In general football is the hardest sport to do in the bubble because of the amount of players / staff and the need for training facilities / equipment that is not easily available.
My thought is:
- 8-10 game season
- Start mid December with games in AZ, FL, and CA with none or 25% fans with players in a 3-4
week bubble
- create 4 team pods (potentially inviting UConn, Army, BYU, or New Mexico st - Indies) to help
keep everything balanced with 16 teams.
- teams are quarantined for 2 weeks on campus and then 1 week at the game facility
- For Rutgers is can be a pod of PSU, Maryland and UConn / Army with games played in Orlando
or Tampa
- game 1 between Dec 15 and Dec 24 against 1 of the other 3 teams in the pod
- game 2 between Dec 25 and Dec 30 against 1 of the other 3 teams in the pod
- game 3 between Jan 1 and Jan 8 against the last team of the pod
- games 4-6 in new pods starting Feb 1
- the new pod may have Rutgers, Michigan, Northwestern, and Nebraska with games played in
Minneapolis, Detroit, or Indianapolis
- games 7-10 will be non-pod conference games on campus with limited fan capacity starting Mar 1
- the following can be the games for Rutgers - Ohio St, Indiana, Michigan and 1 B10 West game
For non-football fall sports like Soccer and Field hockey
- have bubble tournaments in December / January in warm locations like FL, AZ, and CA
- they can play 2-3 games a week for 2-3 weeks
- break up the conference like the football divisions where you play 6 games against division foes
- top 3 from each division continue on to the knockout stage (2nd in B10W vs 3rd in B10 E / 2nd in B10E vs 3rd in B10W). winners play the top teams. Losers play a consolation game.
- teams not making the knockout play 2 consolation games vs other division
- then 4-6 weeks later the B10 can have a limited league schedule on campus that includes the group rounds / consolation games of the January tournament along with 4-6 more games. The knockout round games will not count for standings but will count as tie breakers for conference tournament seed
Something similar to soccer / field hockey can be done for basketball over a 2-3 week period
- teams at 1 location for 14 days after 14 days of isolation on campus.
- break up conference into divisions / pods (potentially 7 per division / pod)
- play 6 games over 10 days against pod / division
- day 11 is an off day
- top 8 make knockout rounds
- round of 8 is day 13
- round of 4 is day 15
- championship is day 17
- round of 8 losers play a consolation game on day 16
- bottom 6 play consolation games
- 1st consolation is day 12
- 2nd consolation is day 14
- 3 to 4 weeks after tournament - limited regular season of 10 to 12 games on campus with limited fans
My thought is:
- 8-10 game season
- Start mid December with games in AZ, FL, and CA with none or 25% fans with players in a 3-4
week bubble
- create 4 team pods (potentially inviting UConn, Army, BYU, or New Mexico st - Indies) to help
keep everything balanced with 16 teams.
- teams are quarantined for 2 weeks on campus and then 1 week at the game facility
- For Rutgers is can be a pod of PSU, Maryland and UConn / Army with games played in Orlando
or Tampa
- game 1 between Dec 15 and Dec 24 against 1 of the other 3 teams in the pod
- game 2 between Dec 25 and Dec 30 against 1 of the other 3 teams in the pod
- game 3 between Jan 1 and Jan 8 against the last team of the pod
- games 4-6 in new pods starting Feb 1
- the new pod may have Rutgers, Michigan, Northwestern, and Nebraska with games played in
Minneapolis, Detroit, or Indianapolis
- games 7-10 will be non-pod conference games on campus with limited fan capacity starting Mar 1
- the following can be the games for Rutgers - Ohio St, Indiana, Michigan and 1 B10 West game
For non-football fall sports like Soccer and Field hockey
- have bubble tournaments in December / January in warm locations like FL, AZ, and CA
- they can play 2-3 games a week for 2-3 weeks
- break up the conference like the football divisions where you play 6 games against division foes
- top 3 from each division continue on to the knockout stage (2nd in B10W vs 3rd in B10 E / 2nd in B10E vs 3rd in B10W). winners play the top teams. Losers play a consolation game.
- teams not making the knockout play 2 consolation games vs other division
- then 4-6 weeks later the B10 can have a limited league schedule on campus that includes the group rounds / consolation games of the January tournament along with 4-6 more games. The knockout round games will not count for standings but will count as tie breakers for conference tournament seed
Something similar to soccer / field hockey can be done for basketball over a 2-3 week period
- teams at 1 location for 14 days after 14 days of isolation on campus.
- break up conference into divisions / pods (potentially 7 per division / pod)
- play 6 games over 10 days against pod / division
- day 11 is an off day
- top 8 make knockout rounds
- round of 8 is day 13
- round of 4 is day 15
- championship is day 17
- round of 8 losers play a consolation game on day 16
- bottom 6 play consolation games
- 1st consolation is day 12
- 2nd consolation is day 14
- 3 to 4 weeks after tournament - limited regular season of 10 to 12 games on campus with limited fans
