To all,
The Covid-19 shutdown has obviously affected much regarding the 2020 college football season. One of the less obvious has been TideFans.com's annual previews.
In a normal year, I'd begin working on those at the conclusion of spring practice, accelerating over the summer, and I would have something in the hands of the readers by late July or early August, at the start of fall camps. In recent seasons, even this has become harder due to lax transfer rules and the "professionalization" of summer camp activity as colleges continue to mimic NFL programs in an increasing number of ways.
For 2020, keeping up with the Covid insanity has made this all but impossible. Entire conferences aren't playing. Inside the ones that are, players are opting out. Georgia lost its presumptive starting quarterback today to an opt-out.
As such, there is no chance we're going to be able to put forward a traditional list of preview articles. We will, however, preview the Alabama Crimson Tide extensively. Articles will start coming down this week into the weekend (Sept. 5).
This isn't how we'd prefer to do it, but like everyone, we're taking things week by week. The entire season will be imperiled on a week-to-week basis depending on who is in charge of what Covid-related decision at each of the individual schools (or their states). We still intend to do weekly SEC game previews and Alabama game previews as per normal. We appreciate everyone's understanding, and we hope to return to normal soon.
The Covid-19 shutdown has obviously affected much regarding the 2020 college football season. One of the less obvious has been TideFans.com's annual previews.
In a normal year, I'd begin working on those at the conclusion of spring practice, accelerating over the summer, and I would have something in the hands of the readers by late July or early August, at the start of fall camps. In recent seasons, even this has become harder due to lax transfer rules and the "professionalization" of summer camp activity as colleges continue to mimic NFL programs in an increasing number of ways.
For 2020, keeping up with the Covid insanity has made this all but impossible. Entire conferences aren't playing. Inside the ones that are, players are opting out. Georgia lost its presumptive starting quarterback today to an opt-out.
As such, there is no chance we're going to be able to put forward a traditional list of preview articles. We will, however, preview the Alabama Crimson Tide extensively. Articles will start coming down this week into the weekend (Sept. 5).
This isn't how we'd prefer to do it, but like everyone, we're taking things week by week. The entire season will be imperiled on a week-to-week basis depending on who is in charge of what Covid-related decision at each of the individual schools (or their states). We still intend to do weekly SEC game previews and Alabama game previews as per normal. We appreciate everyone's understanding, and we hope to return to normal soon.
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