2020 ndsu football season

[FrozenTech]

Let the reserved spots set up the night before.

Let *everyone* set up the night before.

It's not like the line for the non-reserved as small as it is now isn't a running party of white hairs every Friday before a home game anyway. Let em do it in the lot.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

Potential worst-case scenario? All the resident EPIs can shoot it down.

Season gets cancelled with no spring "make-up" season (but who really knows at this point). Fall season becomes extended "spring-ball" with 6-8 intra-squad scrimmages. Best-on-best for most of 2 quarters and then test the depth. I’d pay to watch that on TV. Get something useful on tape for the draft prospects (Bison best-on-best, after all), support the program, and keep the annual rhythm intact.

The only snag I can see is too many people in one place for a pandemic, but seems if you’re testing it would be OK. If someone tests positive just shut it down for 2 weeks. It’s not like there’s a deadline looming or anything.

[TAILG8R]

Let the reserved spots set up the night before.

I would be happy if they simply had multiple lines in instead of having every reserved tailgater in one giant line even after quadrupling the number of reserved spaces.

[StL Bison Fan]

Let the reserved spots set up the night before.

Sure, do this and people will expect WiFi and other outrageously silly stuff.

[ndsubison1]

Potential worst-case scenario? All the resident EPIs can shoot it down.

Season gets cancelled with no spring "make-up" season (but who really knows at this point). Fall season becomes extended "spring-ball" with 6-8 intra-squad scrimmages. Best-on-best for most of 2 quarters and then test the depth. I’d pay to watch that on TV. Get something useful on tape for the draft prospects (Bison best-on-best, after all), support the program, and keep the annual rhythm intact.

The only snag I can see is too many people in one place for a pandemic, but seems if you’re testing it would be OK. If someone tests positive just shut it down for 2 weeks. It’s not like there’s a deadline looming or anything.

8 game season, play every 2 weeks. Playoff system of 16, play every 2 weeks. Just a thought.

[StL Bison Fan]

I would sit at home and watch on tv if it would get the guys their football season.
I also think March football with our dome and our away schedule is doable.
Sucks if you are a northern school with a outdoor stadium (you know who you are)

[56BISON73]

From Michigan

[reformedUNDfan]

If it were up to me, presuming both the NFL and NCAA seasons are cancelled, which is almost inevitable, and that a vaccine is available by early winter (seems likely), I would:

1) Cancel the draft. If neither the NCAA or NFL plays there won't be turnover of players to be replaced in the NFL or the training and film for an adequate draft. Make up for it with additional rounds in 2022 and 2023. For contract purposes, there could be 11 rounds in 2022 and 10 in 2023, with contract schedules equivalent something like 1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5,6,7,7 in 2022 and 1,2,2,3,4,4,5,6,6,7 in 2023. Make up pro-days for players who were eligible in 2020. True seniors who have graduated can enter a supplemental draft.

2) Play the 2020 nonconference games after spring practice and finals in 2021, (lets say late May and June) and count them toward the 2021 season. All players get a free redshirt in 2020. Players who would have graduated after 2020 don't count toward scholarship limits in 2021. Teams can play up to 4 games in this spring season.

3) Summer break, followed by regular fall schedule.

4) 10 million dollar federal bailout for every scholarship level athletic department. This would come to about $6 billion. This and real summer ball gets urgently needed money into athletic departments

[Gopher24]

FBS will allow two FCS wins for bowl eligibility in 2020. That should help you out if you want to add a FBS game this fall to replace Oregon.

[EC8CH]

FBS will allow two FCS wins for bowl eligibility in 2020. That should help you out if you want to add a FBS game this fall to replace Oregon.

You got PJ's number?