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Saturday, August 14, 2021
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Expanded playoff s means more games and ... more injuries?
By JOHN ZENOR
Associated Press
Few college football
coaches know the mental
and physical grind that comes
with navigating a long post-
season better than Chris
Klieman.
The Kansas State coach
was formerly at FCS jugger-
naut North Dakota State,
whose teams routinely
compete for national titles in
a division where that means
playing 15-plus games per
season.
“It’s a grind to play 16
games or 15 games a year,”
Klieman said. “We did it
for eight straight years. But
when you’re competing to
try to win a championship,
you kind of fi nd a way to get
through it. We protected the
guys in practice the best we
could.”
T he C ol lege Fo ot-
ball Playoff is consider-
ing expanding from four
to 12 teams to determine
its champion, reserving six
spots for the highest-ranked
conference champions along
with at-large selections. The
FCS typically has a 24-team
playoff , minus the confer-
ence championship games
that are part of the fabric in
Orlin Wagner/Associated Press, File
Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman directs his team during the fi rst half of an NCAA col-
lege football game against Texas in Manhattan, Kansas, last season. The College Football
Playoff is considering a major expansion, raising questions of increasing the risk of injuries
to players.
the Bowl Subdivision.
Still at least a couple of
years away, CFP expansion
would get a broader pool of
teams involved beyond some
of the usual suspects like
Alabama, Clemson, Ohio
State and Oklahoma.
It also begs the question
of how many games is too
many for college players who
are still juggling school and
facing more wear and tear on
their bodies.
Sports medicine Dr. Todd
May has seen in his former
job working with Marines
where fatigue led to more
injuries in training, including
heat illnesses and stress frac-
tures. Being tired, he said,
can lead to more mistakes
and perhaps overextending
on a play.
“I think the coaches will
manage the contact accord-
ingly but the mental fatigue
that these guys are going to
have to work through, I think
that’s going to add to the diffi -
culty,” said May, who works
for Intermountain Healthcare
in Salt Lake City. “And that’s
where we’re going to see the
injuries go up. It may or may
not be contact.
“But I think you’ll see
injuries go up just a little bit
just from the mental fatigue,
not from the, ‘Hey I’ve been
pounding on my buddies that
much longer.’”
Klieman could be a strong
resource for his peers in
terms of managing practice
and contact drills to keep the
team as healthy as possible.
It’s an annual challenge for
North Dakota State, where he
was an assistant before lead-
ing the perennial power from
2014-18.
The Bison would cut down
some of the hitting in practice
and focus more on things like
mental walk-throughs with
some extra rehab and recov-
ery sessions built in, espe-
cially after Thanksgiving
when it’s playoff time.
“Science will tell you you
can’t keep hitting these guys
and expect them to be fresh
and ready to go,” Klieman
said.
The Bison went 16-0 in
2019 under coach Matt Entz
and 15-1 in 2014. A 15-game
season is almost an annual
affair for the top teams in
the FCS when there isn’t a
pandemic.
At the major college level,
few teams have tackled that
challenge even since the four-
team playoff began in 2014.
No FBS team has played 16
or more games in the modern
era.
That could change in the
coming seasons.
Alabama and Clemson
have already played 15-game
seasons, thanks to the double
whammy of a league title
game and the four-team play-
off .
A 12-team playoff,
coupled with the league title
games, could extend that
season to 16 or even 17 games
if the conference champion-
ship games don’t become a
casualty of CFP expansion.
Alabama, which has won
six national titles since 2009,
went 14-1 in both the 2015
and 2016 seasons. Georgia
was 13-2 in 2017, falling to
Alabama in the national title
game. Another SEC team,
LSU, went 15-0 in 2019.
At the major college level,
Clemson has been the king
of the marathon seasons. The
Tigers have had four seasons
stretch to 15 games over the
last six years.
Pac-12 says COVID-19 issues Ducks football No. 12 in coaches poll
can result in forfeits in 2021
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
Pac-12 teams that cannot
play because of COVID-19
issues will likely be forced
to forfeit games this season.
The
conference
announced Thursday, Aug.
12, it is reinstituting its
forfeiture policy after it
modifi ed its rules last season
because of the pandemic.
Last season, a game that
could not be played because
of COVID-19 problems with
either team was canceled
and deemed no contest. This
season, COVID-19 will not
be automatically considered
an excused absence.
“If an institution is
unable to play a contest
through its own fault, it
shall forfeit such contest to
its opponent,” the confer-
ence said.
A forfeit will count as
a conference victory for a
forfeiting team’s opponent.
“ T h e P a c -12 r u l e
provides the Commissioner
with discretion to determine
whether an institution is at
fault or primarily at fault
for an inability to play a
contest based on the facts of
the situation,” the confer-
ence said.
The Pac-12 announced
earlier this month that regu-
lar COVID-19 testing will
no longer be required for
vaccinated individuals.
Vaccinated individuals will
also no longer be immedi-
ately subjected to quaran-
tine after exposure to an
infected individual. Regular
testing will still be required
for unvaccinated players,
coaches and staff .
— Associated Press
EUGENE — Coming off
its second straight Pac-12
Championship, the Oregon
football team will open the
2021 season at No. 12 in the
USA Today Sports AFCA
football coaches poll that
was unveiled Tuesday, Aug.
10.
It marks the third straight
season under head coach
Mario Cristobal that Oregon
has opened in the top 15 of
the coaches poll. The Ducks
are the highest ranked team
in the Pac-12, with USC two
spots behind at No. 14 and
Washington coming in at
No. 21. Utah, Arizona State,
UCLA, Stanford and Cali-
fornia also received votes.
Oregon will open the
2021 season Sept. 4 against
Fresno State in Eugene
before going on the road
to face No. 4 Ohio State in
Columbus on Sept. 11.
The Ducks return nine
starters on off ense, head-
lined by running backs C.J.
Verdell and Travis Dye,
and receivers Johnny John-
son III and Jaylon Redd.
Oregon also brings back its
entire six-man rotation on
the off ensive line after that
unit entered the 2020 season
with just one combined
career start.
All-American defen-
sive end Kayvon Thibo-
deaux leads the way on
defense, where the Ducks
bring back seven total start-
ers. Cornerback Mykael
Wright is coming off a fi rst-
team all-conference season
in 2020 while linebacker
Noah Sewell was the Pac-12
defensive freshman of the
year.
Defending national
champion Alabama is the
preseason No. 1 in the
coaches poll. The Crimson
Tide got 63 of the 65 fi rst-
place votes while No. 3
Oklahoma got the other two.
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