First, OSU is by far the most talented team in the B1G.
Nonetheless the ball is oblong and takes funny balances so on any given Saturday.....
B1G couldn’t have messed up managing the Covid issue wrt to football if they tried.
The hubris of B1G lead to the premature stoppage of football prep and temporary season cancelation leaving no room for an OOC first game or an opportunity for a make-up game in the obvious likelihood of a Covid cancelation. More hubris lets schedule a end of seasons champions week between the divisions.
FWIW I believe all of the football programs wanted to play, certainly the overwhelming majority. BUT, this season doesn’t happen if not for OSU’s National Championship aspiration. Certainly high interest and relative late summer low Covid #’s in Iowa & Nebraska provided two supporters for OSU.
Assuming he didn’t, could Gene Smith have drawn up a better schedule for the Buckeyes than the one they have?
Does anyone question that the Buckeyes suspending football activities the Monday after the IU game, soon cancelling their next game with Illinois and then playing MSU minus Coach Day, ~23 players, and 5 starters leave any doubt where IU caught the Covid. Remember IU campus emptied before the OSU game. But don’t forget B1G is about OSU football, and the rest should be thankful they get to share in the largess the B1G provides to the bloated athletic budgets.
Most important to me now, NO PROGRAM, has or will benefit more from the 2020 season than IU. With apologies to Hamilton, IU don’t throw away your shot.
Nonetheless the ball is oblong and takes funny balances so on any given Saturday.....
B1G couldn’t have messed up managing the Covid issue wrt to football if they tried.
The hubris of B1G lead to the premature stoppage of football prep and temporary season cancelation leaving no room for an OOC first game or an opportunity for a make-up game in the obvious likelihood of a Covid cancelation. More hubris lets schedule a end of seasons champions week between the divisions.
FWIW I believe all of the football programs wanted to play, certainly the overwhelming majority. BUT, this season doesn’t happen if not for OSU’s National Championship aspiration. Certainly high interest and relative late summer low Covid #’s in Iowa & Nebraska provided two supporters for OSU.
Assuming he didn’t, could Gene Smith have drawn up a better schedule for the Buckeyes than the one they have?
Does anyone question that the Buckeyes suspending football activities the Monday after the IU game, soon cancelling their next game with Illinois and then playing MSU minus Coach Day, ~23 players, and 5 starters leave any doubt where IU caught the Covid. Remember IU campus emptied before the OSU game. But don’t forget B1G is about OSU football, and the rest should be thankful they get to share in the largess the B1G provides to the bloated athletic budgets.
Most important to me now, NO PROGRAM, has or will benefit more from the 2020 season than IU. With apologies to Hamilton, IU don’t throw away your shot.