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Post by wildcatter on Jul 16, 2020 20:45:23 GMT -6
I’m sure there are a lot of college kids that would argue they are playing for other reasons than to entertain us few hundred ACU fans. That to say I doubt we have a season and won’t be giving much attention to rosters or workouts because of it.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jul 17, 2020 3:21:33 GMT -6
32 states are showing an increase in number of cases, in many instances they report more cases now than at any time during the initial phase of the pandemic. Texas, Arkansas and LA are among the worst, making it very unlikely the Southland Conference will have fall sports. At this point I don’t see how colleges can safely host students this fall.
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Post by jCat on Jul 17, 2020 5:52:54 GMT -6
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jul 17, 2020 6:22:16 GMT -6
It makes some sense. CAA schools are widely scattered among 9 states with different Covid issues. I know James Madison In rural Virginia would like to play if other conferences are still “on” to remain in the FCS championship hunt.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 17, 2020 7:46:42 GMT -6
These figures are public now so I can share. This will give you a little local info. Hendrick is projecting to peak in the next two weeks for our rate of hospitalizations. We currently have 3 COVID units as well as ICU (we are currently averaging more ICU COVID patients now than back in March). We are being called upon to help these units because staffing is getting to be an issue. Even after peaking (IF all goes well), the rate of decline will be slow. That also includes if Abbott furthers restrictions again or not. These are going to be the specifics of what the NCAA will look at and how some of their, and the school's, decisions will follow. What will happen with COVID in Sept/Oct/Nov is still wide open. The graph is really best case scenario at this point. Remember that a COVID bed (ICU or not) takes much more resources than another bed in the hospital; staff, equipment, movement, etc.... That comes into play during any local risk assessment. The school/team and local hospital are two things but very much interact as part of the larger community going through the same problem.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jul 17, 2020 8:15:51 GMT -6
These figures are public now so I can share. This will give you a little local info. Hendrick is projecting to peak in the next two weeks for our rate of hospitalizations. We currently have 3 COVID units as well as ICU (we are currently averaging more ICU COVID patients now than back in March). We are being called upon to help these units because staffing is getting to be an issue. Even after peaking (IF all goes well), the rate of decline will be slow. That also includes if Abbott furthers restrictions again or not. These are going to be the specifics of what the NCAA will look at and how some of their, and the school's, decisions will follow. What will happen with COVID in Sept/Oct/Nov is still wide open. The graph is really best case scenario at this point. Remember that a COVID bed (ICU or not) takes much more resources than another bed in the hospital; staff, equipment, movement, etc.... That comes into play during any local risk assessment. The school/team and local hospital are two things but very much interact as part of the larger community going through the same problem. View AttachmentDoes this best case scenario account for adding 5-6000 college students
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Post by Outsider on Jul 17, 2020 8:20:50 GMT -6
These figures are public now so I can share. This will give you a little local info. Hendrick is projecting to peak in the next two weeks for our rate of hospitalizations. We currently have 3 COVID units as well as ICU (we are currently averaging more ICU COVID patients now than back in March). We are being called upon to help these units because staffing is getting to be an issue. Even after peaking (IF all goes well), the rate of decline will be slow. That also includes if Abbott furthers restrictions again or not. These are going to be the specifics of what the NCAA will look at and how some of their, and the school's, decisions will follow. What will happen with COVID in Sept/Oct/Nov is still wide open. The graph is really best case scenario at this point. Remember that a COVID bed (ICU or not) takes much more resources than another bed in the hospital; staff, equipment, movement, etc.... That comes into play during any local risk assessment. The school/team and local hospital are two things but very much interact as part of the larger community going through the same problem. View AttachmentDoes this best case scenario account for adding 5-6000 college students I think the proejctions are based mostly on what we will look like by the time school starts. Where will we be as far as capacity is concerned at that point in order to deal with what happens once school starts. Can we keep transmission rates controlled once school starts? The additional 6k+ college students coming in from the outside only adds to that. From what Hendrick projects, we have the capacity, but it wouldn't take much to disrupt it.
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Post by SportsWizard15 on Jul 19, 2020 17:23:36 GMT -6
So, I saw TAPPS announced a delayed start to football season and band and I expect UIL will make the same announcement tomorrow.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jul 21, 2020 3:36:30 GMT -6
The SWAC has postponed all fall sports until spring. Prairie View and Texas Southern are members of the SWAC. HBCU conferences such as the SWAC offer scholarships but don’t participate in the FCS playoffs. HBCU’s have their own bowl/rivalry games.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Jul 24, 2020 4:10:49 GMT -6
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Post by bogeyman on Jul 24, 2020 9:39:17 GMT -6
If it happens it's really too bad for those athletes competing in fall sports but with all the conferences who are cancelling fall sports I suppose it is inevitable.
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Post by acutrackfan on Jul 24, 2020 13:02:26 GMT -6
I was interested to see who is on the NCAA Board of Governors -- it is an interesting list to review. It is HEAVILY weighted toward NCAA D-1 FBS schools (8 reps). But there is a requirement to have representation from 2 schools at the FCS level (Presidents of Morgan State and Bryant); D-1 non-football playing schools (Presidents of Niagara and Georgetown); D-II schools (Presidents of Emporia State and South Carolina-Aiken) and D-III (Presidents of Hamline and Spalding). The Chair is the President of Ohio State. There are also ex-officio members from D-II (Commissioner of the Rocky Mtn AC) and D-III (Commissioner of the Midwest Conf). There are 5 independent members and one of them is Grant Hill.
In an interesting "small-world" note, one of the 25 voting members is the President of Emporia State -- none other than former ACU Executive VP Allison Garrett.
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Post by Outsider on Jul 24, 2020 15:15:31 GMT -6
A bit of good news, if we can keep it going, is that it looks like hospitalizations in Abilene/Taylor county peaked a little sooner than predicted. We were in the mid 50's a week ago. It has been slowly dropping to 35 today. We were supposed to peak around 65. Total active cases has also began to trend down slowly. Things can change, but I think we have helped reduce the numbers. IF we can stay on this path, our city capacity will be better off when schools starts; including ACU. The time period of early September through October will be crucial. Statewide, Texas has a ways to go but I am hoping we can keep trending in the right direction.
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Post by bucfan on Jul 24, 2020 21:39:26 GMT -6
D3 American Southwest Conference (McMurry, HSU, UMHB, and others) announces football will be moved to the spring. This could really affect UMHB if other conferences play in the fall and playoffs remain in the fall since UMHB is usually near the top nationally.
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Post by acutrackfan on Jul 25, 2020 9:27:04 GMT -6
Interesting decision for the ASC -- basically mirroring the NJCAA. I found this interesting quote in the announcement:
"Action by the Council of Presidents to delay the ASC fall championship sports seasons does not preclude individual institutions from engaging in athletics-related activities, including non-conference competition"
Does this give someone like UMHB the opportunity to play a completely non-conference season this fall in order to still make the D-III playoffs (if the playoffs are even held at all this season)?
This will impact track and field, since I don't think it makes any sense to field a XC team in the spring -- it would run concurrent with indoor track and outdoor track seasons. Some of the ASC schools only field XC teams and run track at all -- it might give someone like Schreiner (XC only) a chance to win the ASC if there is only 1-2 teams competing.
Also, I read this morning that the NCAA Board of Governors has kicked the can down the road and will make their decision on playing fall sports at their next meeting in August. By that time all D-1 and probably most D-2 schools will already be fall practices. What a mess that will be if they cancel all fall sports 2-3 weeks into fall practice.
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