2020 The Game that Wasn't

[RaginScotsman]

Here you go.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...isolation.html

So 14 days of isolation for their DL group. So if Cincy wins, NO bowl since the 2 alternatives are 8 or 9 days out. Bet my left nut they play regardless.

Is the belt following those guidelines, though? I’m betting they use time + negative test to keep quarantine and isolation shorter.

[Duggie35]

What was the purpose? Rest, time for defensive coordinator to make the defensive call? Buy time for their offense if Troy scored?

They’re not flopping just to flop. What do you think was the purpose?

If you watched the game, you would have heard the announcers calling them out on the flops multiple times! Stevie Wonder even saw what they were doing!

[UL_Cajuns]

I’m very ____ed off about this as any diehard.

However, the football gods gave us a second chance whenever CCU was flagged for having 2 players wearing the same number on the field at the same time. We squandered that gift away.

The Cajuns should have won that game on a last second field goal!

They beat us fair and square on the 1st game.

Correct we were gifted on this and did not take advantage in the first game, but all this still sucks.
Screw this year.

[Turbine]

Why? They went undefeated but didn't get a chance to play for a national championship. We might as well buy rings and declare ourselves Sunbelt champs.

We are Sun Belt Champs. Its a shared title with made up after the fact rules.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I’m going to say this. I quit listening to the announcers years ago. Too much talk about everything but the actual plays. Too much opinion about the relative merits and deficits of the teams. I do listen to Jay, and the UL tv teams.

[covcaj]

Winning the championship does not mean you are the best team that season; it does mean you won the most important game that season. That Coastal legitimately beat the Cajuns in their first meeting would have meant nothing had the Cajuns prevailed tomorrow. It would mean that the Cajuns won the most important game to date of the season and are the legitimate SBC champions.
Few people believe the 2011 Giants were the best team in the NFL. But, everyone believes they were the league's champion.

[CajunEXPRESS]

They claim that the rule was in place before the season started.

If that’s the case the Roosters had many reasons to dodge the game.

[Turbine]

They claim that the rule was in place before the season started.

I get it, "The highest ranked champ"

To get to that point they HAD to declare us both champs, or no one is eligible.

[GoneGolfin]

Here you go.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...isolation.html

So 14 days of isolation for their DL group. So if Cincy wins, NO bowl since the 2 alternatives are 8 or 9 days out. Bet my left nut they play regardless.

Correct. It is the same rule for taking an airline flight. My wife/daughter experienced this today.

Brian

[Cajunsmike]

How are you going to do that with all of the other teams that have cancelled this year?

Something odd is going on at CCU. Remember years back when Troy was dominating football? They too, had just moved up to 1A. They, too, are a small school, with little research and weak academic standards, and without a large alumni base.

And they showed up out of nowhere and started dominating the league.

Until we found out that they were using an obscure NCAA rule that allowed schools with low SAT/ACT campus average to lower their standards on recruiting. The 'Belt closed the loophole, and Troy dried up (and we all assumed Blakeney was a genius... )

Now, out of nowhere come the Chickennecks. Suddenly, CCU a) wins an NC in baseball, and within a few years b) produces an undefeated football season and a top 10 ranking.

Think about it: big schools are pouring $100's of millions into their athletic programs, and they can't get these results.

Then look at the way CCU attacked BYU's QB (twice in quick succession, and got away with it!). Look at the flopping against Troy. And now this. Coastal doesn't have the feel of a big-time program; they don't act like a solid team with a solid tradition.

So how are they winning all of a sudden? The other schools in the 'Belt need to look closer.

Troy did just fine when Neal Brown was their coach. Recall their victory in Tiger STadium. That was only a few years ago. Not sure any loopholes we closed have much impact today.

[moorecajun]

What was the purpose? Rest, time for defensive coordinator to make the defensive call? Buy time for their offense if Troy scored?

They’re not flopping just to flop. What do you think was the purpose?

Troy was running a no huddle offense and moving the ball pretty much at will. They flopped to stop their rhythm, or at least try.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Troy was running a no huddle offense and moving the ball pretty much at will. They flopped to stop their rhythm, or at least try.

That being the case, Troy scored a TD and the scrawny roosters prevailed with a great two minute drive.