What if we’re able to see a full Clemson football season in the fall of 2020?
National pundits, outside bystanders and even Clemson football fans have their doubts that a fall season will be played even after the latest announcements.
If you’ve missed the last two days of College Football news, you’ve missed quite the amount of information. Here’s a little briefer for you:
- The Big Ten & Pac-12 have decided to postpone their seasons to the spring, potentially.
- The ACC, SEC and Big 12 have decided to continue forward with their plans to play in the fall.
- On the Group of Five level, two conferences have canceled with The American, Conference-USA and Sun Belt electing to continue their plans with moving towards playing in the fall.
Of course, all of this could change at any moment and that’s why you’ve simply got to stay tuned.
While there have been plenty of naysayers about a fall season and plenty of doubters that it will ever even get off the ground, the overarching theme from most is pretty simple: “Even if the season does start- which is a big ‘if’- I believe we’ll see the season start and then it will come to an abrupt halt less than a month into the season.”
That’s what most are saying and I’ve heard that sentiment thousands of times, especially in the last couple of days.
But, let’s stop for just a minute and think about this.
What if the ACC, Big 12 and SEC somehow find a way to pull this off? You could be talking about implications that last for years to come.
Clemson football is preparing for a season and it looks like the Tigers will be playing in a little more than a month
Can you imagine the implications for programs like Clemson football in the ACC, SEC and Big 12 if they are able to get a full season in- even if it’s with a few bumps in the road.
The recruiting magnitude. The optics that the Big Ten and Pac-12 would face. The absolute genius that would be shown in the ACC, SEC and Big 12 medical teams.
There’s a lot at stake when you’re talking about conference relevance and perception heading into this fall and there are no bigger antagonists to the three Power-5 conferences who are electing to play than two that have already canceled through the rest of this year.
While most think the Big Ten and Pac-12 will get their “I told you so” moment at some point this year, can you imagine the implications if the ACC, Big 12 and SEC pull this off successfully? That’s not even mentioning the three Group of 5 conferences who are still planning on playing.