The First Domino Has Fallen

[SW_Mustang]

California has 3 FCS football teams - Sacramento State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Davis. All of them play in the Big Sky Conference. Somebody needs to update the Wikipedia page where you got that information from.

That was a typo on my end. They have four:

Sac State
Cal Poly
UC Davis
San Diego

[SW_Mustang]

That may be for the good as the stadium is falling apart. Even the NFL left there for the pro-bowl a few years ago for that reason.

Yeah, that's what I think too. It's unfortunate for the program as Hawaii doesn't have an abundance of large football stadiums, but I think they'll manage just fine.

As I understand it, it was getting way too costly to maintain it. I'm sure COVID made that worse with no game revenue coming in, if that's a factor.

[crixus]

Big men's basketball game postponed, Villanova vs Virginia at Madison Square Garden.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...-is-postponed/

[crixus]

Good video about my alma mater and all they've been through because of Covid-19. Go Spartans!

https://www.facebook.com/MountainWes...66537754177471

[crixus]

Sun Belt championship game b/w Coastal Carolina & Louisiana canceled because of COVID issues w/Coastal. They have been designated as co-champions.

That's too bad, I was looking forward to watching that game.

[Wildcat Khan]

UCLA and Stanford have turned down bowl bids before they were offered. I understand the decision, but I feel bad for the Seniors.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...all-bowl-games

Remember, no one lost a year of eligibility this year in fall and winter sports. I think that is also why they gave the waver to all D1 transfers to play this year in college basketball. I don't expect all seniors to leave, but some will come back for that last year of eligibility,

[Wildcat Khan]

Aloha Stadium to close indefinitely - leaving UH without a stadium in 2021 and 2022.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/1...enance-issues/

They should do what SMSU does and keep a spare football stadium on hand - just in case.

That may be for the good as the stadium is falling apart. Even the NFL left there for the pro-bowl a few years ago for that reason.

[laker]

Sun Belt championship game b/w Coastal Carolina & Louisiana canceled because of COVID issues w/Coastal. They have been designated as co-champions.

[Inkblot]

California has 3 FCS football teams - Sacramento State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Davis. All of them play in the Big Sky Conference. Somebody needs to update the Wikipedia page where you got that information from.

There are also only 9 Division II schools in Minnesota.

[crixus]

The Maryland vs Michigan State football game set for this weekend. has been canceled...again.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...ek/3944440001/

[crixus]

UCLA and Stanford have turned down bowl bids before they were offered. I understand the decision, but I feel bad for the Seniors.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...all-bowl-games

[crixus]

Out of curiosity, here's the breakdown of the two states according to Wikipedia - ranked by their dominant affiliation.

CA (Football):

FBS - 7
FCS - 2
D2 - 0
D3 - 8
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
Total: 17

CA (Total):

D1 - 26
D2 - 20
D3 - 11
NAIA - 19
NCCAA - 2
Total: 78

MN (Football):

FBS - 1
FCS - 0*
D2 - 7
D3 - 15
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
Total: 24

MN (Total):

D1 - 1*
D2 - 22
D3 - 19**
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
ACCA - 2
Total: 44

*Counting St. Thomas as D3
**Counting St. John's/St. Ben's as one athletic program

CA Population: 39.51 m
MN Population: 5.64 m

California has 3 FCS football teams - Sacramento State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Davis. All of them play in the Big Sky Conference. Somebody needs to update the Wikipedia page where you got that information from.

[SW_Mustang]

Aloha Stadium to close indefinitely - leaving UH without a stadium in 2021 and 2022.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/1...enance-issues/

They should do what SMSU does and keep a spare football stadium on hand - just in case.

[Wildcat Khan]

I know this thread is mainly bad news about cancelations of sporting events, but how about the opposite for a change? On Boxing Day (December 26th) Virginia and Gonzaga are now set to play in Fort Worth, Texas after both programs lost 4 games to their programs pausing. We may start seeing other good match ups like this for other top teams that have had to pause like #2 Baylor.

[SW_Mustang]

Out of curiosity, here's the breakdown of the two states according to Wikipedia - ranked by their dominant affiliation.

CA (Football):

FBS - 7
FCS - 4
D2 - 0
D3 - 8
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
Total: 19

CA (Total):

D1 - 26
D2 - 20
D3 - 11
NAIA - 19
NCCAA - 2
Total: 78

MN (Football):

FBS - 1
FCS - 0*
D2 - 7
D3 - 15
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
Total: 24

MN (Total):

D1 - 1*
D2 - 9
D3 - 19**
NAIA - 0
NCCAA - 0
ACCA - 2
Total: 31

*Counting St. Thomas as D3
**Counting St. John's/St. Ben's as one athletic program

CA Population: 39.51 m
MN Population: 5.64 m