****Dabo just said...

[Larry_Williams]

He was just asked if there will be anyone out this week because of COVID testing or contact tracing.

"There will definitely be some guys not available every week for every team," he said. "We'll have a few guys that I'm sure will not be able to play for whatever reason, whether it's some type of short-term injury thing or whether it's COVID protocols. That'll probably be the case from week to week."

Said it seems that coaches have decided to divulge on game days who is out and then go play.

 

[GoodWord28]

Panic

 

[Tigerman91]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

 

[TC0103]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

 

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

Buckle up boys. Gonna be a wild year.

 

[poates6]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

Then imagine how awesome it will be watching TP or DJU and our other backs still destroy our opponent. We at Clemson live out the next man up philosophy.

 

[Larry_Williams]

Buckle up boys. Gonna be a wild year.

Yup.

 

[blizzard]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

They will be in a bubble the week before Notre Dame

 

[Tigerman91]

We gonna find out real quick if “We too deep”

 

[Da Swami]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

A few that believe it's a hoax or a bad cold but most fans understand that it was to be suspected.

 

[UpstateTgrFan]

T2 was my favorite action movie growing up. Still holds up.

 

[cyclotiger]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

Suicide watch for a lot on the GameDay thread

 

[TooterTownTiger]

Probably best to play it safe. I would hate for someone to die in the middle of the 3rd quarter due to Covid.

 

[refbowler]

Build two teams and treat players like President/Vice President when they travel. Orange team and white team don’t get to have contact til trophy ceremony.

 

[santee]

They will be in a bubble the week before Notre Dame

By then its too late ...will need to e 2 weeks

 

[tigerwoodnc]

A few that believe it's a hoax or a bad cold but most fans understand that it was to be suspected.

And respected.

 

[cumatt]

Does anyone have any insight into who has already had Covid on the team?

 

[GamecockTears]

Build two teams and treat players like President/Vice President when they travel. Orange team and white team don’t get to have contact til trophy ceremony.

Until Notre Dame week.....

 

[alphamale621]

We bout to find out if the oft repeated claim that we could win the ACC with our backups is true. For the record, I still think

 

[jimbob1019]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

We would still win...

 

[jimbob1019]

Gotta remember, no team has built more depth in recent years than Clemson...no one is better at it either...

This may be one of those years where everyone will be thankful we played everybody instead of winning every game by a hundred...

 

[Tigerman91]

We would still win...

Against ND at ND?

 

[tigerjl]

Hold the line and don’t turn back as long as there is not a catastrophic case load that turns into serious illnesses. Football can be a great model for how society deals with the sickness but does not stop. You manage the issue with solid protocols that focus on the sick and not the healthy.

 

[Dbatz]

Dabo trolling that Wolken clown

 

[jimbob1019]

Against ND at ND?

Absolutely!

 

[whitesixmile]

I was watching Hard Knocks and one of the coaches said the team that handles the Covid situation the best would come out on top.

 

[Cocks are Number 1]

Then imagine how awesome it will be watching TP or DJU and our other backs still destroy our opponent. We at Clemson live out the next man up philosophy.

Exactly. Would be fun to see, if need be.

 

[nmerritt11]

My fear is that if one person in the QB room gets it...does that mean the whole QB room has to be quarantined?

 

[Cocks are Number 1]

Against ND at ND?

You do realize the Covid cold exists in South Bend, too... correct?

And ftr.. we’d still win.

 

[gcsoccer16]

Don't we have 60+ players who already got the virus? Seems like we've taken care of a lot of concern already.

Also no hospitalizations. Take that big 10

 

[Cocks are Number 1]

Don't we have 60+ players who already got the virus?

Have we taken into consideration the long term effects this is going to have on them?

 

[nsp1996]

Saliva tests and quicker results make it practical to test more often.

There will be issues with players who had it early not showing antibodies later. So they still might get caught up in "protocol" if a roommate gets it.

Here is the problem. These kids don't live in a football dorm under the control of the football program... and they chose roomates/house-mates that they get along with, and not according to some plan to minimize the impact of a positive COVID Test. It's not the one guy who gets COVID, its the fact that that can take out his roommates as well. And as we know, upperclassmen tend to room with other upperclassmen. and upperclassmen tend to be starters more than freshmen.

Bockhorst mentioned in an interview (this site? TOS?) that he was roommates with Putnam (maybe others?). Lord only knows what other combinations of starters/2nd teamers are rooming with each other and could possibly be taken out for two games by a single positive covid test.

I personally have my fingers and toes crossed that we can successfully dodge bullets this year.

 

[gcsoccer16]

Have we taken into consideration the long term effects this is going to have on them?

Lol nope it's because we are clearly racist

 

[WinstonW101]

In a pantheon of non answers this one is an all timer even for Dabo

 

[blizzard]

My fear is that if one person in the QB room gets it...does that mean the whole QB room has to be quarantined?

You may have to come out of retirement

 

[SherbertOrange]

Imagine this board an hour before gametime when it’s announced Trevor and Etienne are in Covid protocol and will miss the game

Well be okay as long as it’s not ND or the playoffs

 

[atiger81]

Dabo has word for each year -- joy, love etc.

This year the word is contingency.

 

[CU_TrialLawyer]

Saliva tests and quicker results make it practical to test more often.

There will be issues with players who had it early not showing antibodies later. So they still might get caught up in "protocol" if a roommate gets it.

Here is the problem. These kids don't live in a football dorm under the control of the football program... and they chose roomates/house-mates that they get along with, and not according to some plan to minimize the impact of a positive COVID Test. It's not the one guy who gets COVID, its the fact that that can take out his roommates as well. And as we know, upperclassmen tend to room with other upperclassmen. and upperclassmen tend to be starters more than freshmen.

Bockhorst mentioned in an interview (this site? TOS?) that he was roommates with Putnam (maybe others?). Lord only knows what other combinations of starters/2nd teamers are rooming with each other and could possibly be taken out for two games by a single positive covid test.

I personally have my fingers and toes crossed that we can successfully dodge bullets this year.

It is going to be an interesting season. 2 games already postponed in Big 12. Testing technology is getting better. Nobody had a crystal ball, but in retrospect it looks like an early November start date would have been best. I think you’d have Big 10 and Pac 12 playing if that was the case.

 

[gcsoccer16]

It is going to be an interesting season. 2 games already postponed in Big 12. Testing technology is getting better. Nobody had a crystal ball, but in retrospect it looks like an early November start date would have been best. I think you’d have Big 10 and Pac 12 playing if that was the case.

LOL. The big 10 and PAC 12 never wanted to play football. They are in shut down mode until after the election.

You schedule bye weeks like we did and play football. Over 110+ players on each roster. A free year of eligibility. The games will be played and life will go on. Waiting until November is kicking the can down the road and does nothing.

 

[PAWrocka]

My fear is that if one person in the QB room gets it...does that mean the whole QB room has to be quarantined?

Wildcat baby!!!!