So if the current rule is still 21 day quarantine, why are they even considering playing? They can not have any more players eligible than they would have had against us...only fewer.
Wisconsin vs Purdue
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Because the quarantined people are removed from the testing pool percentage wise.
Since Thursday’s update, the Wisconsin football program has had two additional staff members and five additional student-athlete register confirmed positive PCR tests for COVID-19. There are currently 22 active COVID-19 cases in the program, all since Saturday, Oct. 24. Those active cases include 12 student-athletes and 10 staff members.
Additionally, after further consultation and clarification from officials at Public Health Madison & Dane County, Coach Chryst was informed that the earliest he would be able to return to work, should he remain symptom-free, is on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Wisconsin Athletics plans to provide further updates on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Additionally, after further consultation and clarification from officials at Public Health Madison & Dane County, Coach Chryst was informed that the earliest he would be able to return to work, should he remain symptom-free, is on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Wisconsin Athletics plans to provide further updates on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Barry is probably trying to get it changed. If he is the big 10 will NOT throw him under the bus and try to get the media to shame him. Not sure why the big 10 treats schools so differently
I think it will be pretty sketchy if the UW vs. Purdue game is not canceled this week. They had more time to prepare for Nebraska and more players available to play Nebraska then they will have this week versus Purdue.
Now just need Minnesota to opt out of their game on the 28th.
We learned last week that it is wholly up to each school each week whether they want to play or not, regardless of conference requirements.
PJ needs to give his guys Thanksgiving weekend off "to keep them safe".
We learned last week that it is wholly up to each school each week whether they want to play or not, regardless of conference requirements.
PJ needs to give his guys Thanksgiving weekend off "to keep them safe".
Just saw this. Not surprising. I hope this is the last cancellation, but I doubt it.
Purdue actually gets screwed worse than NU did. They are on a roll with a chance to go 3-0 in the division. Still, they may still be the front-runner to draw a mid-December game with Ohio State.
I don’t look at it like that at all. As a Purdue grad I think you guys dodged a bullet and so did we..
Both schools ran the risk of coming out like Illinois with 10+ guys out from... PLAYING WISCONSIN with all their cases.
I like to troll here but in all seriousness is that what you wanted? To come out vs northwestern and find out in the pregame that Adrian Martinez 4 other starters and 5 other players are out for 21 days? Cause that’s basically what happened to Illinois dude
It's interesting that Northwestern is playing Nebraska this week after Wisconsin canceled on us (thus giving us an extra day or two of preparation and rest), and that Northwestern is playing Purdue on Nov. 14 after Wisconsin canceled on them.
In our case, a second game immediately after the opener might have helped us. Plus, we didn't know for sure until last Thursday that our next game would be the other NU. Advantage to no one, really.
In Purdue's case, they know now they have 10 days to prepare for Northwestern, and after tight, physical games against Iowa and Illinois, they have a chance to really rest. Advantage Purdue.
In our case, a second game immediately after the opener might have helped us. Plus, we didn't know for sure until last Thursday that our next game would be the other NU. Advantage to no one, really.
In Purdue's case, they know now they have 10 days to prepare for Northwestern, and after tight, physical games against Iowa and Illinois, they have a chance to really rest. Advantage Purdue.
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By the end of the week they had 22 players and staff test positive. When they first attempted to cancel yeah, they were under the 5% rule. By Friday though it was blown out of the water. They weren't playing even if they wanted to
Positive cases only count toward the 5% initially. So Mertz no longer counts toward that and honestly, probably isn't daily testing. If they receive no positives today through Sunday, they will play for sure.
Here’s the latest biggest ********. So done with the B10. I hope Wisconsin misses the Michigan games as well.. they’ll run through and win the remaining games.
It says a lot about the Big Ten leadership when the AD who is the chair of the committee that was in charge of setting the guidelines and deciding on protocols for playing this season runs the school that has absolutely handled the medical side of this season the absolute worst of any program in the conference
i agree, with the way the tie breaker rules read on a unbalanced schedule Wisc absolutely wanted these games cancelled. they didnt want to play this season anyway
I really believe that the tie breaker rules need to be changed to reflect a situation like this... it should read something like if I tie breaker comes down to two teams who had a canceled game then the team who was responsible for having game canceled loses the tie breaker... so if it came down to a tie breaker for Purdue and Wisconsin to play the championship game, then Purdue wins tie breaker since game was canceled due to Wisconsin requiring the canceled game due to COVID cases... and yes I do believe that you should hold a school accountable to having a COVID out break, it was their responsibility to ensure they were sticking to protocols, and I’d be saying the same if it was Nebraska that had the outbreak...
This is the conference who had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into playing any games at all. The B1G “leadership” actually believes that fewer games is better.
Sure in hindsight it is best that the game was cancelled. But at the time Wisconsin chose to cancel they only had 6 cases and chose to cancel for competitive reasons. If those players didn’t happen to be 2 QB’ etc, they wouldn’t have cancelled. In the end, it was probably for the best, but saying they chose to cancel for any reason other than being down key players, is some serious revisionist history.
Why do people in here think a top 10 program who averages double digit wins a year and has won the B1G West more than all the other teams combined would be afraid of a below .500 program?
Last was hilarious with people predicting a 11+ win season. Now this year you are saying Wisconsin is afraid of Nebraska?
Nobody in the country is afraid of Nebraska. This has to be a joke?
Last was hilarious with people predicting a 11+ win season. Now this year you are saying Wisconsin is afraid of Nebraska?
Nobody in the country is afraid of Nebraska. This has to be a joke?
Consider a Wisconsin team with a 4th string QB... if you’re asking why people think the way they do, consider that at least.
honestly I can see where you are coming from, but you are only fooling yourself if you don’t think this is a down year for Wisconsin and they seen the possibility of a loss...
And frankly the only joke on this board is all the trolls that find it necessary to come over here and tell us how crappy and down our team is
it must be nice to have that much free time on your hands to want to waste it on a teams fan site that you’re not even a fan of 
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