Warning: Political Takes 2020 College Football: the “season” has officially started

[QueenCityGator]

I have two couches because I sleep on one out of necessity. The gun was on the second couch for easy access from my sleeping position.

Assuming you have no kids at home?

 

[jeeping8r]

You needed to stack em like cordwood.
If this story is true you need a lawyer and fast.

 

[lizardbreath]

It sends a message to the people who sent the messenger.

Most asstoot. Most asstoot indeed.

 

[lizardbreath]

Then feel free to roam around. Mingle.

survival of the fittest.

Extinction occurs when an entire species is just too stupid to go on.

 

[cover2]

@Black Dahlia this sounds like something I recall reading about in History class. The government taking firearms from the citizenry...something about some National Socialists

 

[Black Dahlia]

Assuming you have no kids at home?

No kids, no girlfriend, no pets, now no gun. Plenty of zombie machetes, though.

 

[BMF]

 

[soflagator]

Of the three, only the last makes any sense, and is actually what I’ve proposed several times for a host of reasons. I think late-Sep/early-Oct through lat-Jan/early-Feb would work and eliminate some of the heat and hurricane issues we often have in the opening month. Would take some fine tuning but is feasible.

The first option seems too WW2. If things are that bad still, just can the whole thing as we have bigger problems. Traveling to/from Missouri is just as bad as an OOC trip to Colorado.

And option two has to be from Washington. The whole kick the can idea works temporarily but where does it stop. You going to start amateurs again in July for next season's conditioning, or just make this the new norm where CFB is played in Spring. Again, just kill it and move on if that’s the best we can come up with.

I also think all of these ideas miss a major point, which is that if we’re still in this in July, it will mean about 75% of the country still isn’t working, and roughly 90% have taken a massive hit to finances. There won’t be anyone paying to go to these games, nor will you be able to entice people to sit negative 6 inches away from a bunch of sweating strangers. If we’re not out of the woods by May 15, college football is done for 2020.

 

[BMF]

 

[QueenCityGator]

Dabo: 'Zero doubt' college season starts on time

There’s a fine line between optimism and delusion.

 

[soflagator]

Dabo: 'Zero doubt' college season starts on time

There’s a fine line between optimism and delusion.

 

[Gatorraid81]

Somehow our 9 game conference schedule would probably look like Bama twice, Lsu twice, Barn twice, Ugay twice, and somehow Clemson would be counted as our 9th conference game.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Somehow our 9 game conference schedule would probably look like Bama twice, Lsu twice, Barn twice, Ugay twice, and somehow Clemson would be counted as our 9th conference game.

And UGA would play Vandy and Arkansas 3 times each.

 

[Egor's Assistant]

Pussy ass liberals must think General Tzo's Bat Stew Flu is the greatest thing that ever happened. It kills more men than women, the hysterical overreaction to it is shutting down the patriarchal capitalist system, and as the organic, gluten-free cherry on top, it might even put at least a temporary stop to toxically-masculine football.

I hope and believe the virus will not stop the football season, but if it doesn't, it's a given that certain teams fielding new starters at QB and other key positions will whine and complain that they were unfairly disadvantaged due to the cancellation of spring practice.

I'm starting a BaseketBall League if WuFlu kills football.

We'll have to take matters into our own hands. Brave, fearless Baseketballers braving the virus to entertain the masses and save America. Whose with me?

 

[QueenCityGator]

'We’re All Effed. There’s No Other Way to Look at This, Is There?'
Administrators and insiders weigh in as the coronavirus threatens the college football season—and explain why the entire NCAA system could hang in the balance.


https://www.si.com/college/2020/04/08/college-football-future-2020-ncaa-coronavirus

 

[Theologator]

A friend’s daughter is a grad student at UF. She sat in on a virtual meeting where this was discussed my high level admins.

It’s insane. And it’s not just college football or even sports. It’s every scrap of live entertainment and leisure. No more airlines. No more theme parks. No more national parks or beaches or public parks or pools. No more tourism at all. No more production crews generating new movies, series, documentaries, etc. No more large family gatherings and class reunions. No more weddings or funerals. No more colleges and universities. Humanity has been gathering as far back as we have historical and archaeological records, and farther still if you look at stories and artifacts that precede those. Virtual contact can replace it some, but not for long in many ways.

It’s the difference between existing and living.

Surely we’ll have effective treatments identified soon. Maybe even a vaccine. If not, there will be a massive, world wide “Screw this” revolt. And maybe that’s herd immunity screaming for its necessary role in human health.

I’m not whining for diversions for myself. I keep thinking about the millions of people who are losing their livelihoods. Worse, we’ve made incredible progress the last 20 years in abating poverty. All of that developmental work, funded by the largess and investment of capitalism through innovative governmental, corporate investment, NGO, charitable and church-led mission is being crushed. And if we get thrown back, say, 25 years the death toll will far far exceed the virus projections.

I’m as impressed with Dr. Birx as I have been anyone in public life in a long time. But soon public health’s dependence on economics must take precedence.

BTW - “economy” comes from the Greek word “oikonomeia” which means the management of a household, “oikos” being “house”. Even if it means risking disease or accident, you have to feed everyone. And we don’t live on bread alone.

 

[QueenCityGator]

Report: 'Strong Conviction' College Football Will Be Played Despite COVID-19

I think there will probably be games starting in late Aug/early Sep, but I'm not confident yet that there will be fans attending those games.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

If they push it back, can you imagine the OSU/Michigan and Army/Navy games in late December or January? That would be some real football right there.

 

[t-gator]

If college football gets cancelled next, I'm voting Democrat. I don't care if its Bernie, hilary, obama,****in rosanne Barr or the damn tiger king!

 

[JDW]