[Farm93]

Indiana's Governor is moving to full state re-opening with no restrictions on gathering size.  Bars and restaurants all open.  Mandatory mask wearing until Oct. 17 only.

Methinks Notre Dame might not finish its season.

Could very well be . . . for ND and many/most/all schools.

I will observe that ND is in a bit of a bubble where it is, as I don't think there is much interaction with South Bend from Joe Student.  Obviously, some; but it's not like students are hitting the night life in South Bend with regularity.  (Kinda like the way Stanford was with its surrounding communities back in the day).  I'm sure more  Stanford students hit downtown PA and MP more than back in the day, but even today Stanford is its own bubble in many ways.  

BTW, do we know if ND's outbreak was organic; or is it possible, as at least one other poster speculated, that infection was transmitted from USF players?  Not that it really matters, but the point would be that ND might not finish its season - and it could have nothing to do with Indiana governor's decision.

I've never been to South Bend, so don't know the campus/area surroundings.  I have been to other campuses in the region, including Ohio State and Michigan. If it is anything like Ann Arbor or Columbus, and restrictions are lifted, with no masking, hard to imagine the football team not being impacted, even if they try to be safe. Of course, Indiana and Purdue would also be at risk too.

I suspect only schools that have had a lot of players already test positive (see Alabama, Clemson, LSU) will really be able to keep playing without a couple of cancellations during the season.   

Brings up a curious set of possible outcomes 
Imagine one school in a conference cancels 3 or 4 games because they would have had ~10 players unavailable - Notre Dame
Imagine another school plays games even though they had ~10 players unavailable.

The first school finishes 6-1, the second school finishes 9-2.
Which season is more impressive?   
How will different conferences pick division winners for the conference CG?  (wins, winning percentage, CFP standings)

In other news, the real deal breaker in this recent outbreak is not Notre Dame.   It is South Florida.
They already opted against playing this weekend, which is a sensible move given they really should have a large number of players in isolation right now.

https://sports.yahoo.com/south-florida-p...57634.html

Can't help but wonder if the BigTen would have a similar approach.
Pretty confident they would tell Illinois to cancel if the next game was Illinois vs Northwestern, but would they have tOSU cancel if its next game was tOSU vs Michigan?

The other area of concern for all of the NCAA will be if the South Florida players start testing positive in the next few days.  That will be very problematic since they had no positive tests pre-game or immediately post-game, so it would then suggest playing football against Notre Dame likely spread the virus to another community.

[Farm93]

Indiana's Governor is moving to full state re-opening with no restrictions on gathering size.  Bars and restaurants all open.  Mandatory mask wearing until Oct. 17 only.

Methinks Notre Dame might not finish its season.

Could very well be . . . for ND and many/most/all schools.

I will observe that ND is in a bit of a bubble where it is, as I don't think there is much interaction with South Bend from Joe Student.  Obviously, some; but it's not like students are hitting the night life in South Bend with regularity.  (Kinda like the way Stanford was with its surrounding communities back in the day).  I'm sure more  Stanford students hit downtown PA and MP more than back in the day, but even today Stanford is its own bubble in many ways.  

BTW, do we know if ND's outbreak was organic; or is it possible, as at least one other poster speculated, that infection was transmitted from USF players?  Not that it really matters, but the point would be that ND might not finish its season - and it could have nothing to do with Indiana governor's decision.

I've never been to South Bend, so don't know the campus/area surroundings.  I have been to other campuses in the region, including Ohio State and Michigan. If it is anything like Ann Arbor or Columbus, and restrictions are lifted, with no masking, hard to imagine the football team not being impacted, even if they try to be safe. Of course, Indiana and Purdue would also be at risk too.

I suspect only schools that have had a lot of players already test positive (see Alabama, Clemson, LSU) will really be able to keep playing without a couple of cancellations during the season.   

Brings up a curious set of possible outcomes 
Imagine one school in a conference cancels 3 or 4 games because they would have had ~10 players unavailable - Notre Dame
Imagine another school plays games even though they had ~10 players unavailable.

The first school finishes 6-1, the second school finishes 9-2.
Which season is more impressive?   
How will different conferences pick division winners for the conference CG?  (wins, winning percentage, CFP standings)

In other news, the real deal breaker in this recent outbreak is not Notre Dame.   It is South Florida.
They already opted against playing this weekend, which is a sensible move given they really should have a large number of players in isolation right now.

https://sports.yahoo.com/south-florida-p...57634.html

Can't help but wonder if the BigTen would have a similar approach.
Pretty confident they would tell Illinois to cancel if the next game was Illinois vs Northwestern, but would they have tOSU cancel if its next game was tOSU vs Michigan?

The other area of concern for all of the NCAA will be if the South Florida players start testing positive in the next few days.  That will be very problematic since they had no positive tests pre-game or immediately post-game, so it would then suggest playing football against Notre Dame likely spread the virus to another community.