Bear Down Wildcats

ASUHATER! wrote:People need to realize that sports ain't happening this fall and that universities need to still be online only at least until January.

Cal Poly (not FBS obviously) is planning only 15% in person classes for Fall. That will probably be true for the entire CSU. Haven't heard about the UC yet, where sports are much more important revenue wise.

I don't expect any football this fall either, and I doubt many administrators and coaches do either. Even Sean Miller is spending his time playing Madden or some other football game I saw on social media.

Yea at this point I wouldn't count on college sports of any kind happening again until August 2021. With a possible exception for something like skiing or golf.

azgreg wrote:

That is fucking scary.

Chicat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

That is fucking scary.

Predictable.

I guess the best way to have football work is to get them all sick now and hope you do in fact create an immunity

We'll see what happens.

Maybe we could bet on how many players get infected on Fan Duel or Draft Kings.

That would be a no from me with a very good chance of no season happening.

NFL may happen but don't count on college sports until fall 2021

Merkin wrote:

That would be a no from me with a very good chance of no season happening.

That Scheer tweet is a bit sensationalistic, we're pausing because of the state of AZ as a whole, not due to the results we've seen as a department. 1 positive out of 83 tests is actually pretty good.

College football is still going to be very difficult to make happen, but when I see that tweet, I interpret it as problems with our athletes.

Some UA football players aren't pleased that they are still doing workouts and such:

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... CPGJVlv2is" target="_blank

Merkin wrote:Some UA football players aren't pleased that they are still doing workouts and such:

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... CPGJVlv2is" target="_blank

But as long as every person in the workouts is negative and isolated, what harm is there in working out?

Chicat wrote:

Merkin wrote:Some UA football players aren't pleased that they are still doing workouts and such:

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... CPGJVlv2is" target="_blank

But as long as every person in the workouts is negative and isolated, what harm is there in working out?

Just my judgment, but I think it makes a mockery of the ideas of “student-athletes” and/or “essential” businesses. Not a single college athlete should be on campus before students, in general, are able to be safely on campus.

Intercollegiate college sports should rightly be respected and nurtured, but also recognized as low priorities when regarding the overall operation of, and priorities for, the university.

azgreg wrote:

Just seems the easiest answer is to go conference only but move all sports and maybe even school to a January 2022 start. Granted it puts pressure on facilities but maybe the local city buildings can help

azcat49 wrote:Just seems the easiest answer is to go conference only but move all sports and maybe even school to a January 2022 start. Granted it puts pressure on facilities but maybe the local city buildings can help

Without football this year there will be no college sports in the next few years except Men's basketball and some fill in women's sports to fulfill Title IX requirements.

Football in spring is a really bad idea for many reasons.

Such as? I doubt we have many fans in the seats due to distancing and if its a TV revenue thing then what kind of message does that send.

azcat49 wrote:Such as? I doubt we have many fans in the seats due to distancing and if its a TV revenue thing then what kind of message does that send.

1-Either have to push back the regular 2021 season due to not enough time off between end of 2020 season and start of 2021 season or you will have tons of injuries in the 2021 season.
2-TV networks will pay less because they already have programming in Spring 2021.
3-Any NFL prospects will not play in the spring
4-The season would be played during the height of cold and flu season
5-No guarantee of a vaccine by January 2021
6-No guarantee that the virus will be more controlled by January 2021

These moves give each conference more power for decisions. The best course of action is to continue to prepare for the season starting in September now with 10 conference games and keeping all options open but on track until early August when a decision will actually need to be made.

As of now I'd say it's a conference only season that is in the late winter/spring. Like 11 games with limited to no fans from like February-April.

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... ne-arizona" target="_blank

If we play the schedule as it stands. I think we go 1-8. I think we might be able to beat OSU just because of a bye week before that game.

2-7 is a possibility also because we might have a chance against a superior ASU team and program.

We suck.

Carcassdragger wrote:If we play the schedule as it stands. I think we go 1-8. I think we might be able to beat OSU just because of a bye week before that game.

2-7 is a possibility also because we might have a chance against a superior ASU team and program.

We suck.

They'd probably make it an 11 game full round robin. Which means we go like 3-8 maybe

Not sure it matters as we won’t have the dough to can his a$$ anyway. Might as well let his contract run the course and tell recruits we are behind him and maybe he gets some good talent that the next coach can develop

Tony Fields is transferring. Arizona Football is a joke.

ChooChooCat wrote:Tony Fields is transferring. Arizona Football is a joke.

Choo can you shed any light on why he is transferring. Don’t need any help on the program being a joke LOL

azcat49 wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Tony Fields is transferring. Arizona Football is a joke.

Choo can you shed any light on why he is transferring. Don’t need any help on the program being a joke LOL

He wants to win and set himself up for the NFL draft.

Can’t keep 3-year starters. What the fuck...

Tony Fields has entered his name in the transfer portal.

ChooChooCat wrote:

azcat49 wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Tony Fields is transferring. Arizona Football is a joke.

Choo can you shed any light on why he is transferring. Don’t need any help on the program being a joke LOL

He wants to win and set himself up for the NFL draft.

I get the first part, but he doesn't strike me as an NFL talent. To be fair, I'm not sure we have any NFL talent.

Fields transferring? Arguably our most productive linebacker for the last 3 seasons. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THIS PROGRAM? ?????

Maybe they like Pandy more and This gets him into position to make more plays

azcat49 wrote:Maybe they like Pandy more and This gets him into position to make more plays

No. They tried their damnedest to keep him.

Well that’s a bummer. Choo, Fields has to be thinking transfer all along given this late date

Not everything is the school, coaches or programs fault. Shit just happens sometimes and the guy wasn't forced out. He was going to be a 4 year starter for petes sake.......

Young people wake everyday and think of confounding, dumbass things to do with their lives. That's life and life goes on!

Tony fields is not going to find a better opportunity at any program than he had right here in Tucson as a 3 year starter or prepare him better for an NFL tryout. Period.

If he no longer wants to play for this program then see ya. Best of luck.

Gladiator Cat wrote:Tony fields is not going to find a better opportunity at any program than he had right here in Tucson as a 3 year starter or prepare him better for an NFL tryout. Period.

Really? Heh... I guess we will see.

Chicat wrote:

Gladiator Cat wrote:Tony fields is not going to find a better opportunity at any program than he had right here in Tucson as a 3 year starter or prepare him better for an NFL tryout. Period.

Really? Heh... I guess we will see.

IMO what's the difference in playing LB'r here or some place else. I don't see a big difference. He already plays on the biggest stage in a major conference. He's a LB'r here, he'll be LB'r some place else.

If he no-longer likes the school, coaches or Tucson then by all means, go find you're mojo in some other location. Either way, it is what it is. I won't lose any sleep over it.

Hell I'll be amazed if even one football game is played this year anyway.

Gladiator Cat wrote:

Chicat wrote:

Gladiator Cat wrote:Tony fields is not going to find a better opportunity at any program than he had right here in Tucson as a 3 year starter or prepare him better for an NFL tryout. Period.

Really? Heh... I guess we will see.

IMO what's the difference in playing LB'r here or some place else. I don't see a big difference. He already plays on the biggest stage in a major conference. He's a LB'r here, he'll be LB'r some place else.

If he no-longer likes the school, coaches or Tucson then by all means, go find you're mojo in some other location. Either way, it is what it is. I won't lose any sleep over it.

Hell I'll be amazed if even one football game is played this year anyway.

I guess it really depends on where he ends up. Do I think he will end up at a high D1 lvl school? No, but if he does the coaching will likely be much better. However, his inflated stats (playing behind a horrendous DL) and number of snaps played will go way down. Is that really better for him?

Third year coach and this many transfers, including a former freshman All American and three year starter? Something is seriously wrong here.

The UA might be the same this year too the way things are going.

At this point I basically don't care if there's football this year. We suck and aren't getting better and I've slowly lost motivation to care or attend games since the end if the RRod era. Oh well.

The entire D1 college athletics system needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt anyway.

scumdevils86 wrote:At this point I basically don't care if there's football this year. We suck and aren't getting better and I've slowly lost motivation to care or attend games since the end if the RRod era. Oh well.

The entire D1 college athletics system needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt anyway.

If anything the shame of it all is this just gives the Sumlin regime another guaranteed year regardless of results.

scumdevils86 wrote:At this point I basically don't care if there's football this year. We suck and aren't getting better and I've slowly lost motivation to care or attend games since the end if the RRod era. Oh well.

The entire D1 college athletics system needs to be burned to the ground and rebuilt anyway.

Why rebuild it???

California high school football will be moved to the spring.