LSUDad Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 All FBS schools cleared to start season as early as August by Brandon Marcello 16 hours ago The NCAA issued a blanket waiver allowing all Football Bowl Subdivision Schools to begin playing the college football season as early as Aug. 29, a source tells 247Sports. The season was previously scheduled to begin Sept. 5, with a handful of "Week 0" games slated for Aug. 29. The NCAA's Football Oversight Committee requested a blanket waiver for all FBS schools willing to move games on their schedule to Aug. 29 in an effort to play as many games as possible and provide the schools more flexibility in scheduling should issues arise with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Teams with games scheduled for Aug. 29 are allowed to begin preseason camp as early as Saturday. The news comes on the heels of the NCAA granting Oklahoma and Missouri State a waiver to move its season opener from Sept. 5 to Aug. 29 in an effort to provide more flexibility in the schedule. The two teams will now play only three games in the first five weeks of the season, allowing for more time to isolate and quarantine players if needed during the pandemic. Theoretically, games late in the season could also be moved up to fill those two bye weeks in September if needed, too. Scheduling news figures to be fast and furious over the next two weeks. The Pac-12 and Big Ten have already moved to conference-only schedules, but have yet to announce full schedules for the season. The ACC, Big 12 and SEC are working together to piece together schedules that may include at least one non-conference games for each of their schools, but individual schools in the Big 12 are moving forward as if a full, 12-game schedule will be played in the regular season. Oklahoma moved its season opener against Missouri State to earlier in the season and Iowa State has scheduled Ball State to replace rival Iowa on the schedule. A Pac-12 schedule could arrive as soon as the end of this week, a source tells 247Sports. The SEC's presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet virtually Thursday to discuss the football season and update commissioner Greg Sankey on virus-related issues on their respective campuses. The ACC could make a decision on whether to pursue non-conference games or a conference-only schedule as early as Wednesday, an industry source said. The ACC is set to add Notre Dame as an honorary member of the conference for the 2020 season, though an official announcement has not yet been made. The NCAA's Football Oversight Committee has won two battles in the last week as it seeks more time to make decisions and more leeway for schools to reschedule games currently on the schedule and schedule new games. The committee asked the NCAA's Board of Governors to delay a decision on whether to cancel or postpone 22 championship events, including Division I, II and III football. The NCAA delayed such a vote until at least Aug. 4. College football on the FBS level will not be directly affected by the decision as its postseason events (College Football Playoff and the bowl system) are not controlled by the NCAA. Still, the belief is a decision to cancel other fall championship events such as lower-division football could pressure the FBS to follow suit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Here we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Sorry, Dad, but I can't like anything with a picture of an overhyped QB of another team. It'll be funny when Brennan snatches the hardware from him. #Brennan4Heisman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 He looks great against lesser completion in the ACC. LSU showed him some real football and he looked a little lost at times and his throws were off the mark multiple times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Hatchertiger said: He looks great against lesser completion in the ACC. LSU showed him some real football and he looked a little lost at times and his throws were off the mark multiple times. Many mock drafts have him as the first player taken. We will see. A year ago, Joe was around a mid to late round pick, man did everyone get that one wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 More on the first home game. Still got a way to go! https://www.wafb.com/video/2020/07/31/lsu-announces-ticketing-seating-plan-football-season/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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