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REPORT: Iowa Football cancels today’s practices as reports of season cancellation become all but official

There was initially speculation that Iowa and Nebraska may try to play in other conferences, but this morning it was also reported that I…

This morning, the Dan Patrick Show reported that the Big Ten presidents and chancellors have voted to not play the 2020 season because of growing concerns about COVID-19. In his tweet, Patrick stated that 12 of the 14 teams in Big Ten voted against having the season with the teams voting in favor being Iowa and Nebraska.

Orion Sang of the Detroit Free Press has also reported this morning that the season will be canceled for the Big Ten, and in his report, he indicated that the announcement to officially cancel the season will be sometime tomorrow.

There was initially speculation that Iowa and Nebraska may try to play in other conferences, but this morning it was also reported that Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz has canceled the 11am practice for today. This is an indicator of what we already know, that there will be no more football played in the Big Ten this season.

The announcement of the cancellation of the Iowa practice also ends any speculation that Iowa will move to another conference or play non-conference games for this season. This leaves Nebraska, a former Big 12 school, the big decision of trying to continue to play games this season.

As this news continues to spread, other Big Ten schools, like Wisconsin, will most likely cancel their practices until the official announcement comes from the Big Ten office. It is really unfortunate that this is the way the season will end for a promising Wisconsin team, but a highlight of this dark time is that it allowed players to start making drastic moves in being able to unite and represent themselves.

Big Ten Conference votes to cancel 2020 football season, per reports

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play per Dan Patrick on Monday.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the Detroit Free Press and has been republished in full below. 

See you later, college football.

The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected to Tuesday, the sources said.

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play, Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday.

The move comes two days after the Mid-American Conference became the first in the FBS to cancel ts season, and sources told the Free Press the Big Ten is trying to coordinate its announcement with other Power Five conferences.

Sources told the Free Press on Saturday that Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren prefers a spring football season, although no final decision has been made.

Last week, the conference released updated schedules for all 14 teams, while teams officially began fall camp late last week.

Now, those same teams will be sidelined for the fall.

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Big Ten Conference votes to cancel 2020 football season, per reports

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play per Dan Patrick on Monday.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the Detroit Free Press and has been republished in full below. 

See you later, college football.

The Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season in a historic move that stems from concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple people with knowledge of the decision confirmed to the Free Press.

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the decision. A formal announcement is expected to Tuesday, the sources said.

The presidents voted, 12-2, Sunday to end the fall sports in the conference. Only Nebraska and Iowa voted to play, Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday.

The move comes two days after the Mid-American Conference became the first in the FBS to cancel ts season, and sources told the Free Press the Big Ten is trying to coordinate its announcement with other Power Five conferences.

Sources told the Free Press on Saturday that Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren prefers a spring football season, although no final decision has been made.

Last week, the conference released updated schedules for all 14 teams, while teams officially began fall camp late last week.

Now, those same teams will be sidelined for the fall.

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Report: Michigan State’s Samuel Stanley among voters to cancel Big Ten 2020 football season

Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley is among the many voters to cancel the Big 10 2020 fall football season.

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According to Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick Show, the Big Ten has voted to cancel the 2020 college football season. A source told Patrick that both the Big Ten and Pac-12 will cancel their respective seasons on Tuesday.

Per Patrick’s source, Big Ten presidents all voted 12-2 to not play this upcoming fall, including MSU president Samuel Stanley. The only two teams to vote in favor of playing were Iowa and Nebraska.

Yesterday, there were already plenty of rumors swirling that the Big Ten would cancel football. No football this fall season is not fun but best for the health and safety of players. Even if this means we have 2021 spring season followed by a 2021 fall season.

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Brian Kelly: “We really don’t know” about season starting on time

“When you’re an independent and you have an open schedule, everyone is going to look towards Notre Dame as the first one you fill it with.” 

To me there is no better sports radio host in America than Dan Patrick.  His interview skills are superb, he doesn’t take himself too seriously and he doesn’t throw ridiculous “hot takes” at you endlessly in the hopes of getting retweets and more attention.

To me he’s the best at what he does but that’s not why you’re here.

Patrick welcomed Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly to his show on Tuesday morning to discuss the latest in regards to a 2020 college football season and everything else in regards to his Fighting Irish team.  Once a link is available it will be posted in here so you can listen instead of read the words but for the time being, this is what we’ve got:

On his message to the team:

“’What’s your priority?’ If you want to play college football this fall, you’ll have to do the things you’ve done over the last four weeks and the numbers speak for themselves. We’ve already said you can do this, but you’ve done it in a confined environment. They’ve had to do the things necessary. It’s staying out of the bars. They’ve stayed away from parties – social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands. All the things we already know.

“They’ll have to continue that and there is going to have to be peer accountability. Guys will have to say, ‘you can’t do that because I want to play this fall. If you do that and you get me sick, I’m not going to be happy.’

“A big dose of peer accountability and a good dose of guys wanting to play this season is really going to be about what happens when the season starts.”

Does he think the season starts on time?

“I’m optimistic we’re going to start. Then students get on campus and our guys move off-campus. Essentially, we leave the bubble and start the season, unlike some of the professional teams like the NHL or the NBA. They move into a bubble and start the season. College football leaves the bubble and starts the season. We’ll get to the starting line and we’ll see what happens after that.”

Where Notre Dame is at in terms of season-prep:

“We’re in strength training and conditioning. It’s really about four weeks in. Most football programs would normally get about eight weeks in prior to their first padded practice. We still have some work to do relative to the time off. Remember, no spring practice, no real designated offseason. These guys were deconditioned a little bit. We’re getting back there, but we still need a little more time to condition our athletes.”

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Texas Lt. Governor’s idea to put fans in the stands

The Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick wrote an op-ed on Dallas Morning News about how to get fans back in the stands for sporting events.

The Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick recently wrote an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News on the topic of bringing sports back with fans in the stands. Patrick was once in the business of sports reporting, most recently at the Houston, Texas television station KHOU-TV. He left the station in 1983 and after a failed stint with a sports bar chain, Patrick returned to broadcasting as a conservative talk show host before eventually becoming the Lt. Governor of Texas.

Each fan would be limited on the number of games he or she could attend, including season ticket holders, so more fans can have the opportunity to attend a game. Fans will have their temperatures checked at the security entrances. A fan with a high temperature will not be allowed in and the ticket will be refunded. Tickets will clearly state that fans waive liability if they should become ill. – Dan Patrick’s idea on Dallas News

Patrick goes on to discuss how a computer program can determine the seating so that fans can still be socially distant while enjoying their favorite team at a ball game. Fans obviously would need to wear their masks and even suggesting some sponsors would provide them with the team logo. A great opportunity for company branding.

The idea isn’t a farfetched idea and there is a lot of positives about his idea. Even at the 30% capacity that he suggested, that would still mean 30,000 screaming fans at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturdays. It won’t make everyone happy, including the season ticket holders based on Patrick’s plan. However, it would be a way to get to watch their team at the stadium. For college sports, the atmosphere is everything.

As Dan Patrick stated, let’s end this talk about sports with no fans in the stands. The focus should be on finding ways to get fans in the stands for games without putting people at any higher risk and the Lt. Governor might have some good ideas for the major sports leagues to take a look at.

Phil Mickelson plans to join Michael Jordan’s exclusive golf club

Phil Mickelson went on the Dan Patrick Show and revealed he’s joining Michael Jordan’s exclusive golf club.

Phil Mickelson’s name has been in the news a lot recently for his upcoming match alongside Tom Brady against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning.

The five-time major champion isn’t just competing in The Match: Champions for Charity, he’s also moving from San Diego to Florida and has his eyes on a new golf club: Michael Jordan’s exclusive The Grove XXIII.

“I’m actually in the process of joining his club there in Florida,” Mickelson revealed on Monday’s Dan Patrick Show when asked if he’s played with Jordan. “He did an exceptional job there.”

“You have to be invited,” Mickelson said of the process to join. “Fortunately, I know a number of members there, and my wife and I just bought a lot fairly close, about 10 to 15 minutes away. So it’ll be a great place to play and practice.”

Lefty also gave some background on how The Match came to be and told a story about playing golf with Brady and how he was able to run some routes for the six-time Super Bowl champion.

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Brooks Koepka tells Dan Patrick that Michael Jordan ‘shut me up pretty quick’

Brooks Koepka joined the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday for a friendly chat about beer, betting trash talking and Michael Jordan.

Brooks Koepka joined the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday for a friendly chat about beer, betting, trash talking and Michael Jordan.

Patrick first asked Koepka about going 30 days without alcohol. He confirmed that he did but that on Day 31 it was on.

His go to drink? Michelob Ultra, Koepka said.

“You gotta find that right amount” if you’re going to drink beer while you’re playing golf, he said.

The discussion later turned to Jordan. Koepka, whose hair was starting to return, admitted he tried talking some trash to MJ but “he shut me up pretty quick.”

It was four, five years ago, Koepka said, when they were playing a match in Florida.

“MJ was up on me a early, then I got up on him late, turned the tables. … we got to the 17th tee and he says: ‘It’s fourth quarter baby. I don’t lose.'”

Koepka said: “This is the MJ I remember.”

Jordan won 17 and then “he looks at me on 18, shook my hand, wanted to know where my wallet was at.”

Watch the full interview here:

Sabrina Ionescu talks about Steph Curry’s impact on Dan Patrick Show

Sabrina Ionescu and Dan Patrick agreed that the impact of Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry on the game of basketball cannot be overstated.

The relationship between Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry and Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu is well-documented, and it tends to come up frequently in interviews Ionescu gives with national reporters.

On Wednesday, she and Dan Patrick discussed Curry’s impact on the game of basketball on Patrick’s show.

Patrick said Curry is one of the most influential basketball players of all time, and Ionescu had nothing but agreement for that sentiment. The difference Curry has made cannot be overstated.

Patrick: “Steph has had a bigger impact on the game than almost anyone in the history of the sport because he allowed everybody who is smaller to think that they can play. You don’t have to be physical.”

Ionescu: “I think people that don’t see that and don’t value that don’t really understand the impact that he’s had on the sport.”

It’s much easier for the average person to see themselves in Curry than some other stars. LeBron James, for instance, has unattainable athleticism that can’t just be learned. Monstrously large stars like Shaquille O’Neal are so big and tall, it’s hard for an average basketball fan to relate to, no matter how much they like him as a person or player.

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But for Curry, smaller and leaner by comparison than almost any other star, your everyday kid can look at him and see skills that can be learned: shooting, dribbling, quickness.

While he is obviously other-worldly talented, these skills are ones athletes can see themselves doing more realistically than flying over a rim. This can help them dream of playing for their high school, or college, or the pros.

“You walk into any gym and there’s little kids shooting from half court, they’re shooting shots like Steph,” Ionescu said. “It’s evolved the game. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if the 3-point line gets moved back.”

Dan Patrick on why Tony Romo should turn down ESPN and stay at CBS

Dan Patrick’s advice for Tony Romo.

Tony Romo has emerged as arguably the biggest star in sports commentary over the past few years at CBS, and with his current contract with the network expiring after the 2019 season, it’s been reported that ESPN could offer Romo a massive deal to take a spot in the Monday Night Football booth.

ESPN’s current commentary team, led by play-by-play man Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland, was roasted by fans seemingly every week, so landing Romo would be dream scenario for ESPN execs. Should Romo leave his current pairing at CBS with Jim Nantz, and give up his chance to call the Super Bowl once every three years?

According to ESPN veteran Dan Patrick, who left the network in 2007, Romo’s decision isn’t difficult at all. On The Dan Patrick Show, Patrick warned that if Romo does join the Worldwide Leader, he’d likely be increasing his workload drastically, which may not appeal to him.

“He’s going to get paid, so now it’s not about money. Because whatever ESPN going to offer, CBS can match that. If I’m Tony Romo and I have something great with Jim Nantz, and I get to still play golf…. I don’t have to go on Get Up with Mike Greenberg, I don’t have to do the Will Cain show in the afternoon. I basically get to do the CBS main game, and I can go golf.

He’s got little ones, and you want to be around them. ESPN will just drive up the price. That’s all you want is leverage.

…. ESPN, and I’ve told this to quite a few of these athletes who have become analysts – if you go into ESPN, while it’s great, understand you’re going to be pulled quite a few ways. You’re going to be doing radio shows, TV shows, and then you’re going to do the Monday night game, and then you have to be available on Tuesday as well. There’s a lot more involved when you take that role with ESPN, because there’s so many different entities to serve….. To me it’s a no-brainer. If the money’s going to be the same? No-brainer.”

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