Spider football this fall

[61 Spider]

If there are over 50 % of teams in FCS who plan to play football this fall,
I think U R should be one of them even though the CAA cancelled all fall sports. We should play as an independent the way JMU & other teams are doing it. The CAA didn't do us any favors by cancelling
fall sports. Other conferences in FCS plus all BCS schools plan to ply a limited schedule. We need to make this commitment very soon to prepare the team for games. How will recruits look at our commitment to football if our competitors are playing & we are not. I am a season ticket holder & plan to go to games if allowed. I understand there will be playoff games & a championship game if this plan goes forward which is very important for us.

 

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If there are over 50 % of teams in FCS who plan to play football this fall,
I think U R should be one of them even though the CAA cancelled all fall sports. We should play as an independent the way JMU & other teams are doing it. The CAA didn't do us any favors by cancelling
fall sports. Other conferences in FCS plus all BCS schools plan to ply a limited schedule. We need to make this commitment very soon to prepare the team for games. How will recruits look at our commitment to football if our competitors are playing & we are not. I am a season ticket holder & plan to go to games if allowed. I understand there will be playoff games & a championship game if this plan goes forward which is very important for us.

“The NCAA says 50% of eligible schools must play this fall for playoffs to happen. Here’s where we are, subject to change by the hour:

Big Sky (13)
Big South( 5) Hampton no Fall sports. North Ala not eligible
CAA (3) JMU, Elon, Nova will play. Conference cancelled
MVFC (11)
Ohio Valley (9)
Pioneer (9)
Southern (9)
Southland (9) SFA and McNeese not Eligible

That’s 68 schools left standing.

How many schools are eligible? This isn’t an easy question to answer for FCS. There are 127 FCS schools. Transitional schools and those with APR problems aren’t eligible. That much is clear. Six schools fit in these categories (Tarleton, Dixie State and North Alabama are Transitional. SFA, McNeese and Prairie View are under APR sanction). This leaves 121 FCS schools to consider.

What about schools that could be eligible but whose conferences choose not to participate or whose conference champions play in their own championship game rather than the FCS playoffs? Do those schools count as “eligible?” The Ivy League, MEAC and SWAC fall into these categories.

If the NCAA determines schools from these conferences must be counted than FCS is barely above the required minimum with 68/121 eligible schools.

If the NCAA permits a more liberal defininition of eligible schools to include only schools from conferences that normally participate in the playoffs, the FCS is in good shape, with 68/98 playing.

There’s also a middle ground option. Sam Herder Tweeted that he spoke with a member of the D1 Council who believes the Ivy will not be counted but the MEAC and SWAC will count toward the total number of eligible schools. If this opinion proves correct, The current tally is 68/113 or 60%.”

If 11 additional teams drop out over the next 4 months, no playoffs.

 

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August 14 is a key date as well.Eligibility status going forward for opt out student athletes.

 

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[urfan1]

if they're accurate no playoffs this fall

 

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if they're accurate no playoffs this fall

 

[MolivaManiac]

The possibility for JMU and Liberty to play an 11 game series is still on the table. Perhaps the winner of the series advances to a similar series against ODU?

 

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[spider fan]

JMU giving it up for fall, looking to the spring..................https://www.wric.com/sports/james-madison-suspends-fall-football-season-will-try-and-play-in-spring/

 

[712_VT]

JMU giving it up for fall, looking to the spring..................https://www.wric.com/sports/james-madison-suspends-fall-football-season-will-try-and-play-in-spring/

I’m thinking that likely means no fcs football this fall.

 

[73CPA]

Opinion - highly likely that the Board of Governors will move the FCS playoffs to the spring. Too many conferences have dropped the fall. CAA teams will have a full in-conference schedule (8 games) and maybe an OOC. Divisions II and III will do the same. I think the P5 will struggle to start in September once students return to campus and cases rapidly increase.

 

[urmite]

JMU giving it up for fall, looking to the spring..................https://www.wric.com/sports/james-madison-suspends-fall-football-season-will-try-and-play-in-spring/

I don’t see why they are cancelling just because everyone else is...
They could always play with themselves for a couple of months...

 

[DTSpider]

FCS playoffs won’t happen this fall

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.es...fall-conferences-opt-wait-spring?platform=amp

 

[MidloTrader]

Right, when spring is still flu season plus Covid, you'll play FB in spring? I'll take a bet on that NOT happening every day of the week. It's all bull being led by lawyers and College Presidents who are afraid of their own shadows. Sad to see this lack of backbone and leadership from institutions all across the country.

 

[73CPA]

Good news from the D1 Board of Directors - the possibility of a spring championship is still alive. The word "postponed" was used in the latest announcement versus "cancelled" as used by the D2 and D3 Directors. This should give our team and CAA hope we can still have a season. No doubt, details must be worked out. The announcement does say the play-offs would be "scaled back" - probably because a 24-team format would take too long and end without enough recovery time prior to the beginning of summer '21 camps and seasons. I hope for the sake of our seniors and the program we can assemble at least a CAA schedule.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources...work-toward-hosting-fall-championships-spring

 

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NDSU Football Is Back On For Fall 2020
https://herosports.com/news/ndsu-football-central-arkansas-fall-2020-ajaj/

 

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[spiderhawk111]

at first i agreed with caa no football, but now not so sure , i still think the players would be more safe in a football practice schedule, with testing , i think in the name of protecting them , they are taking away something these kids love., i feel bad for the kids who may have played there last game, there dream ended in a nightmare