2020 CFB Updates
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2020 CFB Updates:
The Big 12 released their conference schedule this morning. Games will begin on Sept. 26 and conclude on Dec. 5. I did not see any non-conference games on any schedules yet. @FarmerJayhawk any word on what KU is looking to do to fill their +1 game? Are they trying to swap home dates with Coastal Carolina or are they looking at a different opponent?
I believe SIU is still the plan, just the date is in flux. It doesn’t make sense, to me at least, to play week 0 and not again until 9/26.
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Looks like SIU is off. We’ve got a deal with a mystery team to play 9/12.
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I would bet the September 12th game is Coastal Carolina.
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@kjayhawks said in 2020 CFB Updates:
I would bet the September 12th game is Coastal Carolina.
Concur
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Whether it’s the fancy dogs of Southern Illinois or the mean chickens of Coastal Carolina, I just hope KU plays football this fall. Test all the athletes in the days leading up to the game and on game day. The risk of exposure during the outdoor games seems less than going into a restaurant or store where only half of the visitors are wearing masks and none have been tested. For the college athletes who want to play, as long as reasonable precautions are taken, I don’t see how the risk of contracting the virus during practices and games is higher than what everyone is choosing to do every day. I certainly encourage athletes and their parents to make the best choices on an individual basis about whether to play or not. I won’t criticize any athlete for making their own choice. Athletes and their families are already making the far more difficult choice of whether to even play football, given the risk of brain injury.
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Southern and Southland conferences each announced today they will not play conference games this fall which leaves the OVC as the only FCS conference that has not pushed football back to the spring. I’m guessing that announcement will happen in the coming days at this point.
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KU has officially announced they have swapped home dates with Coastal Carolina and now CCU will come to Lawrence on Sept. 12 and KU will make the trek to South Carolina in 2021 for now.
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Official update from KJ: Kansas has a better shot of winning the CFP than both Michigan and Ohio State.
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Ohio Valley has become the final FCS conference to postpone conference play until the spring. Like several other FCS leagues, the OVC is leaving the door open for their teams to play 4 non-conference games this fall.
This means that all 14 FCS conferences have now postponed their conference games until the fall. Because most FCS leagues are allowing non-conference games, we’ll likely see a few FCS teams get non-conference games against Group of 5 conference teams.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 How much more money will the teams that do play this fall make from television broadcasts? I don’t know if this is all good, but KU’s games will be on all the prime stations playing in all the sports bars and homes in America. I assume most Big 10, PAC 12, etc. fans will still watch the games that are being broadcast. That’s going to be a lot of viewers who otherwise would have been watching only their conference’s games now watching SEC and Big 12 games because that’s all that’s on.
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@stoptheflop TV revenue may drop this season because teams are playing fewer games year so I wouldn’t be surprised if conferences get a pro-rated amount of TV money this season.
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@stoptheflop said in 2020 CFB Updates:
@Texas-Hawk-10 How much more money will the teams that do play this fall make from television broadcasts? I don’t know if this is all good, but KU’s games will be on all the prime stations playing in all the sports bars and homes in America. I assume most Big 10, PAC 12, etc. fans will still watch the games that are being broadcast. That’s going to be a lot of viewers who otherwise would have been watching only their conference’s games now watching SEC and Big 12 games because that’s all that’s on.
When you ask how much money the conferences/schools make this year, are you looking for the amount they have immediately after the season concludes or are you looking for how much they made after deducting the health care and legal costs deducted from profits over the next few years. I suspect conferences will be paying for this decision for quite some time.
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@bskeet My comment was limited to my very narrow consideration of all the sports broadcast time devoted to fall college football and the vastly fewer number of teams/games that will be available to be shown. When KU plays its 10 games (glass half full), the many sports stations that will still broadcast college football will have to show us all across the country, instead of regionally. Instead of Korean baseball and corn hole tournaments, I hope those many TV hours will show winning KU football. I wasn’t trying to predict the additonal costs associated with virus protection. Really, I was just imagining that with many fewer college football games being played and the nation’s vast appetite for college football, KU games should be broadcast many more hours across the entire country. Big 12 games should be shown on all the prime networks every Saturday afternoon and night.
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@stoptheflop There’s not going to be any change as to what time and what channel KU plays on this year. The only game in the air is probably the Coastal game and that’s going to largely depend on how many other games are happening that day and if any of them are any good. ESPN and Fox still have the right to Big 12 games so they will still use the same process as normal to decide which games are broadcast on which channel.
KU/Coastal isn’t an attractive game so expect it on ESPN+ at 6pm or FSN at 11am and not in a prime TV spot. The B12/ACC have 15 total games scheduled for 9/12 and that number will probably go up when Baylor gets their non-conference game scheduled and if there are still any ACC teams that need a non-conference game, so don’t expect KU/Coastal to be a very attractive game. KU will get their one contractually obligated prime time game probably against OU or Texas since those are schools that will still pull ratings regardless of opponents.
I will say this, 0-10 is a very likely possibility with a lot of uncompetitive games. The defense is going to struggle this year and without a QB, teams are going to stack up to stop the running game so it’s going to be a long season on offense as well.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I agree about the 0-10 part. Coastal Carolina returns just about everyone from last season, Stanley gave them that game. Which was on of the worst he had all year. Hard to see us hanging with anyone but Tech and WV but those both are road games this season.
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@kjayhawks I’ve read some people think Baylor could struggle a lot this year too. New coach, lost most of their defense, and obviously no spring practice with KU playing them early could be a recipe for an upset. I don’t think it’ll happen, but the ingredients on Baylor’s end are there to be upset.
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I’m going with 2-8. I think we beat Coastal. They brought a lot back, but we almost won that game with maybe the worst offensive playcalling I’ve seen in quite awhile. The noticeable uptick in performance under Dearmon was encouraging. Then I think we get a Big 12 game. I don’t know which one, but given we hung with teams we really shouldn’t have at points last year tells me we could spring an upset on the bottom half of the league, WVU, Tech, ISU, or Baylor. KSU if things go perfect. They only return 2 career starts on the OL and just a shade over half of their tackling production from last year.
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@FarmerJayhawk the play calling was some of the worst I’ve seen at this level.
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No fans for Coastal. Woooof.
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Probably trying to keep Covid numbers down and kids in Lawrence. Save sports! Money!
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After seeing how the COVID is spiking here in Kansas this surprises no one. - & with the Frat & Sor having such issues - -it just gonna go up or at least still cause more problems at Ku & K-State and other Universitites, I’m sure other Schools are having the same problem in their schools also
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Espn 2 again?
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I’m looking forward to what Coach Miles can put on the field against CC. I enjoyed watching highschool football on the teli last Friday, so I’ll find a way to endure no fans in the stands against Coastal. But, we had better win.
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Sounds like even when they do allow fans, it’s only going to be students and season ticket holders based on Jeff Long’s official statement this afternoon.
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I’m kinda surprised this isn’t going to be a big 12 rule. Something consistent.
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@Crimsonorblue22 A blanket policy doesn’t make sense in this situation though because not every school is located in the same type of area. Schools like OSU and ISU are probably more likely to get some fans into their stadiums sooner because they’re in small towns that are already pretty isolated. Compare that to Texas, TCU, and OU that are all located in major metropolitan areas and their local Covid situations are going to look far different than schools on the middle of nowhere essentially.
Long said in his explanation about no fans for September that it’s up to each county to decide when it’s relatively safe for fans to return to games and at whatever capacity.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/iowa-task-force-report-coronavirus/index.html This is what I worry more about. The more our opponents mix with students, anywhere, the bigger chance it stops our season. I think Long is trying to teach, although I think it’s impossible, our students to be responsible.
