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I'm going to try and hike Mount Nittany on Friday or early Saturday. Bringing the family, including two teens, so probably won't be hitting any bars. But def going to check out the campus and soak up the atmosphere leading up to the game. I was supposed to be going with a friend that went to PSU but he has already backed out.

I'm flying to Buffalo on the 15th to stay at Niagara Falls. Then driving down to a cabin outside State College on Friday. Fly back to Orlando via Pittsburgh on Sunday. Have my plane and game tickets purchased already. I'm pretty pumped about this one.

Nice! I can hear the audio in my head when I see that.

I still think Curry didn't survive after the game because Alabama was very embarrassed over the taunts and chants that started at Tiger Walk and continued during the game. Auburn don't worry, Bama has Curry! and 0 and 10, try again! Stay Bill stay!

That Tiger walk and that game environment was something I know we will never experience again. The energy, anger, the feeling of satisfaction. I was one of thousands hitting the side of the Bama bus with the stick on my shaker as they crawled slowly through Tiger Walk. I was to young to help rock them from side to side but I tried. The '90 FSU Tiger Walk was close but not the same. I remember having an AU produced recap of the '89 game that I bought on a VCR tape. I bet I watched it a hundred times.

We helped build FSU. I see no reason to make the same mistake.

Florida's looks like a Disney Resort with a cabana pool and basketball courts. Ours looks like the low budget model. I really expected more flash.

Think your just missing the Texas Southern game on 15 Dec @ AU.

Auburn will play @ Central Florida in Orlando.

St Joe's will be Auburn's opponent on 25 Nov. Zags on 27 Nov.

Auburn will play a team to be determined on 25 Nov and Gonzaga on 27 Nov.

Multiple college basketball teams considering backing out of Orlando-based ESPN events, per report Given the overall success of the NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida to finish out the 2019-2020 season, it made a lot of sense in September when word got out that ESPN was moving 10 early-season college basketball tournaments to Orlando as well in order to minimize COVID-19 concerns and cut overall costs. The Champions Classic, Charleston Classic, Myrtle Beach Invitational, NIT Season Tip-Off, Wooden Legacy, Orlando Invitational, Jimmy V Classic, and Diamond Head Classic were all expected to move to the ESPN Wide World of Sports property at Walt Disney World, a perfectly realized effort of corporate synergy. Plus, some of the biggest names in college basketball would be involved, including Duke, Michigan State, Kansas, Kentucky, Georgetown, UCLA, Virginia, Gonzaga, and more. The TV schedule for all of these games sounds daunting, if not exciting, for college basketball fans. Games are currently scheduled to begin on November 25 and these tournaments would overlap over the course of two weeks. With so many games to play, it was noted that “up to three games going on at once” was a distinct possibility, making it a potential boon for ESPN’s networks and streaming service. However, CBS Sports Senior writer and college hoops analyst Matt Norlander took to Twitter on Sunday with a thread that cast plenty of doubt on most, if not all, of these tournaments happening here. Per Norlander’s sources, “widespread concern is quickly escalating over the stability — if not survival — of every Orlando-based ESPN event.” At the heart of the issue for most schools, per Norlander, is Disney’s COVID-19 protocols that come with the Orlando event. As every school has its own protocols in place, moving to a different system could create confusion as well as a lack of flexibility, not to mention concerns over liability if a coach or player tests positive for COVID-19 while in the bubble. “One rule: if someone in your traveling party tests positive for COVID, you have to be quarantined in Orlando for 14 days at the team’s expense…Anyone who is 91 days or more removed from a positive COVID test has to be tested again…The Big 12 and SEC have not committed to the 90-day CDC rule yet, per sources.” You can see where this creates a lot of liability issues for the schools. If a player tests positive, that means they’re going to have to remain in the bubble for an additional two weeks, which not only affects their ability to play beyond the bubble but likely balloons costs. As many of these schools have other games scheduled around these tournaments, they’re being asked to be responsible to ESPN and Disney in a way that might not be worth their time or potential headaches, especially if they can’t control the testing process as they have been. According to Norlander, many of the schools involved are reportedly reaching out to other Florida schools as back-up options if the tournament doesn’t happen or they end up backing out over the concerns. Some schools are even reportedly speaking to one another about just playing games on their own and, per Norlander, two big names have already decided to opt-out but haven’t announced it yet. Those schools are not, apparently, Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, or Michigan State, all of whom will play in the Champions Classic, no matter how it happens. Norlander adds that it remains possible that ESPN could just move some or all of these tournaments out of Disney altogether (which probably wouldn’t sit well with the mouse folks), but that feels relatively unlikely. We can expect to hear a lot more about this in the week ahead as we’re literally weeks away from when the college basketball season is set to start. If these dominoes do fall as Norlander lays them out, it’s unclear how that will affect ESPN’s college basketball inventory over that time. We’d have to imagine a lot of contingency plans are being put into place and will continue to do so as certain schools make decisions to opt-out or change schedules.

It really sucks that there will be no fans. I REALLY want to go to these games in Orlando. Thanksgiving vacations to watch AU basketball is just perfect. But I guess even the home games are going to get the 20% attendance cap unless something changes.

I had to go look. There is no set commitment date for Scoot.

Seattle no longer sounds fun.

No comment.

Watching Bruce magically pull a team together over a season and find a style for them is so much fun though.

I'm super hyped for the Orlando Invitational. I'm kinda feeling that game at Washington too. Prettiest campus I have been to and a return trip would be fun.

There is a link for a tab titled scoring on the page linked. Summary is 3.8 points per game.

OAK HILL

He must have been a beast in AAU. 3 points a game at Oak Hill.

Josh Gray, 2020, Center. @NWNBJosh Final 5