Re: Ohio State and covid.

The link is at the beginning of this thread. Below is the full article. It doesn't say that they formally requested the game be postponed, but it does say that OSU officials have voiced their concerns over the possibility of having an entire position group in Covid19 protocol and that discussions having been going on between the schools, the two conference and the NCAA about postponing the game. So it's an informal discussion about a formal postponment.

Article:

There are concerns related to Ohio State’s player availability for the game, according to sources, setting up a massive decision less than a week from when the game is scheduled to kick off in Miami. Ohio State has informed key parties involved it could be without a position group due to COVID-19 testing and related protocols.

There have been discussions amongst the SEC, Big Ten, the College Football Playoff and the schools related to possibly postponing the Jan. 11 title game, sources said, though a final decision on the situation has yet to be reached. The CFP has already established Jan. 18 in Hard Rock Stadium as the makeup date should the title game have to be postponed. As of Tuesday afternoon, the hope and expectation is the game will be played as scheduled on Jan. 11.

After AL.com broke the news of the discussions, Ohio State AD Gene Smith told ESPN “at this point in time, we see the game being played.”

“We’re following the same protocols we followed all season long,” Smith said. “We intend to play on January 11th, and we continue to communicate with the Big Ten and now the CFP, so at this point in time, we see the game being played. But who knows what tomorrow will bring? That’s COVID. We’re on track right now.”

This post will be updated.

John Talty is the sports editor and SEC Insider for Alabama Media Group. You can follow him on Twitter@JTalty. Matt Zenitz is the senior SEC football reporter for Alabama Media Group. You can follow him on Twitter @MZenitz.

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TerrierBuckeye said:

Rhett - It's not unreasonable to defend where Ohio State is because the rules were in fact changed by college football stakeholders across the country. First the B1G ADs, then the CFP selecting them, then the conference covid protocol, and now the CFP/SEC/B1G are considering to push back of the game. If it was unreasonable or unfair, there wouldn't have been consensus at each of those intersections.

If the roles had been reversed and Clemson had been the team to play half the season, yet have the rules changed so they could make the playoffs. Only to then watch Clemson get a bunch of key players back for a matchup against your 1-4 St. squad because the ACC amended the covid19 protocols. Top that off by watching Clemson beat your 1-4 St squad by 3 touchdowns and I can guarantee you that the state of Ohio would still be burning.

Day and the ButtNuts would have cried bloody murder and accused Clemson, the ACC, the NCAA and the CFP committee of cheating and crying everyday. That fanbase would have erupted. They would have rioted in every city of Ohio. Columbus would have been under martial law and be under a curfew, if not martial law.

The claim of complete innocence on the behalf of 1-4 St is just beyond ignorant. That is a #### poor excuse that has no merit to it. There is a reason why the Alabama and Clemson programs have a ton of mutual respect for one another. There might be shade thrown and shady things said or done, but neither program will hide from the other and will stand toe to toe. Bama knows this, Clemson knows this. Same with Notre Dame. There is mutual respect there and it's earned from both parties involved.

1-4 St always wants the respect that they see with Bama-Clemson or Clemson-Notre Dame. They think it should be given to them as if they are better than everyone else. Holier than thou attitude. With the events that have taken place during this Covid19 seàson, 1-4 St still failed to earn that respect even when they finally got some skin in the game.

They are becoming better known as the biggest crybabies in college football. Perhaps even of all college athletics. SMDH, Ryan Day has took a respectable program and turned it into trash. He is a decent coach, but he cries and complains more than any coach I have ever seen.

Keep on thinking that 1-4 St is completely innocent. Fans of the Blue Bloods like the Bama's, Clemson and the Notre Dame just sit back from a distance and watch what little respect 1-4 St had left burn .....burn baby burn.

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