Will the BIG10 Reverse Their Decision?

[FOREVERTRUE]

Not going to hurt recruiting.

I don't think it will hurt next year's recruiting much as most have already made up their minds, but one season with no eyes on their programs and eyes only on SEC, ACC, and B12 will start to have some affect on the classes beyond next years.

Any which way recruiting is going to get jacked up with whatever the NCAA decides on scholarship expansions or whatever to make up for giving everyone an extra year of eligibility this year.

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

They've painted themselves in a corner that only a vaccine can safely rescue them from. Nothing about their "why" changes until the virus is gone. I can't see how they play any sports this academic year.

Heck they may never be able to return to football if the WHO is correct.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/who-warns-a-coronavirus-vaccine-alone-will-not-end-pandemic.html

 

[madguy30]

Heck they may never be able to return to football if the WHO is correct.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/who-warns-a-coronavirus-vaccine-alone-will-not-end-pandemic.html

I'm not sure who to believe but the WHO has looked pretty poor in this thing and I can't take their word for it any better than anyone else.

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

I'm not sure who to believe but the WHO has looked pretty poor in this thing and I can't take their word for it any better than anyone else.

I agree, but thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[theshadow]

Iowa invested many millions into an impressive swimming facility not long ago and now they dump their men's and women's swimming programs. Ouch.

Only ~$9M came from the AD. The other ~$59M was paid for by student fees, since it's technically a "campus rec center" -- with a competition pool. So the AD didn't take a complete bath on the deal.

 

[Cyclad]

I'm not sure who to believe but the WHO has looked pretty poor in this thing and I can't take their word for it any better than anyone else.

Yesterday’s positivity rate in Iowa was 15.5%.
today, over20%.
at this rate schools will not remain open, and I still think football has very little chance of being played - if anybody cares about people’s health.

 

[madguy30]

Yesterday’s positivity rate in Iowa was 15.5%.
today, over20%.
at this rate schools will not remain open, and I still think football has very little chance of being played - if anybody cares about people’s health.

That's way lower tests being done too for whatever reason.

WI's been the same way although not as high of % positive.

 

[BCClone]

Yesterday’s positivity rate in Iowa was 15.5%.
today, over20%.
at this rate schools will not remain open, and I still think football has very little chance of being played - if anybody cares about people’s health.

Man you are bad at math. First you claim that our per capita rate is higher than Florida, now 18k to 28k respectively; now you say this? Right now the idph says iowa had 2357 tests with 268 positive tests. While 11.37% positive is higher than I'm sure anybody would like, it is just over half the 20% you are exaggerating about. Use some facts instead of just making things up. Whoever you are listening to, if you are listening to someone and not making it up, is straight giving bad information.

 

[BCClone]

That's way lower tests being done too for whatever reason.

WI's been the same way although not as high of % positive.

Iowa is not that percentage either. Not sure where he is getting information, but it is far from accurate.

 

[madguy30]

Iowa is not that percentage either. Not sure where he is getting information, but it is far from accurate.

This shows 428/2274 which is 18.8% according to my magic math machine.

428 COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in Iowa Monday

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 428 more COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

www.kcrg.com

That's not some huge surge in cases but seems like few tests reported.

EDIT: saw your post referring to another site...numbers are different. Again.

 

[Acylum]

This shows 428/2274 which is 18.8% according to my magic math machine.

428 COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in Iowa Monday

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 428 more COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

www.kcrg.com

That's not some huge surge in cases but seems like few tests reported.

EDIT: saw your post referring to another site...numbers are different. Again.

I think you’re assuming that all the positives are from the tests performed the day before. That’s usually not the case. Also, the same day’s numbers can vary wildly between media outlets so who knows.

 

[Pseudonym]

Does nobody remember January, Feburary when this thing first came on the scene? The lockdowns were temporary to "flatten the curve" to make sure we had enough medicines, ventilators and PPE equipment. But it was made clear, unless an effective vaccine came to market--we would never get rid of this virus. In fact, I remember distinctly at a press conference Dr Birx saying they expected as high as 60-70% of Americans would get infected.

Somehow we've lost the hard cold reality of this virus. Nature is a *****--we're going to have to learn how to live with it.

 

[BCClone]

This shows 428/2274 which is 18.8% according to my magic math machine.

428 COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths reported in Iowa Monday

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting 428 more COVID-19 cases and five more deaths in Iowa over the last 24 hours.

www.kcrg.com

That's not some huge surge in cases but seems like few tests reported.

EDIT: saw your post referring to another site...numbers are different. Again.

The issue there, is the reporting and understanding how it happens. I am uncertain where they got the 420+ number from. Neither Idph nor worldometers has that. The only thing I can come up with is the lazy approach to figuring things out. There are delays in some reporting where if you take the total from one day and subtract it from another you may get number; her is why it is junk though. They have tests that will take one or two days (or however long) to get the results. If it was from two days ago, it gets placed with the other two days ago, so does the test count. So if you use the simple math situation, it will work for an increase but it will include positives from days before into todays results but not add the test in. So for each positive that way, your count looks like this, one positive, zero tests. That doesn't even include the negative tests that take a day or two to be reported.

 

[DeereClone]

Yesterday’s positivity rate in Iowa was 15.5%.
today, over20%.
at this rate schools will not remain open, and I still think football has very little chance of being played - if anybody cares about people’s health.

Isn’t positivity rate a horrible metric to use? I assume it’s simply the positivity rate of people who were tested on that day. If that’s the case it’s a flawed ratio because there is zero science or math behind the denominator.

We should be measuring cases and deaths per capita and that’s it.

 

[madguy30]

I think you’re assuming that all the positives are from the tests performed the day before. That’s usually not the case. Also, the same day’s numbers can vary wildly between media outlets so who knows.

Nope, just going by reported numbers, which seem to vary and obviously doesn't say what happened yesterday or Saturday.

I'd assume Iowa's weekend totals are generally lower compared to the rest of the week? Seems to be the trend in most places.

 

[madguy30]

The issue there, is the reporting and understanding how it happens. I am uncertain where they got the 420+ number from. Neither Idph nor worldometers has that. The only thing I can come up with is the lazy approach to figuring things out. There are delays in some reporting where if you take the total from one day and subtract it from another you may get number; her is why it is junk though. They have tests that will take one or two days (or however long) to get the results. If it was from two days ago, it gets placed with the other two days ago, so does the test count. So if you use the simple math situation, it will work for an increase but it will include positives from days before into todays results but not add the test in. So for each positive that way, your count looks like this, one positive, zero tests. That doesn't even include the negative tests that take a day or two to be reported.

Already replied to similar question.

Nope, just going by reported numbers, which seem to vary and obviously doesn't say what happened yesterday or Saturday.

I'd assume Iowa's weekend totals are generally lower compared to the rest of the week? Seems to be the trend in most places.

 

[Cyclad]

Man you are bad at math. First you claim that our per capita rate is higher than Florida, now 18k to 28k respectively; now you say this? Right now the idph says iowa had 2357 tests with 268 positive tests. While 11.37% positive is higher than I'm sure anybody would like, it is just over half the 20% you are exaggerating about. Use some facts instead of just making things up. Whoever you are listening to, if you are listening to someone and not making it up, is straight giving bad information.

COVID-19 positivity rate above 20% over last 24 hours of IDPH data

The Iowa Department of Public Health's COVID-19 data is showing an increase of 471 confirmed cases of the virus from 10:00 a. m. on August 23 to 10:00 a. m. on August 24. Those new cases come from 2,276 new tests. Five new deaths are being reported over the last 24-hour stretch - meaning 1,039...

cbs2iowa.com

 

[Acylum]

Nope, just going by reported numbers, which seem to vary and obviously doesn't say what happened yesterday or Saturday.

I'd assume Iowa's weekend totals are generally lower compared to the rest of the week? Seems to be the trend in most places.

Right, I agree those are the reported numbers for that TV station. But the 428 positives can include tests that are 2, 3, or possibly more days old. So you can’t really take the number of reported positives and apply them to one specific day’s testing number. I’m not good at explaining things.

 

[BCClone]

COVID-19 positivity rate above 20% over last 24 hours of IDPH data

The Iowa Department of Public Health's COVID-19 data is showing an increase of 471 confirmed cases of the virus from 10:00 a. m. on August 23 to 10:00 a. m. on August 24. Those new cases come from 2,276 new tests. Five new deaths are being reported over the last 24-hour stretch - meaning 1,039...

cbs2iowa.com

A better source. May be why they are reporters and not mathematicians. Also see my post a couple above, I explain they are going the lazy route.

Case Counts

Positive Case Analysis Positive Case Analysis Dashboard

coronavirus.iowa.gov

 

[Cyclad]

Man you are bad at math. First you claim that our per capita rate is higher than Florida, now 18k to 28k respectively; now you say this? Right now the idph says iowa had 2357 tests with 268 positive tests. While 11.37% positive is higher than I'm sure anybody would like, it is just over half the 20% you are exaggerating about. Use some facts instead of just making things up. Whoever you are listening to, if you are listening to someone and not making it up, is straight giving bad information.

Prior day

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/iowas-rate-of-positive-coronavirus-tests-worsens-20200823?template=amphtml