South Dakota Game Canceled

[BCPanther]

COVID.

Per Cole Bair.

Just end this damn thing.

[Neighbor]

stick a fork in it. we're done

ranked 23rd in the nation

[havok58]

Treat the NDSU like a scrimmage. We’re not making the playoffs. Just keep everyone healthy for fall.

[BCPanther]

NDSU is still going to be in quarantine next weekend. It's over and that's fine. Should have played in the fall and not even tried this ridiculous spring thing.

Let's all just forget it ever happened.

[DownGoesKansas]

It is almost like the Winter season has the same issues as the Fall season would have.

Who could possibly have seen this coming. What a cluster...

[06panther10]

What are the “playoffs” going to look like? NDSU still has covid, JMU just had their next 2 weeks cancelled, and has only played 4 games.

Really ugly.

[vbfan19]

Should have played in the fall and not even tried this ridiculous spring thing.

what makes you think there wouldn't have been just as many cancellations (if not more) if they had attempted to play the fall 2020 season?

[Gboom23]

what makes you think there wouldn't have been just as many cancellations (if not more) if they had attempted to play the fall 2020 season?

That is not at all what he said.

[vbfan19]

That is not at all what he said.

so what exactly does "should have played in the fall" mean, if it doesn't mean they should have played in the fall. As far as I know, there are still plans to play this coming fall (2021), so logically the only fall that he could be referring to would be the fall of 2020.

[DownGoesKansas]

so what exactly does "should have played in the fall" mean, if it doesn't mean they should have played in the fall. As far as I know, there are still plans to play this coming fall (2021), so logically the only fall that he could be referring to would be the fall of 2020.

What is the point of delaying to spring if we are having the exact same issues as we would have had in the fall? Think that is likely the point.

[BCPanther]

What is the point of delaying to spring if we are having the exact same issues as we would have had in the fall? Think that is likely the point.

That was exactly my point.

Should have done what Central Arkansas did. Cash some checks, schedule 10 (they got 9 in) and not worry about these 'playoffs' they're going to try to get through in a month.

The real scandal here, and there's no one with the balls to do it, is figure out how many FBS positives were covered up last fall. There's no way they could have been as unaffected as they were for the most part when, after more learning about the virus and substantial vaccine rollout, a league like ours lost 4 of the 5 games scheduled for this weekend. Especially if the threshold is 1 positive test which, ridiculously, is what they're going with.

[vbfan19]

and not worry about these 'playoffs' they're going to try to get through in a month.

sure, you say that now, knowing that UNI lost multiple games which knocked them out of playoff contention anyway.
If UNI was sitting at 0 or 1 loss, and still in the playoff hunt, would you still say that they should have forfeited their chance at the playoffs?

The real scandal here, and there's no one with the balls to do it, is figure out how many FBS positives were covered up last fall. There's no way they could have been as unaffected as they were for the most part when, after more learning about the virus and substantial vaccine rollout, a league like ours lost 4 of the 5 games scheduled for this weekend. Especially if the threshold is 1 positive test which, ridiculously, is what they're going with.

or did those FBS conferences that played in the fall set different thresholds because those conferences were spending more resources on testing and/or contact tracing?

[BCPanther]

sure, you say that now, knowing that UNI lost multiple games which knocked them out of playoff contention anyway.
If UNI was sitting at 0 or 1 loss, and still in the playoff hunt, would you still say that they should have forfeited their chance at the playoffs?


or did those FBS conferences that played in the fall set different thresholds because those conferences were spending more resources on testing and/or contact tracing?

I just assume we're going to lose games we shouldn't at this point. Might as well have cashed a check from Iowa State and a couple from the Sun Belt, they wouldn't have been huge but they would have been better than $0.

[95UNIGRAD]

There's no point in having FCS playoffs this year. Not sure how they can make it legitimate when some teams are playing six games or less.

[vbfan19]

There's no point in having FCS playoffs this year. Not sure how they can make it legitimate when some teams are playing six games or less.

to make it legitimate, they just to have to include the champions of each conference that is playing this spring (and elects to participate), and that will be the case. At-large bids are not something that is really required for legitimacy, and in any case, there will still be a handful of at-large spots.

still more legitimate that the "college football playoff" that the bowl teams pretend to have