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Topic: Official MAC Tournament Quarterfinals Thread: Akron
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Posted: 3/10/2020 11:24 AM
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Ted Thompson wrote:expand_more
Ivy League just cancelled their conference tournament.
Both SXSW and MotoGP at COTA in Austin have been cancelled.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 11:34 AM
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KenPom has Akron winning 75-69 or 28% chance of winning for Ohio.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 12:15 PM
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boydhallbobcat wrote:expand_more
Gotta believe if it was football season, OSU wouldn't be so quick to cancel classes.
Amen and amen.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 12:31 PM
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Reported infections worldwide = 111K

Current world population = 7.7B

Quick, let's all panic!!!
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Posted: 3/10/2020 12:33 PM
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Back on topic - this is fun stuff! We're playing with house money now! Let's knock Kron and Groce out of this thing!!!
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Posted: 3/10/2020 2:39 PM
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AlumDadDad wrote:expand_more
Back on topic - this is fun stuff! We're playing with house money now! Let's knock Kron and Groce out of this thing!!!
Agree on the house money. We can just go up there Thursday, relax and have fun. As long as we avoid a debacle of the magnitude of last year's 1-8 game (Buffalo 101, Akron 52), it's all good.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 2:46 PM
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I heard BVP say "business trip" in describing the trip to Cleveland. I like that they expect to win. Boals told them he's brining 3 suits...you have to love it.

Here's to hoping they all stay healthy and have a great weekend up in The Land!
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Posted: 3/10/2020 4:10 PM
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3 cases in Ohio, OSU has suspended all class until at least April, State basketball tournament may not happen, exhibit of the Arnold cancelled. Interesting times
3 cases in the entire state,so you close down the campus for a month.

Oh,wait,if what OSU put out is correct,dorms stay open.

So,no face to face classes,but its O.K. in dorms.

What about meals ?

And,lets not forget about labs.
They're hard to do on line.
It's a much simpler decision to move classes online; the infrastructure exists and it's an incremental improvement to have fewer large gatherings.

Evicting 50,000 people from their homes that they've already paid for is harder.

So I don't think OSU is saying it's "O.K. in dorms" I just think they're working to solve that much harder question, like a lot of schools are. The dorms are basically cruise ships when it comes to disease; if there were an easy way to clear them out, they would. It's logistically complex and it's potentially very expensive, as well.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 4:11 PM
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El Gato Roberto wrote:expand_more
I heard BVP say "business trip" in describing the trip to Cleveland. I like that they expect to win. Boals told them he's brining 3 suits...you have to love it.

Here's to hoping they all stay healthy and have a great weekend up in The Land!
Believeland.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 4:44 PM
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Pataskala wrote:expand_more
I heard BVP say "business trip" in describing the trip to Cleveland. I like that they expect to win. Boals told them he's brining 3 suits...you have to love it.

Here's to hoping they all stay healthy and have a great weekend up in The Land!
Believeland.
I love it all from both of them.

Anyone want to bet whether or not this tournament even gets played? Or if it get's played in front of actual fans?
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Posted: 3/10/2020 4:50 PM
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AlumDadDad wrote:expand_more
Reported infections worldwide = 111K

Current world population = 7.7B

Quick, let's all panic!!!

Of course, a virus can spread much faster on the flat earth you apparently live on.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 7:18 PM
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Are we in Siberia, yet?
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Posted: 3/10/2020 7:18 PM
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OU_Country wrote:expand_more
I heard BVP say "business trip" in describing the trip to Cleveland. I like that they expect to win. Boals told them he's brining 3 suits...you have to love it.

Here's to hoping they all stay healthy and have a great weekend up in The Land!
Believeland.
I love it all from both of them.

Anyone want to bet whether or not this tournament even gets played? Or if it get's played in front of actual fans?
No fans....unbelievable. Simply...unbelievable. That word from the MAC office.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 7:21 PM
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If Ohio upsets Akron = if a bear poops in the woods?
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Posted: 3/10/2020 7:21 PM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
I heard BVP say "business trip" in describing the trip to Cleveland. I like that they expect to win. Boals told them he's brining 3 suits...you have to love it.

Here's to hoping they all stay healthy and have a great weekend up in The Land!
Believeland.
I love it all from both of them.

Anyone want to bet whether or not this tournament even gets played? Or if it get's played in front of actual fans?
No fans....unbelievable. Simply...unbelievable. That word from the MAC office.
https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2020/03/mid-american-con...
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Posted: 3/10/2020 7:27 PM
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This is going to be like the 1989 North Atlantic Conference championship. There was a measles outbreak and the championship game was played in an empty arena. There were live streams of fans back home watching at their University gyms.

https://youtu.be/_TDOcnWS3kw
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Posted: 3/10/2020 8:04 PM
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ESPN+ should see a huge increase in subscriptiions.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 8:07 PM
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El Gato Roberto wrote:expand_more
Are we in Siberia, yet?
Nope, I'm not taking the bait.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 8:40 PM
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Virus outbreak in which less than 0.000000001 percent of the world’s population impacted + election year with Dems propping up a stiff for a candidate....panic!!!!!
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Posted: 3/10/2020 8:45 PM
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Virus outbreak in which less than 0.000000001 percent of the world’s population impacted + election year with Dems propping up a stiff for a candidate....panic!!!!!
Yep. It’s a conspiracy perpetrated by well-known liberal Mike DeWine.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 9:08 PM
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Agreed.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 9:20 PM
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
ESPN+ should see a huge increase in subscriptiions.
I wonder if they'll use recorded crowd noise like TV stations once did for studio wrestling.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 9:54 PM
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Actually MotoGP at COTA is postponed until later this year. Not cancelled like SXSW was. I was in Austin Friday and while the SXSW cancellation was surprising most of the comments I heard were supportive of the decision.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 11:36 PM
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Correct. People are canceling events that will make them millions of dollars out of panic and not knowing better.

Stop being stupid and whiny.
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Posted: 3/10/2020 11:58 PM
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El Gato Roberto wrote:expand_more
Are we in Siberia, yet?

Huge over-reaction from everyone. The virus cannot survive in cold-weather climates like Siberia and Cleveland.
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