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ESPN sports announcer Chris Fowler posted an eight-minute video on Instagram Sunday laying out three possible scenarios for the 2020-2021 College Football season that are being discussed:

1. Starting the season on time.

"It's what we are hoping for but it doesn't seem realistic," Fowler said.

2. Start the season late, possibly in November.

"You have to reshuffle the playoff and that sounds problematic," Fowler said. "Also, people are worried about the second wave of this virus coming back when the temperatures up north turn cold in November. Do you want to start a season and then have to shut it down? To me, that sounds disastrous."

3. Start the season in the Spring.

"There is a third scenario that is gaining momentum," Fowler explained. "That's football in the Spring."

"Beginning at some point in February, into March, April, May, maybe have the postseason in June... that would have to be reshuffled a bit."

"It would be bizarre, it would wreak havoc on some other sports during that time of year but to avoid the financial disaster of having no football in the academic year I think it might be a fallback position."

"I think that testing will come a long way by then. Perhaps we are closer to a vaccine, perhaps it will make more sense for people to gather in large numbers in stadiums in about eight months instead of the three or four."

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El Campo Tiger53 months
Whenever China tells us to play, that’s when we’ll kickoff again.
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ApexTiger53 months
there are ideas of a shadow government being started up by Democrats to run the crisis... what will happen? Football will happen on schedule Trump will be re-elected in Nov... and Americans can enjoy the next 4 years in peace and prosperity...even though half will bitch about the Trump...deep down they know Biden is an old man who doesn't know what day it is anymore... be thankful Trump is our President during this era in history... Be thankful for LSU football!!!
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LSU61553 months
Celebrities clearly do zero research on any major topic before opening their pecker holsters to the public.
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HarveyTunnel53 months
"Hey daddy can we go outside and play." "No."
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ncinthenext353 months
Fowler showing us the miracle of studio makeup.
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tigerfan444453 months
Let's say that the football season starts in the spring of '21. Is the NFL going to wait for College ball to conclude in June before they have they draft? When would the draft take place -- in July? It certainly seems like things are getting better. No one is dying from the regular flu, MIs, stroke, etc. anymore.
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biglego53 months
We cannot ever go outside again until no one has the sniffles
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sunnydaze53 months
That would suck for a kid like Hampton because he would have to pick a sport
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CDawson53 months
China Virus is a hoax. These nut jobs are hell bent on destroying America.
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Mouche33753 months
People are dying! Take off your tin foil hat and wake up!
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BowDownToLSU53 months
Had a loved one die last week and have to others sick with it. You conspiracy theorist are the absolute worst
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BowDownToLSU53 months
“Two”
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Ba Ba Boooey53 months
Cold and Flu season will still be going on during spring months so if they don’t play in the fall, they won’t be playing in the spring. Then CNN releases story tonight that we will have to social distance until 2022. These people are insane.
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Da #1 Stunna53 months
This is a typical liberal ploy when they know something will be unpopular. They float the trial balloon. It is done way before the word comes down - that way everyone has time to bitch and moan, kick and scream, then things die down and they push through whatever they want (Ex. OBAMACARE - 60% of the country was against it). ABC, ESPN & Disney are all owned and run by liberals with an agenda. They are sending out their benevolent sportscasters to soften the blow and get everyones mind right for the big reveal. These corporate conglomerate broadcasting companies are exerting their influence on us through the media to control us. To make us miserable - ON PURPOSE. To make life as hard as possible. To wreck the country and the economy. That is how far they are willing to go. Whatever dirty trick or tactic it takes to get Trump out. This bullshite is 100% political at this point. Anyone with a half a brain can see this plain as day. Geez, settle down, he's just talking about the options - sure he is. Just a coincidence that their other corporate school - Herbstreit, was saying the season will likely not be played, just last week. You think this is just coincidence that his partner comes out a week later following up with a supporting statement? Nothing is coincidence. Pay attention. ABC, ESPN & Disney are sympathetic to China. Ask questions, these are critical times. Don't fall for this bullshite. Fight every step of the way or perish like sheep being loaded into railroad cars.
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upgrade53 months
Do you conspiracy theorists know how fricking stupid you sound?
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Zuave4Ever53 months
Yeah man! Don’t let the reptilians steal our kids and put them in the pedophile sex rings just so they can make adrenochrome for the Clinton’s and the Hollywood elite who are really just alien satan worshipers!!
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45RCRoy4553 months
Fowler is an elitist liberal - when I was young and didn’t know enough I read his weekly column on college football like the bible - but after 9/11 and I started to actually pay attention - his articles seemed to strangely tip to one side of the isle and not the other... I think this is all posturing - everyone sees the backlash Gundy got when he said what most rational people with jobs or who own a small business say - “we gotta get back to work - let’s look to May 1” - so libtards trip over one another to say as much to the opposite as possible - but if their incomes or standard of living were at all in jeopardy- they would call to be back to work ASAP - people are wise to this - let Texas open in early May and watch the same populist spirit that elected 45 - push states top open back up..
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Kreg Jennings53 months
*aisle
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Champagne53 months
I don't mind a delay because that makes LSU the National Champion that much longer!
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Tigerpride1853 months
Man,reading is hard for some. The dudes just telling you what the options were, that he heard. Then, he gave you his opinion on said options. So why blast him? These aren't even his ideas.
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BabyTac53 months
Most likely someone in the world will have some level of illness, so we all suffer until we have health on earth.
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IslandBuckeye53 months
Has he ever been right, about anything? Spring? In February? Riiiight.
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reauxl tigers53 months
How the actual frick will we not be able to play football 4 and a half months from now. The models and projections have already been way wrong up to this point.
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Walt OReilly53 months
What a cuck scumbag
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Tigerpride1853 months
Wow, you sure seem like a nice guy. What does cuck mean to you?
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Tigerpride1853 months
So he's a scumbag And a cuck because he relayed the info he was hearing. I bet youre a little bitch
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ElderTiger53 months
My first thought would be just play conference games, but that would doubly hurt the mid- majors and below who count on the D1 games to prop up their programs. There just isn’t an easy solution to this and in the big scheme of things, college football is not a real priority.
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burreauxxx53 months
I bet he and Herbie slayed em from Conference to Conference in the early 2000s. Not now
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