FWST: TCU and Cal discussing contingency plans for football season opener in California

[TopFrog]

TCU and Cal discussing contingency plans for football season opener in California

By Drew Davison

The plan remains for TCU to open its football season at Cal on Sept. 5, but alternative options are being discussed by the schools’ athletic departments.

TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati reached out to Cal athletic director Jim Knowlton this week to at least start the conversation of contingency plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We have talked and agreed that we need to look at all potential options with regards to our scheduled game,” Donati said. “We both have every intention of playing and I expect the situation will become clear in the next 30-45 days.”

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[froginmn]

Cal is reportedly installing an offense where the linemen are all six feet apart, and the QB is in a deep shotgun all the time.

 

[4th. down]

Back end it, play it in early Dec. Toads need the revenue.

 

[HToady]

Was looking into going for the long Labor Day weekend.....glad I didn't pull the trigger.

 

[TopFrog]

Cal is reportedly installing an offense where the linemen are all six feet apart, and the QB is in a deep shotgun all the time.

 

[TopFrog]

Move it to Fort Worth. We'll kick your CAL-COVID asses over here.

 

[LeagueCityFrog]

They should just flip the seasons and play the TCU vs Cal game in Fort Worth this September and call it good. We can go to them in 2021. That would give TCU 7 home games this season and 6 in 2021.

 

[Froggish]

Cal is reportedly installing an offense where the linemen are all six feet apart, and the QB is in a deep shotgun all the time.

So they're running the Air Raid

 

[Froggish]

I'd love to swap it SEC style and play it late in the year.

 

[froginaustin]

I'd love to swap it SEC style and play it late in the year.

Maybe in the middle of a second wave, COVID + seasonal flu?

I am glad someone besides me has to decide when to play this game. A lot at stake, and a lot of variables that are unknown.

 

[Froglaw]

Move it to Fort Worth. We'll kick your CAL-COVID asses over here.

That was my thought.

My bet is a 2:00 kickoff with 100 degree temps will enforce social distancing and kill Covif19 zirus like a west Texas drought kills a summer wheat crop.

Cal players will forfeit after the first quarter.

 

[FrogAbroad]

 

[froghair]

Will there be enough time to paint the players?

 

[FrogAbroad]

Will there be enough time to paint the players?

Well...they ARE the "Golden Bears"...and as the visiting team we'd be wearing whites, so...not much painting needed.