Yesterday afternoon we learned that the Empire 8 has and released a 2021 Spring Football regular schedule. Made up of the four private schools in the conference - Alfred, Hartwick, Saint John Fisher and Utica - a round robin schedule of games will begin the weekend of March 12 and run three weeks.
A copy of the announcement can be seen here.
So what about the other NYS conference made up of all private colleges? Well, unfortunately the Liberty League has refrained from making a similar announcement, and based on sources I have, probably won't.
Buffalo State, as a SUNY school, won't even be back on campus until March. In a tweet reporting this news, my ITH co-host Frank Rossi surmised:
We lack clear LL answers. Here are our @D3FBHuddle thoughts:
Impossible: @RPIFootball (no full on-campus presence) & @BuffStateFB (SUNY). JB - add: We also learned yesterday that @SLUFootball is likely in this camp due to lack of resources to run games in the spring.
Unlikely: @UnionCollegeFB & @IthacaBomberFB (based on fall football postures)
Maybe: @HobartFootball & @UofRFootball
It's pretty clear the LL would need at least 4 teams to make a similar schedule work. Even with Dr. Jacobsen's pro-stance on getting HWS fall sports teams a spring season, the lack of available opponents may nix it from happening.
I don't view either Union or Ithaca being game, so the only scenario I could see is a single game / scrimmage against the UofR as Hobart's only likely option, unfortunately.
Time will tell, but for now the Statesmen will need to keep looking towards the fall.
Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!
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