN
THAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
DISCUSSION, BUT AT LEAST FOR
THE PAC, 12 FOOTBALL FANS AND
PLAYERS AND COACHES AND
EVERYBODY AT
THOSE UNIVERSITIES. THERE'S A
MUCH MORE STRONGER CHANCE OF
BELIZE THAT GAMES ON SATURDAY
IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
AND ALL THE STRAND FEEL THE
IMPACT ALL. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
BUT IF NOTHING ELSE. THE LEAST
GIVE IT A SHOT THERE, BUT A LOT
SO FOR A POLITICAL HURDLES TO
CLEAR OUT WEST, ESPECIALLY IN
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON WHERE A
NUMBER IF USC AND UCL PLAYERS
UCL AND PLAYERS I
SHOULD SAY AN OREGON AN OREGON
STATE PLAYERS OF WRITTEN OPEN
LETTERS TO THE POLITICIANS THE
GOVERNORS IN THOSE STATES DO.
AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR THEIR UP
POTENTIAL RETURN AND WITH
HURDLE CLEARED NOW POTENTIALLY
HALLOWEEN POTENTIALLY FIRST
WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER THAT PACKED
WELL FANS CAN CIRCLE ANOTHER
DAY FOR THE RETURN
OF FOOTBALL.
>> BADGER I THINK ABOUT SOME OF
THESE FIRES AND AS WE KIND OF
CONTINUE
THIS DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW ONE
THING THAT DOES GET HIGHLIGHT
IS THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT
PLAYERS THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO
WANT TO MAKE A BID FOR THE NFL
AND
THE FUTURE ALSO AND SO WITH
SOME OF THE 21 DAYS FOR A
POSITIVE TEST. AND IF YOU ARE
POSITIVE AND YOU HAVE TO SIT
OUT FOR 21 DAYS.
AND THEN YOU LATER ON COME
BACK, WHAT YOU'VE MISSED
PRACTICE, YOU MISS SOME OF THE
POTENTIAL GAMES
AS WELL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
FOR YOUR PROSPECTS HOW DOES
THAT KIND OF HURT SOME OF YOUR
CHANCES LEVERAGING THE TIME ON
THE FIELD TO GET THE EYE OF
SOME OF THE NFL, SCOUTS AND
COACHES.
>> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT IT'S
GOING TO BE TOP ESPECIALLY FOR
THESE THESE PLAYERS TRYING TO
MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES, YOU
LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR'S NUMBER
ONE PICK AND HEISMAN WINNER,
JOE BURROW AT THIS TIME LAST
YEAR HE WAS MAYBE 5 IS A
4TH OR 5TH. CERTAINLY NOT A
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR WHO
ASKED HIS NAME AND IMMORTALITY
LAST SEASON SO
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PLAYERS
WHO DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO HIM PRESS NFL SCOUTS AND
TALENT EVALUATORS THROUGH THEIR
PLAY ON THE FIELD, SO THEY'LL
HAVE TO RELY ON THEIR TAPE FROM
LAST YEAR THE PREVIOUS COUPLE
OF YEARS. BUT STILL YEAH, YOU
KNOW THE PROSPECT OF THE SPRING
SEASON FOR THE PAC 12 AND BIG
TIME BEFORE THEIR DECISIONS.
THOSE PRETTY MUCH A NONSTARTER
BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO
PLAYERS LIKE JUSTIN FIELDS
SHAUN WADE, SOME OF THESE ALL
AMERICANS. I PLAYERS TOP 10 TOP
50 DRAFT PICKS
WHO REALLY WORKED ON A PLAN TO
SPRING SEASON THAT POST THE NFL
DRAFT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE TALK
OF
THESE PLAYERS, SOME PLAYERS ARE
GOING TO NOT HAVE THE SAME
NUMBER OF OPERA CITIES THAT
THEY WOULD IN A NORMAL YEAR,
YOU KNOW AS LONG AS THEY CAN
MAKE IT AN NFL SCOUTING COMBINE
AT THE END OF FEBRUARY TEAMS
WILL STILL HAVE THEIR
PRO DAYS. SO IT'S NOT ENTIRELY
SHOT, YOU KNOW WORSE CASE
SCENARIO. THE SEASON DOES
COLLAPSE UNDERNEATH THEM,
THEY'LL STILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY AT THE COMBINE AND
THAT THEIR PRODUCE TO IMPRESS
TEAMS AND AND REALLY ONCE YOU
GET TO FULL TRAINING CAMPS, YOU
KNOW WHATEVER YOU CAN DO THEN
YOU KNOW THAT'S REALLY GOING TO
BE THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN AND
HOW MUCH HE PLAYS RIGHT YOUR
BODY EVEN MAKE THE TEAM OR NOT.
>> RIGHT EXACTLY JUST QUICKLY
WHILE WE HAVE YOU WITH A
LIMITED TIME LEFT NC DOUBLE A
ALSO SAYING YESTERDAY
THE UPCOMING BASKETBALL SEASON
WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER 25TH
NOMINEE TOP PROGRAMS THEY THEY
FACE OFF IN EARLY SEASON.
TOURNAMENTS BUT WILL THAT BE
SOMETHING THAT FANS. REALLY
COUNT ON THIS SEASON.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING WHERE WE'RE 69 DAYS
OUT FROM THE PROJECTED OR FROM
THE NOVEMBER 24TH START DATE
AND YOU KNOW I THOUGHT YOU WERE
MAYBE YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE
SEASON BACK INTO THE NEW YEAR
JUST BASED ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED
CROSS COLLEGE FOOTBALL
WITH THAT WITH THE DELAYS AND
POSTPONEMENTS BUT COLLEGE
FOOTBALL OR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
IS A BETTER SPOT, HOW THEY CAN
LEVERAGE YOU KNOW SEE WHAT THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONFERENCES OF
DANCING WITH THE PRO SPORTS
LEAGUES HAVE DONE.
TO IMPROVE THEIR TESTING THE
EFFECT OF THIS OF THE TESTING
AND THE VOLUME OF THE
TESTING SO YOU KNOW THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME NONCONFERENCE
GAMES. THEY COULD PARE DOWN
FROM THE SCHEDULE BUT THE
BIG CROWDS AGAINST DUKE VERSUS
NORTH CAROLINA, THOSE TYPES OF
GAMES ARE STILL GOING TO BE ON
THE SCHEDULE BUT SOME
OF THOSE EARLY SEASON,
NONCONFERENCE GAMES THEY MIGHT
HAVE TO BE THE CASUALTIES HERE
CALLASPO COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE, BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE
A START DATE AND THAT'S
SOMETHING FOR FANS TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT IT
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S NO
HANG-UPS NO HURDLES AND WE'LL
GET TO A RETURN OF MARCH AND A
FEW
MORE MONTHS.
>> YEAH, NOT TO MENTION LOOK
MOST OF THESE COLLEGES HAVE
ALREADY DECIDED THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO PERHAPS AND THEIR FALL
SEMESTER EARLY SO THAT THEY'RE
DODGING THE
FLU SEASON. AND ANY RISK OF
WHAT SOME HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE
CALLED THE TWINDEMIC RISK.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOK A
LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A TRUE
BUBBLE WITH OUT THE REST OF THE
STUDENTS
ON CAMPUS. AND SO WE'LL SEE