Nebraska vs Wisconsin thread

[Blackshirts BLVD]

If we fired everyone whose response to COVID was wrong, nobody would have a job.

I get that, but this is pretty egregious in my opinion and as I attempted to lay out, this is demonstrative that there was no intention of having the B1G compete this year or at least enough to matter.

"Games will be canceled if one team or both teams have both a test positivity rate (number of positive tests divided by total number of tests administered) of at least 5 percent and a population positivity rate (number of positive individuals divided by total population at risk) of at least 7.5 percent."

Big Ten: Canceled games will be 'no contest'

With the Big Ten football season set to kick off Friday night, the conference announced Thursday that any game that can't be played due to a coronavirus outbreak will be declared "no contest."

www.reuters.com

I haven't read the link yet, but does it say how long a team would have to shut down or how it lines up given the 21 day rule or the daily and multiple testing that is being performed?

I didn't pay too much attention to this when released as I figured we would just see how it goes, but something seems really off in these decisions/guidelines.

 

[NU_WTF?]

Maybe not Frost, but I know the AD of Nebraska has to be happy, with as much bitching and moaning he did about the schedule.

You people really love sucking the media dick.

Moos was only ever asked questions about the schedule (we are not playing anyone we were not already playing, we only had rutgers removed from the schedule)

Nobody in Nebraska is happy about this, unless they are mouth breathing knuckle dragging idiots.

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

The one week shutdown is to stop spread, so they don't end up with half the team out for 3 weeks

Isn't that what the daily testing, multiple times a day is for? So that you can take necessary and immediate action?

Just have the affected players sit out their 21 days, why have a shutdown at all? If the other teammates tested negative, I don't see why it would be necessary to shut down.

 

[Skerpokes]

I wasn't saying it to be an ass -- but isn't removing a game from Nebraska's schedule, which they'd most likely lose, be exactly what Scott Frost wants?

Why the hell would he WANT to not play just to avoid a potential loss? Frost isn't a pussy. And in a season that is basically a freebie anyway where everyone is bowl eligible to begin with, and only a 9 game schedule with NO guarantee that all of them will be played and NONE of them even have an option to be rescheduled, I would you think you want to play every single damn game regardless how difficult the opponent.

Nebraska hasn't played in a bowl game since 1964 and thus hasn't benefited from the extra bowl practices which this team and staff desperately needed. While winning games is nice this year, nobody thought Nebraska was going to compete for national championships. Practices and games are just as important as the final record this year.

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

They're trying to prevent the spread. As this illustrates, testing only does so much. So they're trying to prevent infected players from playing and infecting other players if a huge outbreak happens within a program. It sounds like Wisconsin figured the Nebraska game was canceled anyway, might as well try and save the next game against Purdue. A shutdown before it hits the mandatory one, hopefully prevents it.

Sure and I am not bashing Wisconsin at all in this, they are doing what they think is best for their athletes, I respect that. I don't respect the B1G and how this has been handled nor how/why they are more restrictive than the fucking CDC.

I am also not following the notion of 'preventing the spread'. This is all done through testing, those that test positive sit, others do not. Every player is tested daily, I could understand stopping activities for a day or two to test everyone separately a few times and see what comes of it, but a whole week, impacting the games does not make sense.

 

[Me]

Isn't that what the daily testing, multiple times a day is for? So that you can take necessary and immediate action?

Just have the affected players sit out their 21 days, why have a shutdown at all? If the other teammates tested negative, I don't see why it would be necessary to shut down.

It's being cautious. I'm going to guess they clean the facilities real well, and give it some time

 

[Wingsauce7]

sounds to me like not much was being done to prevent this in the first place. To have 6 staff people become infected shows a disregard for best practices.

 

[Skerpokes]

Fucking Whisky!

 

[Wingsauce7]

It's being cautious. I'm going to guess they clean the facilities real well, and give it some time

You saying the facilities weren't being ultra cleaned already? This isn't AA ball.

 

[Kburjr]

Sure and I am not bashing Wisconsin at all in this, they are doing what they think is best for their athletes, I respect that. I don't respect the B1G and how this has been handled nor how/why they are more restrictive than the fucking CDC.

I am also not following the notion of 'preventing the spread'. This is all done through testing, those that test positive sit, others do not. Every player is tested daily, I could understand stopping activities for a day or two to test everyone separately a few times and see what comes of it, but a whole week, impacting the games does not make sense.

It's basically contact quarantines. Full social distancing for 7 days. Not much difference than the state already does with general population.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Sure and I am not bashing Wisconsin at all in this, they are doing what they think is best for their athletes, I respect that. I don't respect the B1G and how this has been handled nor how/why they are more restrictive than the fucking CDC.

I am also not following the notion of 'preventing the spread'. This is all done through testing, those that test positive sit, others do not. Every player is tested daily, I could understand stopping activities for a day or two to test everyone separately a few times and see what comes of it, but a whole week, impacting the games does not make sense.

 

[Kburjr]

Fucking Whisky!

Cool off, man. First scheduled game that Wisconsin didn't beat yer ass since 2012. Consider it a gift.

 

[Me]

It's basically contact quarantines. Full social distancing for 7 days. Not much difference than the state already does with general population.

Yeah, I don't know how this doesn't make sense.

When you start getting "large" number of people infected, you pause to try to contain it.

 

[Kburjr]

"On Sept. 16, when the Big Ten announced its return this fall, the conference also released specific, color-coded guidelines of green, orange and red to follow when determining if practices or games can continue. If the test positivity rate for a team exceeds 5%, a "team must stop regular practice and competition for a minimum of seven days and reassess metrics until improved." "

Big Ten: Any COVID cancellations a 'no contest'

If the Big Ten is forced to cancel any football games due to COVID-19 testing positivity rates within a team, the game will be deemed a "no contest," the conference announced on Thursday.

www.espn.com

 

[ericd7633]

You people really love sucking the media dick.

Moos was only ever asked questions about the schedule (we are not playing anyone we were not already playing, we only had rutgers removed from the schedule)

Nobody in Nebraska is happy about this, unless they are mouth breathing knuckle dragging idiots.

He was bitching and moaning about how hard the schedule was. I was being facetious. I only brought it up because he came off sounding like a giant pussy.

Nebraska's Whining Shows How Far Huskers Have Fallen

Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos says his football team "deserved" an easier schedule, indicating the Huskers have suddenly gained a sense of self-awareness that's been long absent.

www.google.com

 

[NU_WTF?]

Cool off, man. First scheduled game that Wisconsin didn't beat yer ass since 2012. Consider it a gift.

horse shit, yall just didnt wana lose with 3 QBs out.

 

[NU_WTF?]

"On Sept. 16, when the Big Ten announced its return this fall, the conference also released specific, color-coded guidelines of green, orange and red to follow when determining if practices or games can continue. If the test positivity rate for a team exceeds 5%, a "team must stop regular practice and competition for a minimum of seven days and reassess metrics until improved." "

Big Ten: Any COVID cancellations a 'no contest'

If the Big Ten is forced to cancel any football games due to COVID-19 testing positivity rates within a team, the game will be deemed a "no contest," the conference announced on Thursday.

www.espn.com

Yea and orange/red means that the TEAM, not the B1G, CHOSE to not play.

 

[Kburjr]

Yea and orange/red means that the TEAM, not the B1G, CHOSE to not play.

What part of "must stop regular practice and competition" do you not understand?

 

[NU_WTF?]

What part of "must stop regular practice and competition" do you not understand?

What part of they did not reach that threshold of MUST STOP do you not understand?

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

Why the hell would he WANT to not play just to avoid a potential loss? Frost isn't a pussy. And in a season that is basically a freebie anyway where everyone is bowl eligible to begin with, and only a 9 game schedule with NO guarantee that all of them will be played and NONE of them even have an option to be rescheduled, I would you think you want to play every single damn game regardless how difficult the opponent.

Nebraska hasn't played in a bowl game since 1964 and thus hasn't benefited from the extra bowl practices which this team and staff desperately needed. While winning games is nice this year, nobody thought Nebraska was going to compete for national championships. Practices and games are just as important as the final record this year.

Then the extra practice time is just what the team needs then. They already were blown out by OSU, if they played week 2 and Wisconsin blew them out, you could have players giving up already.