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The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

4 SEC games postponed. Does the CFB Playoff need a bubble?

The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

The Athletic

Sec, News, Sports News, Football, College Football, Cfb, Big Ten, Sports

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Stewart Mandel & Bruce Feldman react to the news that 4 SEC games are postponed this weekend due to COVID-19. Should the College Football Playoff create a bubble and move its dates later into January? It feels like we've reached the point in the season where changes need to be made. Plus, a look at this weekend's (slim) slate. 


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0:00.0

Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible, presented by Trader Joe's.

0:21.5

I am Bruce Feldman, joined, as always by my colleague, Stuart Mandel.

0:24.6

We are taping this episode on Wednesday morning.

0:29.2

And as we started, about an hour ago, the SEC had its fourth postponement of this week, Stu.

0:38.2

The Missouri game against Georgia has now been

0:43.2

I don't say nuke, but it's been taken off the schedule for this weekend.

0:48.4

So they started out with seven games, and they're down to three.

0:53.0

And remember, this was supposed to be a huge weekend in the SEC.

0:56.6

Now, obviously, LSU has struggled on the field,

0:59.3

so the LSU Alabama game didn't carry the magnitude it normally does.

1:04.4

Certainly, CBS was going to play up, that there's the Masters this weekend,

1:08.6

and that ties in.

1:10.0

There's an interoperorship component for certainly ESPN and obviously CBS.

1:15.6

And now there's only three games left.

1:19.6

Fingers crossed it, they're going to have those three.

1:21.6

It has gotten very, very, a messy situation has gotten a lot messier, I would say, at this. Where do you think

1:30.6

this is headed now that we're into mid-November? Well, first of all, it's not just an SEC problem.

1:37.2

It's a college football problem. It's a problem across the country, obviously, with COVID cases,

1:43.4

reaching record highs and no end in sight.

1:47.7

I mean, I think most people agree it's probably going to get worse in the winter months.

1:51.9

So last week, there were 10 games across college football that were postponed or canceled.

1:56.7

As of this recording, and it's only Wednesday morning, there are seven.

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