Frosted Flakes: No Football at UConn, Pet Alligators, and Assassin Flies

The big news today was the Big Ten office releasing the 2020 football schedule.

At least, we hope there will be football.

Regardless, the schedule developed by the league office is pretty ingenious. A lot of work went into scheduling ‘pods’ of games in such a way that teams playing each other share bye weeks. A game that has to be postponed can be moved to a bye week for both teams.

If lots of games start getting postponed,they could get rescheduled to back end of the season. There are two weeks between when the season is scheduled to end and before the conference championship game (December 5). Additional flexibility comes in that the championship game could be moved back to allow for more time for the regular season schedule to finish.

But, if that many games are postponed, I have a hard time believing that they will ever get played. Unless teams extend the season into the spring semester.

I don’t want to be doom and gloom, but I am still somewhat doubtful that we’ll get to see much football.

In that regard, one domino fell today when UConn cancelled its football season.

UConn Becomes 1st FBS Program to Cancel Football Over Virus | Sports News | US News
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to suspend football because of the coronavirus pandemic, as other schools had taken the Huskies off their schedules and the governor was reluctant to allow UConn to travel to states with high infection rates.

The schedule release today gives us something football-related to talk about.

Let’s hope we get to see it too.

Frosted Flakes

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Sportsin’ Stuff Outside the 402/308

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Katie Ledecky is swimming with a glass of chocolate milk on her head - SBNation.com
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!

More Noise and Other Disturbances

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Why Success Won’t Make You Happy - The Atlantic
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.

Alligators make terrible pets: ‘You’re basically dealing with a dinosaur.’
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Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims
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New fabric could help keep you cool in the summer, even without A/C (video) - American Chemical Society
Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity consumption in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Stranded Mariners Rescued From Island In Micronesia, Thanks To ‘SOS’ Etched In Sand : NPR
The three-person crew of a skiff had not been heard from since July 29, and were reported missing on July 31.

Colorado woman ‘terrified’ to discover 4-foot snake slither out of apartment toilet | Fox News
A Colorado woman lived out a childhood fear last week after she leaned over her apartment’s toilet bowl and saw a four-foot corn snake slither out.

Predicting the Next Plague

Ruthless Australian ‘assassin flies’ named for Thor, Loki — and Stan Lee | Live Science
Biologists named 5 newly-described species of Australian "assassin flies" after Thor, Loki and other Marvel heroes.

Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply – URI Today
For decades, scientists have gathered ancient sediment samples from below the seafloor to better understand past climates, plate tectonics and the deep marine ecosystem.

Another Week - Another Poop Article

After being swallowed alive, water beetle stages ‘backdoor’ escape from frog’s gut | Live Science
Some animals escape predators by hiding, fighting, or running away. Others wait until after they’re eaten before making their escape.

Then There’s This

Online advert for influencer's assistant goes viral
The advert for a job as a personal assistant to a "well known celebrity/influencer with 10+ million followers" has gone viral, thanks to its unusual demands and job expectations.

For Sale: A Cold War Bunker and Missile Silo in North Dakota - Atlas Obscura
It’s a Cold War missile site, and it’s for sale.