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What will the NCAA bowl landscape look like in this season of Covid-19

With west coast teams finally getting going the status of many bowl games are up in the air right now. The bowls have been a funny business.

Teams are off for two weeks to a month before playing what has been a dwinddling fan base as people were finding it hard to afford the last minute air travel and hotels.

Of course fans might have to worry about traveling this year

Now we have this pandemic with a good portion of the colleges a few games into the season while the PAC 12 and Mountain West, to name a couple, have started practice and will begin playing games.

The College Football Playoffs selection committee has pushed back the date of the final rankings to December 20th from the original date of Dec 6th.

The top four teams will participate in the Playoff Semifinals Friday, January 1, in the Rose Bowl Game and Sugar Bowl.

The national championship game will be played Monday, January 11, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Getting back into the swing of things

Photo by Eric Taylor

Sports are limping back into action with golf, soccer and auto racing leading the way.

Several countries in Europe have resumes their 2020 seasons while America's league, the MLS will hold a World Cup style tourney in Florida come July.

NASCAR got back on track and the PGA has held a couple of tournaments in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic that shut down the entire sports world for two months.

Several other sports are watching to see what happens as they try and restart. Baseball is wondering if they will have a 2020 season at all and football players around the country are hopefully working out and training for what they hope is a season come September.

Most events that have happened have been played out in front of near empty stands as fans were not really allowed in any event. A few family and sponsors have attended but for the most part the stands have remained empty.

That is something the athletes are having a hard time adjusting to. Even in golf were the players are constantly complaining about crowds and the noise and distractions they bring.

They might have to re think some of that as they walk around the course with little to no fans anywhere in sight. It must remind them of when the were playing golf in high school.

Auto racing is another sport you might think having no fans would not make a difference, but in reality the drivers feed off the fans more then they might have thought.

July will be a big test with several sports trying to come back on line and it is when football players need to really start training and as you know football rules the good ole US of A.