How will they do a championship game without divisions? I thought the ACC had put forward a proposal to allow this but it got voted down. Is it because they’ll have fewer than 12 regular season games so for NCAA purposes it won’t officially be a conference championship game?
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I’ve brought this up before, but — let’s look at Syracuse’s schedule and the games that may be impacted by New York’s quarantine requirements:
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Duke — do we have to quarantine in NY for the 14 days before the game?
Georgia Tech — same?
North Carolina State — same?
Wake Forest — same?
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Clemson — does Syracuse have to quarantine upon returning from this game for 14 days?
Louisville — or this one?
North Carolina — same?
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh — same (I think)?
Of their 10-game schedule, only two (BC and ND) are against non-quarantine state teams as of today. North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania (I think) and Kentucky are all on the list.
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One out of conference game to be added.
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You are totally correct in your questioning, but one switch - for NY, Indiana is a quarantine state, PA is not. Kentucky was just added this week. Check out the map in the attached article.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...ncert/2537336/
So will fall sports teams be filled solely with freshmen and sophomores? Because we already learned that juniors and seniors will not be allowed on campus. Or will there be an exception for all student athletes. Just wondering...
Notre Dame has infiltrated the ACC hierarchy:
AD's Kevin White and Bubba Cunningham were at Notre Dame.
WF President Nathan Hatch was provost at ND -- a Catholic at a Baptist institution? The horror! Actually, it's the other way around. He was the first senior executive at Notre Dame who was Protestant.
Surely there are lots of links with Boston College -- aside, of course, from the fact that they hate each other (one is Jesuit, one is not).
I'm still doing research.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
I think this is the out clause.
"As a league, we understand the need to stay flexible and be prepared to adjust as medical information evolves in conjunction with local and state health guidelines.' "
If COVID-19 disappears or significantly improves, then the ACC has a framework in place. If it doesn't and six weeks from now we're still looking at high infection rates, travel bans, shut downs and so forth, then the league can say they at least tried.
In other words, it's easier to start and then stop then it is to try and put something together at the last minute.
But that said I'll be absolutely gob-smacked if the ACC has an 11-game schedule, followed by a league championship.
regardless of class.
I may have missed it; did the ACC have anything to say about fan attendance at games?
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Probably wouldn't go, but I have seldom attended games in person, mostly just for convenience and the ability to watch Duke and other games from home. I wouldn't rule out attending a game, say under the circumstances of joining some old friends attending a particular game.
And perhaps things are markedly different with public health concerns come October or November. Probably not, but who knows for sure?