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Oregon Governor says no sporting events until after September

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they probably don't want to get embarrassed by the Bison of ND State, only to follow that up by getting blasted by Ohio State
 
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The thread title and the O.P. are inaccurate. Ohio State and Oregon may still play, but the Oregon Snowflake Governor apparently won't allow fans to attend the game.
 
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I’m a care free person that is always the glass is more than half full. To read the article it says “the Oregon Governor advises against large gatherings through September”. I will bet the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau loves that news and marketing. Portland Jail blazers ownership love it too.

I think the USA and the urban areas more so than rural are scared to death but to cancel or advise against attending events 4 months out is insane regardless of location. Over 110 days out and just saying we don’t want you to bother coming. Does this mean on October 1 everything is magically okay? It’s like common sense no longer allowed. The lady should just say we will watch the situation and take steps to proceed based on what’s going on.

As a college football fan, Nuts vs Ducks is one I’d put on Pick’m. Would take the Nuts given the Ducks have a new QB. How many Nut fans is Oregon saying “Don’t bother” too? Yeah that Animal House town economy will get by just fine without that big weekend?

On the other hand, maybe all this fear will allow people to realize what is important in life. I don’t know but sometimes a 2x4 across the face can be eye opening.


One thing that will become clear in every sport if they have games without fans in attendance is the true value ie pointswise of home field advantage. It may have each venue/team/organization/school rethink ticket pricing to get more butts in the seats if powerhouses don’t win as much. I wonder if the point spreads in Vegas will cause handicappers to not be as smart. UFC 249 on Saturday will be a title fight in the main event without fans.

I still say the SEC will have full houses. The got players to pay and boosters won’t pay unless they can see in person.
 
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3xWVUenginEER said:
I’m a care free person that is always the glass is more than half full. To read the article it says “the Oregon Governor advises against large gatherings through September”. I will bet the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau loves that news and marketing. Portland Jail blazers ownership love it too.

I think the USA and the urban areas more so than rural are scared to death but to cancel or advise against attending events 4 months out is insane regardless of location. Over 110 days out and just saying we don’t want you to bother coming. Does this mean on October 1 everything is magically okay? It’s like common sense no longer allowed. The lady should just say we will watch the situation and take steps to proceed based on what’s going on.

As a college football fan, Nuts vs Ducks is one I’d put on Pick’m. Would take the Nuts given the Ducks have a new QB. How many Nut fans is Oregon saying “Don’t bother” too? Yeah that Animal House town economy will get by just fine without that big weekend?

On the other hand, maybe all this fear will allow people to realize what is important in life. I don’t know but sometimes a 2x4 across the face can be eye opening.


One thing that will become clear in every sport if they have games without fans in attendance is the true value ie pointswise of home field advantage. It may have each venue/team/organization/school rethink ticket pricing to get more butts in the seats if powerhouses don’t win as much. I wonder if the point spreads in Vegas will cause handicappers to not be as smart. UFC 249 on Saturday will be a title fight in the main event without fans.

I still say the SEC will have full houses. The got players to pay and boosters won’t pay unless they can see in person.
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Agree.

It's like whoever takes the most extreme response sets the standard.
 
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3xWVUenginEER said:
I’m a care free person that is always the glass is more than half full. To read the article it says “the Oregon Governor advises against large gatherings through September”. I will bet the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau loves that news and marketing. Portland Jail blazers ownership love it too.

I think the USA and the urban areas more so than rural are scared to death but to cancel or advise against attending events 4 months out is insane regardless of location. Over 110 days out and just saying we don’t want you to bother coming. Does this mean on October 1 everything is magically okay? It’s like common sense no longer allowed. The lady should just say we will watch the situation and take steps to proceed based on what’s going on.

As a college football fan, Nuts vs Ducks is one I’d put on Pick’m. Would take the Nuts given the Ducks have a new QB. How many Nut fans is Oregon saying “Don’t bother” too? Yeah that Animal House town economy will get by just fine without that big weekend?

On the other hand, maybe all this fear will allow people to realize what is important in life. I don’t know but sometimes a 2x4 across the face can be eye opening.


One thing that will become clear in every sport if they have games without fans in attendance is the true value ie pointswise of home field advantage. It may have each venue/team/organization/school rethink ticket pricing to get more butts in the seats if powerhouses don’t win as much. I wonder if the point spreads in Vegas will cause handicappers to not be as smart. UFC 249 on Saturday will be a title fight in the main event without fans.

I still say the SEC will have full houses. The got players to pay and boosters won’t pay unless they can see in person.
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this is the top nonconference game of the year. Ohio State lost a lot of top players, but so what, they do every year and reload. QB is back, and Oregon's isn't. My guess is OSU should manhandle them, but Oregon is a tough place to play. I'll go with OSU 42 to 31. Michigan plays at Washington the same day. Gonna be a B1G day for the B1G out west.
 
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I would take Meat Chicken over U Dub because U Dub has not only a new qb but a new HC (no Petersen who is worth every thing he has ever been paid every where based on career results) Those will be 2 good OOC games or at least on paper better than a P5 school hosting a G5 school.



Just a side topic/question I wonder what happens if the Khakis loses again in the last regular season game. Does Blue actually fire him? I don’t think the guy was brought in to finish 3rd-4th ... in the B1G East and get beat in Tampa or Orlando by an SEC school not quite good enough for a NY6 Bowl. He’s 1-4 in bowl games and his biggest wins after year 1 are on recruiting day with parties and hype/noise. I thought he’d have won the B1G by now and at least played in the playoffs. Year 6 he should have his qb by now and his culture in the program.

I don’t care about the other sports but I will miss college football if affected.
 
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I think allowing large crowds at stadiums and arenas will be one of the last restrictions to be lifted. Even though some states have started to reopen its not like things are the way they were before covid. States like Texas now allow diners inside restaurants but only at 25% capacity. Even the states that never had stay at home orders put social distancing requirements in place. If we have a college football season I doubt it will be a typical one and I don't see it starting on time. If fans are allowed in at some point it will be probably be at a reduced capacity.
 
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OlegeezEER said:
I think allowing large crowds at stadiums and arenas will be one of the last restrictions to be lifted. Even though some states have started to reopen its not like things are the way they were before covid. States like Texas now allow diners inside restaurants but only at 25% capacity. Even the states that never had stay at home orders put social distancing requirements in place. If we have a college football season I doubt it will be a traditional one and I don't see it starting on time. If fans are allowed in at some point it will be probably be at a reduced capacity.
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You're prolly right. There are ways around a full shut down. Limit student sections. Limit season tix holders. Family and media only. Every other row. every other game. There will be lots of people that have season tix that won't go and won't give up their tix because they just don't want to lose their seating assignments for the next year. There's a way to do this if they just think about it instead of taking the hard line of shutting it down completely.

Heck, sitting in a stadium isn't much different than going to Walmart with the Walmart employees crawling over top of you putting together the on-line orders.
 
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This will impact Ohio State at Oregon and would mean the first two games of Oregon's schedule are a no go.

https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2020/...-ohio-state-football-game.html?outputType=amp

And so it begins.
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In a related note, the UC system, which includes UC Berkley in the Bay area, and UCLA, has not issued a statement about whether classes will be held in the two largest metropolitan areas in CA. The Cal State system, on the other hand, has already said no to students and sports during the fall semester. The Washington and Arizona schools are planning to be open as scheduled. And, the two private members of the conference (USC and Standford) also have not made any announcements. So, it's going to be interesting to see what the PAC 12 does in both areas.
 
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A few schools in the P12 could screw up schedules across the whole country. Most Universities across the country are saying worst case scenario is that they will have on-line classes and athletes will follow with a full schedule and be able to play.
 
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I'm getting the feeling that a lot of teams will not have a full schedule and might just have conference games only. Have to wonder even if some teams or all teams play what bowls would be active? I personally think there are too many anyway but it has to be thought about by many in the NCAA and business world.
 
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Who gives a crap about the communist Republic of Progressive Weirdoos? Free up their surfer dude scholarships and let the WVUs of the world suck them up. Replace them with other schools.
 
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LAMountaineer said:
In a related note, the UC system, which includes UC Berkley in the Bay area, and UCLA, has not issued a statement about whether classes will be held in the two largest metropolitan areas in CA. The Cal State system, on the other hand, has already said no to students and sports during the fall semester. The Washington and Arizona schools are planning to be open as scheduled. And, the two private members of the conference (USC and Standford) also have not made any announcements. So, it's going to be interesting to see what the PAC 12 does in both areas.
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A few schools in the P12 could screw up schedules across the whole country. Most Universities across the country are saying worst case scenario is that they will have on-line classes and athletes will follow with a full schedule and be able to play.
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Doug Ducey Az gov stated that pro sports can resume operations within the state but no fans allowed to attend. I think if there is college season we won't have fans in attendance until the pro's allow them. I think whatever season we end up with will be more about trying to keep the fuctionality of the programs going. It won't be normal by any means.
 
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WVUALLEN said:
I'm getting the feeling that a lot of teams will not have a full schedule and might just have conference games only. Have to wonder even if some teams or all teams play what bowls would be active? I personally think there are too many anyway but it has to be thought about by many in the NCAA and business world.
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I think it will be a miracle if we had a full season. I don't think everyone will start at the same time. If one power 5 conference plays they all will but probably at different times. I think the best we can do is have a conference only schedule but the logistics would probably prevent a full season of it.
 
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