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Re: 2020 Roster Changes
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:58 am
by ST_Lawson
letsgonecks wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:28 am
If all FCS conferences cancel their seasons, maybe we play an all FCS Illinois schedule and see if both D2 schools (Quincy/McKendree) want to join since they're already cancelled. Only 6 teams, so 5 games, but maybe play every other week for testing purposes and setup some end of year 4 team championship tournament (would hope it would be the 4 FCS teams).
Would eliminate flights and travelling to other states. Would be cooler if it included the 3 FBS teams instead of the D2, but they're more likely to have seasons at this point.
I just really want some WIU football, but understand health and safety is more important. If it has to be spring, I'll take that over nothing.
I've heard a rumor that NIU will not be playing fall football regardless of what the MAC decides. Just a rumor at this point.
Also, here's more info about the FCS situation:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... mes-spring
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:32 am
by leatherneckcountry
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:41 am
by ST_Lawson
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:49 pm
by wiu712
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is set to cancel their 2020 football season and attempt to move it to the spring of 2021.
The MVFC will give its members the option to play previously scheduled fall non-conference games,
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:19 pm
by ST_Lawson
wiu712 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:49 pm
The Missouri Valley Football Conference is set to cancel their 2020 football season and attempt to move it to the spring of 2021.
The MVFC will give its members the option to play previously scheduled fall non-conference games,
In that case, we technically still have two games on our schedule:
North Alabama is in the Big South, which has at this point, not cancelled their season.
Oklahoma State is in the Big 12, which will be playing a conference-only + 1 OOC game schedule this year (as of today). They will likely keep their game against semi-rival Tulsa, and cancel their game against us, but that's not 100% certain yet.
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:20 pm
by sealhall74
Geez, what a day. Cubs@Cards game tonight cancelled. MVFC fall season called off. Somebody please hit the "reboot" button.
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:27 pm
by wiu712
North Dakota State expects to be playing its non-conference games this fall.
The Bison have some non-conference opponents in the works with dates of those contests to be announced next week.
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:50 pm
by ST_Lawson
ST_Lawson wrote:
I've heard a rumor that NIU will not be playing fall football regardless of what the MAC decides. Just a rumor at this point.
This was in response to maybe having local teams play each other, but it has been confirmed now. The MAC as a whole will not be having fall sports this year.
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Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:23 pm
by wiu712
Oklahoma State has dropped our Sept 19 game on their newly-released schedule:
https://okstate.com/sports/football/schedule
Re: 2020 Season
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:29 pm
by ST_Lawson
So, we are still technically on for the game against UNA, but the game with Oklahoma State was cancelled (or postponed, depending on the agreement) as is the game with Eastern Washington (they were one of the first to completely postpone their season). Is it worth it to practice and get all ready for just one game?
Here's what the rest of the conference is doing currently...