GiveHim6

Maybe the best thing Pruitt brought to the table is respect. Recruits seem to think this is a program and a staff that knows what it takes and what it's doing.

Looks like Mack Brown has it going for the Tar Heels too.

I'm not sure what I said that set you off, assuming it was something I said. I have no desire to stand at the pulpit. You asked for comments and I gave my honest opinion. I would be happy to be proven wrong. I would love to see football this fall as much as anybody else. Time will tell.

Just saw where the NFL is announcing their schedule tonight. Whether they can play it or not is still not certain. Story

South Carolina announced it's campus will be open this fall as have some others. There have been some lawsuits filed by students at some universities, including Florida (I think), because they say that they aren't getting the college experience they paid for with online studies only. And I've seen stories about how colleges are feeling the financial pinch due to the virus anyway. So it seems primarily a financial matter to the various administrations to open back up and hope for the best. As far as what that means for athletics I'm not optimistic. A contact sport like football in particular would be a challenge to keeping all involved safe from the covid virus. Players, coaches, support staff, officials, medical personnel, broadcast crews, and anyone else on the field would have to be tested on a regular basis and I've read where players would be quarantined for the duration of whatever season they might attempt. And that's just one hurdle that would have to be overcome. Maybe the colleges and universities can work something out but time is not on their side and of course the virus is nowhere near done. Like I said, I'm not optimistic.

Since football pays the freight for other athletic programs at most if not all colleges, the Mountain West commissioner thinks that if no CFB is played, other sports may not be played either. Story

I'll just add that my wife told me she was talking to an AD at one of the state's school districts yesterday and he said there have already been discussions to consider cancelling all fall sports. There are other options being discussed but right now it's open to question whether schools will be able to reopen in the fall. Even if they do my wife thinks it won't happen till after Labor Day at the earliest. Since colleges and universities are in pretty much the same boat, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see them follow suit as far as sports are concerned. Until there is widespread testing it would seem to me to be impossible to play contact team sports, spectators or no.

This is a post from April 3. Basically it says everything's suspended till May 31st. Story

Sports news of any kind is scarce and you wonder with the wheeling, dealing, trading and commitments that the professional leagues and college conference teams are doing, if it even matters, at least in the short term. Meanwhile, my wife & I miss watching the Braves and going to see our Sally League team in Columbia. The BaseVols of 2020 looked full of potential to be a serious conference contender this year. They'd be taking on Florida this coming weekend. Instead the schedule ended right before conference play was to begin. Last weekend CBS showed last year's Masters, NBC had last year' Stanley Cup finals and Fox Sports South had a Braves/Reds game from last season. There have been lots of replays on the other networks that show sports too. I just don't care to watch. For one thing, it's not live. The thrill of victory or the agony of defeat has already been experienced, is now a matter of record. There's no possibility of the unexpected or unanticipated In addition, the whole experience of live sports is missing and who knows when folks will again be able to pack stadiums or concert halls or restaurants or anything else. Yes, there are more pressing and serious problems with the virus situation but still... Watching old games just makes me miss live sports more. It's a real drag, man.

Muslins? You mean that weird cult that worships plain woven cotton fabric?

Since my wife & I are both avid readers we are missing the closing of the local library more than anything else. The guv has issued a stay-at-home order for the state that just went into effect this evening. My wife got an email from her office to carry with her saying she had a need to travel for an essential job. A delivery driver I know said he's got a permission slip too. Driving anywhere in the state without a good reason is now a misdemeanor. Right now the state of South Carolina reports officially around 2,200 confirmed cases but the estimate of the true number is more like 15,000. Somewhere around 700+ in our county, so they estimate.

One of the "Three Meeks". Well deserved honor.

Whatever decision(s) the ADs finally make, it's a safe bet that the season as it's currently scheduled is not gonna happen. And until the country gets a handle on the crisis, sports in general, not only here but worldwide, is going to have to take a seat and wait.

Here are some other Possibilities being floated around, including a split season. One possibility I haven't seen is simply sacrificing the 2020 season altogether and waiting till fall 2021 to restart. It seems that revenue is a big factor for ADs in trying to get some kind of season on the table.

Saw a link to this story from The State website. Seems rather far fetched to me but with everything else going on (or not going on), who knows?