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UTC QUITS

PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:19 pm
by apaladin
As expected. Good riddance!! Their excuse is laughable and the SoCon supports it. Imagine that.
https://soconsports.com/news/2021/3/29/ ... nooga.aspx

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:05 pm
by dornb
apaladin wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:19 pm
As expected. Good riddance!! Their excuse is laughable and the SoCon supports it. Imagine that.
https://soconsports.com/news/2021/3/29/ ... nooga.aspx
Too bad they didn't quit before we played them!

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:15 pm
by Flagman
Don’t know what “no contest” means. Should be recorded as losses (forfeit).

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:42 pm
by Affirm
Flagman wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:15 pm
Don’t know what “no contest” means. Should be recorded as losses (forfeit).
We certainly do not want their remaining scheduled opponents to pick up a "win" by not even having to play UTC!

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:13 pm
by Flagman
Their entire season should be erased from the books.

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:18 pm
by Thorny
Can someone please explain what actually happened?

Being in the hunt for the conference championship and giving up when it comes time to play Mercer is odd...

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:53 pm
by tim
Strange. At the Furman game, Wright was real animated and the Chatt team acted as if they won the super bowl on the walk to Timmons after the game.

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:03 pm
by Affirm
Flagman wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:13 pm
Their entire season should be erased from the books.
Yes. That will improve our record.

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:51 pm
by FurmAlum
What a bunch of wimps! Why would any player want to go to that school?

Exactly what does a "no contest" mean?

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:29 pm
by The Jackal
FurmAlum wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:51 pm
What a bunch of wimps! Why would any player want to go to that school?

Exactly what does a "no contest" mean?
From the SoCon's press release in the fall about the spring season:
The no-contest is a game not played and will be considered a forfeit in the conference standings only, per NCAA policies.
https://soconsports.com/news/2020/10/21 ... edule.aspx

My guess is it counts as a forfeit in the standings, but not the record books.

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:39 pm
by FUBeAR
The Jackal wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:29 pm
FurmAlum wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:51 pm
What a bunch of wimps! Why would any player want to go to that school?

Exactly what does a "no contest" mean?
From the SoCon's press release in the fall about the spring season:
The no-contest is a game not played and will be considered a forfeit in the conference standings only, per NCAA policies.
https://soconsports.com/news/2020/10/21 ... edule.aspx

My guess is it counts as a forfeit in the standings, but not the record books.
not the way they are showing Chatt’s prior evasion of VMI nor Woffy’s wimp-out of their ETSU game.

Those were both covid ‘claims,’ but no ‘win-credit’ has been showing for the Keydets or the Bucs.

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PostPosted:Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:13 am
by Roundball
Good piece in the P&C. “Should The Citadel end its football season as Chattanooga opts out due to COVID protocols?” https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/c ... 03f86.html

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PostPosted:Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:41 am
by The Jackal
I don't envy the coaches and athletic administrations. There are no easy answers here.

These athletes are working their tails off and most have done everything asked of them. The FCS is making a run at a post season, and there are programs dropping out midseason and many seem to be treating this more like a series of scrimmages.

For Furman, there's a silver lining that we still can get kids live reps. Furman played 54 players against UTC two weeks ago, many of them freshmen. That will, hopefully, help us in the fall.

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PostPosted:Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:32 am
by tim
I've got an easy answer. If the conference said play, you gotta play! You can opt out but you must forfeit all Ws and unplayed games for the standings only.

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PostPosted:Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:23 am
by Davemeister
This is total Bravo Sierra.