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2020 Football Season-Good news/Bad news- Spiders hold off on football's Wednesday(7/15) report date

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10 Games,5 Home

DOUBLE BYE WEEK after 5th WEEK


2020 Richmond Football Schedule(Amendment 1)
Sept.5 ST. FRANCIS (PA) moved from Sept 3rd
Sept.12 at New Hampshire *
Sept.19 at Pittsburgh
Sept. 26 MAINE *
Oct. 3 at Stony Brook *
Oct.10 BYE
Oct. 17 at Yale Canceled due to COVID-19
Oct. 24 TOWSON * (Family Weekend)
Oct. 31 at Elon *
Nov. 7 RHODE ISLAND * (Homecoming)
Nov. 14 JAMES MADISON *
Nov. 21 at William & Mary *

 
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Spider B said:
Game 2 is huge. Need to win that one.
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Agreed, that and the Stony Brook game will be the season defining games (all things equal). I see a realistic 7-4 (8-3 is outside possibility) with what we know right now.

The Defensive Question Mark for team will be: How quickly can a new defensive secondary establish itself

The Offensive Question Mark will be: Can we establish a running game outside of Mancuso?

The Special Teams Question Mark will be: Can it be special?
 
2020 CAA football members complete schedule.

Saturday, August 29

Stony Brook at Fordham

Thursday, September 3

Maine at Ball State
St. Francis (Pa.) at Richmond

Saturday, September 5

*Delaware at James Madison
UAlbany at Delaware State
Elon at The Citadel
New Hampshire at Kansas
Rhode Island at Northern Illinois
Towson at Maryland
Lehigh at Villanova
William & Mary at Stanford

Saturday, September 12

*Richmond at New Hampshire
*Delaware at Maine
Monmouth at UAlbany
Elon at Duke
Chattanooga at James Madison
Rhode Island at Bryant
Stony Brook at Florida Atlantic
Morgan State at Towson
Villanova at Bucknell
Colgate at William & Mary

Saturday, September 19

*New Hampshire at Rhode Island
*Stony Brook at Towson
UAlbany at UMass
Long Island at Delaware
Campbell at Elon
James Madison at North Carolina
Monmouth at Maine
Richmond at Pitt { Pitt at Marshall previous week}
Villanova at Wake Forest
William & Mary at Lafayette

Saturday, September 26

*James Madison at UAlbany
*Elon at William & Mary
*Maine at Richmond
*Rhode Island at Villanova
Delaware at NC State
New Hampshire at Colgate
Sacred Heart at Stony Brook
Dartmouth at Towson

Saturday, October 3

*Richmond at Stony Brook
*Villanova at UAlbany
*Elon at Delaware
*William & Mary at James Madison
Merrimack at New Hampshire
Brown at Rhode Island

Saturday, October 10

*Towson at Villanova
*UAlbany at Rhode Island
*Stony Brook at New Hampshire
Maine at UConn
(UR bye Week)

Saturday, October 17

*UAlbany at William & Mary
*Delaware at Stony Brook
*Rhode Island at Elon
*James Madison at Towson
*Villanova at Maine
Richmond at Yale {Yale hosts Dartmouth previous week}

Saturday, October 24.
*New Hampshire at Elon
*William & Mary at Delaware
*James Madison at Villanova
*Maine at Rhode Island
*Towson at Richmond

Saturday, October 31
*Maine at James Madison
*Richmond at Elon
*Delaware at UAlbany
*New Hampshire at Towson
*Stony Brook at William & Mary
(URI bye week)

Saturday, November 7

*Villanova at Stony Brook
*UAlbany at Maine
*Towson at Delaware
*Elon at James Madison
*William & Mary at New Hampshire
*Rhode Island at Richmond


Saturday, November 14

*William & Mary at Rhode Island
*Villanova at Delaware
*UAlbany at New Hampshire
*Towson at Elon
*James Madison at Richmond
*Maine at Stony Brook

Saturday, November 21

*Stony Brook at UAlbany
*Elon at Villanova
*New Hampshire at Maine
*Rhode Island at Towson
*Richmond at William & Mary
Delaware State at Delaware
Merrimack at James Madison
 
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Very odd schedule for Delaware...open @JMU and then @Maine ... and then play Nova on 11/14 and close with OOC Del State on 11/21. There's going to be a ton of pressure on Danny next year and the Hens will be hard pressed to not go into October at 1-3 with a win over the Long Island Sharks.
 
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MolivaManiac said:
Very odd schedule for Delaware...open @JMU and then @Maine ... and then play Nova on 11/14 and close with OOC Del State on 11/21. There's going to be a ton of pressure on Danny next year and the Hens will be hard pressed to not go into October at 1-3 with a win over the Long Island Sharks.
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DE will visit NC State 4th week.That’s an L too.
 
MolivaManiac said:
Very odd schedule for Delaware...open @JMU and then @Maine ... and then play Nova on 11/14 and close with OOC Del State on 11/21. There's going to be a ton of pressure on Danny next year and the Hens will be hard pressed to not go into October at 1-3 with a win over the Long Island Sharks.
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Danny needs to beat Villanova tomorrow to avoid the first losing season of his career. Wow.
 
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Late Homecoming next year. It's been nice the three times I've been back since 2011 and I'm planning on returning next year. But the later it is, the more chance for bad weather.
 
To borrow a term our former coach used, the college athletics "landscape" is really about to change on a variety of levels:

-NCAA rev share
-Donations

....subsequently...

-AD staffing levels realign
-Non-revenue sport offerings reduce
-expense trimming or cutting of higher cost programs altogether.
-media partners struggle to survive

Bigger picture, would expect some schools to go belly up.
 
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MolivaManiac said:
To borrow a term our former coach used, the college athletics "landscape" is really about to change on a variety of levels:

-NCAA rev share
-Donations

....subsequently...

-AD staffing levels realign
-Non-revenue sport offerings reduce
-expense trimming or cutting of higher cost programs altogether.
-media partners struggle to survive

Bigger picture, would expect some schools to go belly up.
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College sports bubble has always been out there. Seems to be arriving faster than most would of imagined.
 
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I wonder if this will accelerate conference realignment. Top end of FCS will eventually merge with lower FBS teams in football. Power conferences don’t want to share money. I think there is more money for low FBS/high FCS in regional conferences. People will watch the games, so networks will pay.
 
Spider B said:
I wonder if this will accelerate conference realignment. Top end of FCS will eventually merge with lower FBS teams in football. Power conferences don’t want to share money. I think there is more money for low FBS/high FCS in regional conferences. People will watch the games, so networks will pay.
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I think so. Tons of schools are about to go into cost-containment mode. The stress scenario where there is no football season this fall would be difficult for some to come back from. Particularly for the state schools at a time where state budgets are under assault.

How are those "student fees" to fund athletics going to fly when more students considering lower cost remote learning?
 
Wonder how UR Admissions is doing.

May 1st is usual Drop date for go/no go deposit date.

UR Retail/wholesale price tag which was doable over 1 month ago may not be doable for many now.

May have to dig deep into waitlist to fill 800 spots.

Could be that a bunch of the 2,200 other kids may not return due to finances and other considerations.

Refunds on Spring room/board loom as likely.

Lots of stuff up in the air including Endowment principal and its Income generated going forward.

Pittsburgh football game which would have paid $400,000 is in serious doubt along with entire football season along with game ticket revenue/sponsorship revenue.

NCAA may declare that Fall athletes may be entitled to another year of eligibility(just as Spring 2020) in the likelihood the 2020 season is cancelled.

Cost abatement will be manadated,top-to bottom throughout UR community.

Unlike a State School,Crutcher can’t run to the Governor for Help.

Savvy UR leadership with know-how personnel will be key to weathering this CAT 5.

Hail to Hale!!!!!
 
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One bit of good news - UR endowment was sitting on 9%+ cash before all this struck, which i understand is a good bit higher than many peers. That was from one of the Spider Management Principals.

How must ODU be feeling about the level of investment in football? Does Umass close football or come back to the CAA first?
 
Saw that. With major events like Wimbledon and British Open already cancelling ... and they are in July ... i'm growing skeptical that summer school will be happening.
 
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FRS1976 said:
In order for football to survive many schools may have to drop to D3.
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For the umteenth time, if you want to play D1 basketball, if your school sponsors football it must play at the FBS or FCS level. No one who wants to remain a D1 school will drop to DIII football.
 
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Think some dominoes falling here might land us in cost-containment football in Patriot League? Large State schools in CAA Football demanding exorbitant student fees to fund athletics like JMU, Towson, UD, SBU are in a very curious spot.

This is going to get wild.
 
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