Do you think think there will be riots in trumpland when they cancel NCAA Football & NFL?

[NightWatcher]

If you think the trump-humpers are mad right now, imagine how pissed they're going to be here shortly when they find out that NCAA Football is cancelled and then right behind that the NFL will probably close. They're going to be having breakdowns in Walmart and in Applebees on an epic level.

Many NCAA Divisions have already cancelled non-conference games and are struggling with limiting crowds to 25% or less, and its apparent to many athletic directors that there will be no college football. Right after that I suspect the NFL will shutter for the season as well.


I know a lot of people here don't give a flip about sports and that's cool, but just know that when you hear that all sports are gone for the year, t-humpers are going to lose it.

Be safe out there.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. No, they'll go sour grapes.

And claim the NFL deserved to get cancelled because of all those players who kneeled.

[Phoenix61]

2. Shutting down college football will do them in. nt

[HotTeaBag]

3. Me too.

Roll Tide !!!

[Phoenix61]

6. Gooooo GATORS!!!!! nt

[HotTeaBag]

7. HA.

[GulfCoast66]

11. Go Cats!

Look for us to give you guys a battle if there is a season. This is not your father’s Kentucky.

You guys will probably pull it out, but the days of 70-7 are over!

Have a nice weekend.

[genxlib]

12. No! don't ruin my happy place!

Go Hurricanes!

[Blue_true]

22. The only thing the U of Miami Fl has is a good medical school, no, make that an excellent medical

school. The rest is second rate when compare to the UF.

[genxlib]

52. This may surprise you

But I won’t actually argue that point. Except for maybe a few departments like marine biology and music. In general, both schools are better now than they were 30+years ago when I was there.

But at least I didn’t have to go to school in Gainesville!

To tell you the truth, my daughter just graduated from high school and we were in the unenviable position of trying to convince her it was a great place to go. Being an in state student, it was really the best value for her. But alas, I was unconvincing and she decided to spend my money elsewhere. She starts at Ohio State next month.

So truce. We play for the same team as far as politics go. That is all that matters to me now.

[GulfCoast66]

55. I went to Kentucky and hate the gator athletic team. Well, not hate, but you know what I mean.

But I must admit the Florida is an exceptional institution of higher leaning. Second best in the conference behind Vanderbilt.

And also perhaps the best value in the country for what they offer.

My godson is a senior in HS doing dual enrollment. He will have an associate degree when he graduates HS and plans on making an engineer. I really hope he gets accepted to Florida. Besides his academics he will be an Eagle Scout.

[Blue_true]

58. I was kidding around, Miami, the UK, Alabama are excellent academic institutions.

Miami is actually renowned in several areas, as the Miami alum pointed out.

The biggest burden for schools like Florida and the UK, being public Universities (Miami is private), is republican politicians over the last few decades constantly cutting funding.

One risk that your godson runs, being a top student in high school, is not realizing that a true college pace is daunting fast and demanding. Many top students overload themselves with classes as entering first years, I advise kids to take the minimum course load to qualify as fully enrolled during their first session (either semester or trimester), that allows them to gain a feel for college life without a brutal course load while trying to do that. No one in college do your wash for you, or tell you when to eat or go to class, or when to study. A person has to give themselves a chance to experiment with best methods, that is difficult with a big class load. Also, the professors in advanced classes that top students take can be quirky, they may have students buy books and pamphlets, but test exclusively from their class notes, so a student has to read the printed material AND understand the gist of class notes. I even had a professor that had a thing about calculators, it was either solve difficult calculations on a slide rule or longhand, to the exact significant digits he called for - so a person had to calculate each transition number exactly correctly. My view on calculators is that if a person doesn’t know how to do the calculation, a calculator is useless. Another issue is some college professors are just horrible at teaching undeveloped minds, they don’t know how to present complex material in a way that students can visualize.

[GulfCoast66]

59. Thanks. My understanding is the course load at the community college is is attended is pretty tough.

He was voted by his peers to lead their study group and he is a pretty serious kid. He loves math.

I guess when in dual enrollment the kids can pick the courses of study they want and he picked tough ones suited to his desires.

I also have to add his parents are conservative, his mother being a real trump fan. I think his dad will vote for Biden but keeps his mouth closed at home. They’ve been friends for 25 years and politics are not talk when all 4 of us are together. Love them and the kids too much to cut them out of my life.

Anyway, my point is that my godson is shaping up to be a liberal democrat! To his mothers consternation. She tries but he is really an independent thinker. Like to think I had something to do with that.

Great kid. As is his older brother who is also a godson although academics aren’t his thing. He will end up working with his hands.

Have a good weekend.

[Blue_true]

62. Take care Gulfcoast. nt

[liberaltrucker]

63. War Eagle!!!

[GaYellowDawg]

65. Go DAWGS!

[Va Lefty]

4. It may "do me in" as well and I'm no god damned t-humper!

[Nevilledog]

5. Man.....I miss sports.

Miss hockey and will miss college football. My two favorites.

[Blue_true]

23. I have to admit that if the entire sports landscape gets canceled, that

is going to stink.

[Nevilledog]

25. Almost ready to start watching Classic Sports.

I do have 4 good college games saved on the DVR from last year. I'll just watch and pretend.

[Blue_true]

29. I am sure that we will be watching classic contests soon.

Leagues have held out hoping for actual games, but it is becoming more obvious that won’t happen. Leagues could try the NBA/WNBA route if the NBA experiment works.

[Nevilledog]

31. The NBA plan is similar to what the NHL is proposing.

But..... The NHL just announced 30+ players testing positive.

I think we just need to pull off the bandaid quickly and say no sports til next year.

[Blue_true]

40. The NBA may see a lot of positives. It has just started to test players.

Wait another two weeks until a critical mass of players get tested.

[Nevilledog]

42. Not a huge NBA fan.... But I'm even willing to watch it!

[Blue_true]

44. As the song goes "if you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with". nt

[Nevilledog]

46. True.

We do watch NASCAR, but that sport uniquely is fine without fans. Crowd sizes have dwindled so much the last few years that you really don't see a difference...lol

[Thekaspervote]

8. It'll be there again...patience grasshopper!!

[PJMcK]

9. Those poor snowflakes will survive

They'll bitch and moan and sports-talk radio should be hilarious to listen to.

In the end, what are they going to do? Riot over football? What are we? Europeans? (Just kidding.)

We can't have mass assemblies again until a reliable and effective vaccine is developed, 350 million doses are manufactured and Americans get their shots. Of course, some fools will refuse to be vaccinated. Oh, well, that's their problem. Until then, putting lots of people together will nearly always result in transmissions of the virus. We've already seen it happen.

I strongly believe that we're no where near the end of this global health crisis and due to Trump's complete failure to lead, we are going to have severe problems in all parts of our society for at least 1 to 2 years, probably longer.

[RockRaven]

10. Everyone make sure to point out to loud complainers that we could have had sports if

everyone had just worn a fucking mask from day one. But nooooooooooooo, they had to follow the Dotardly Leader.

[Blue_true]

27. That is the approach that I am going to take with them on everything.

We could have the economy back to full tilt and have sports, if people had just covered their nose and mouth when near others.

[Yavin4]

13. Football is no fun without a crowd in the stands.

Just ask the NY Jets.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Nicely Done!

[Stallion]

32. My School-SMU- Has Been Social Distancing for Years

no problem with the 6 feet rule

Plus we've already lived through the Death Penalty

[ProfessorGAC]

34. No Issues At My Schools

BS, PhD, MS in stats all at schools that have either never, or not in my lifetime even had a football team.
The MBA came from a Big 10 school. But, I was getting it ages 39-42. Wasn't exactly all that interested in school spirit.
So, for the other 3 schools, no social distancing issues at games. There are no games!l

[genxlib]

14. It probably won't be a single death blow

My guess is that they would first postpone play into the spring.

I doubt things will be improved enough to matter by then but at least that gives them flexibility.

And it keeps hope alive that they will have a season.

[rsdsharp]

15. I want to see football, but it can't happen.

If one player on the offensive or defensive line has it, and doesn’t know it, the offense and defense have a good chance of getting it. Offensive line play is up close, face to face, with lots of heavy breathing. If one guy has it, and then transmits it to the guy across from him, they both go back to their respective huddles. It will take a couple of weeks to spread, but it will be catastrophic.

[NightWatcher]

17. Most teams will have too many sick to even play the game the first week

It sucks. I love UGA Football, but we are living through the damn plague.

[Stallion]

39. Yeah and Many Lineman are in the Morbid Obesity Range

I haven't bought season tickets for the first time in 55 years. I want to think that healthy athletes might be able to work through this--but what about the 350 pound linemen and the plus 60 Coaching Staffs and personnel? To me its a morality issue-I can't support playing under these conditions if it results in death and long term disability. So I've basically dropped-out following my teams for 5 months. I'm going to miss it though--and College athletics are going to undergo a radical change in ALL sports-it may never be the same

[onethatcares]

16. I've read

that the Lombardi trophy should just be given to brady and the t b bucs.

[Yeehah]

21. LOL

Good one!

[hauckeye]

18. I love football but I'm no Trumper

However, I’m really thinking the season will be cancelled. My teams: Iowa Hawkeyes and Green Bay Packers

[former9thward]

19. You really think only thumpers like sports?

Wow. What world do you live in?

[Tipperary]

33. No shit.

Thank you.

[Ex Lurker]

20. A lot of them have turned against it since they found out most of the players support BLM NT

[Yeehah]

24. The NFL is an enormous amount of fun for me

Yes, bread and circuses, blah blah blah, but I love watching football on Sundays and throughout the season.

But no football will give me the opportunity to find something productive to do instead.

[Blue_true]

36. Often sports takes people's minds off weightier issues and improves their creativity due

to giving the brain a relative break. At least, I have found that works for me.

[gopiscrap]

26. Go Washington State Cougars!!!!

[rufus dog]

43. Can root for your team after Leach moved on.

But Go Devils. And to piss you off even more. The best PAC-12 game day and game experience is Husky Stadium. UCLA comes in second.

For a crazy fact. Last year during the media day responses, Leach claimed his favorite musical artist was Neil Young. How friggen ignorant is that racist asshole?

[Awsi Dooger]

51. Same...I despised that team when Leach was there

Other than so many great opportunities to wager against them, specifically the Washington game every year.

The Huskies did blow that one big lead, though. Still ticks me off.

[gopiscrap]

61. totally agree about Leach he is a pos

[Tipperary]

30. What have I missed.

Have those seasons been cancelled?

[NightWatcher]

35. the Big 10 has cancelled non conference football games and the ACC and SEC aren't far behind

the UGA AD hinted that we're heading towards no sports.

[Tipperary]

37. Well, I cannot say I am surprised.

But I have not heard that about the NFL, at least as yet.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

45. Conference games will surely have the same fate.

I follow Ohio State, but whatever.

I can live without sports if it means others get to LIVE.

[Steelrolled]

53. I think Ivy League has cancelled the season

but I imagine that not many people will notice any difference.

[PTWB]

38. Why are we making sports fandom partisan?

I imagine just as many Democrats are sports fans as Republicans. Probably more, actually, as we tend to outnumber them on the whole.

[Stallion]

41. True But the Fans who Pay for the Seat Licenses and Season Tickets are Overwhelmingly White

some of the huge state schools require $1,000-10,000+ donations per seat to their universities just for the right to purchase FB or BB season tickets. Same thing in the NFL, NBA and MLB. They are the ones in the stands hostile to BLM kneeling by players and even band members

[NightWatcher]

48. Because we won't riot. We're not the same crybabies who cry about wearing a mask

I'm a rabid fan but I won't go crazy and start screaming conspiracy theories.

[Steelrolled]

54. I know, it sucks. Next we will figure out some

way of turning sports into a red/blue state thing.

Just another way to build the walls a little big higher /s

[WhiskeyGrinder]

47. No.

[madinmaryland]

49. I used to watch a lot of sports, but I don't want to see anyone die needlessly

For my enjoyment. These young men and women have many years ahead of them and I do not want to see that taken away.

[quickesst]

50. as an avid college football fan....

.... and a lifelong Democrat, I wouldn't expect any calls from Joe Biden's people seeking your advice on campaign strategy if I were you. Sacrificing your allies in order to take out your adversaries is probably a no-no.

Being a member of several college sports discussion boards in the middle of trumpland, I can assure you the cancellation of college football for a season is in the cellar as to reasons for trumper's to riot.

"Be safe out there."

[Stallion]

57. 247/Rivals and Cruise Websites are Among the Most Clueless Websites in the Country

on Covid.

Some cruisers have had 4-5 cruises cancelled one right after the other since March-thinking this is all a hoax. And the cruise lines keep their deposits waiting to cancel the cruise 30 days out when it is obvious that it is not possible to safely social distance or protect yourself on a cruise ship. One guy cracked me up about 3 months ago saying I live in Bugtussle Tennessee and we have no Covid in our County--nevermind a cruise ship generally has passengers from about 100 countries and every state in the Union

I just can't deal with the ignorance any more on these sites

[quickesst]

60. let me sort this out

I have never been on a cruise in my entire life, nor have I ever contemplated going on a cruise, therefore my knowledge of cruises and how the pandemic is affecting them is limited to what I see on the news. As far as 247Sports goes, I receive player and staff interviews, stats, profiles, and updates. I have never engaged in their discussion forums. I pretty much limit my engagement to Hawgs Illustrated, hogville, and rivals. I know who is a Trumper on these boards , and there is usually a separate political forum which I do not engage in, but as far as sports are concerned, the worst I've heard from a person who I know is a Trumper is, " I'm really pissed off about not having a season, but, what are you gonna do?" Or some variation thereof . Pretty much the same sentiment the left leaners on the board have. Anyone who wants to jump on the rebel flag idiots, have at it with my blessing. The point I'm trying to make is completely different.

[GulfCoast66]

56. I hope they give it up in disgust like they did the NFL.

I went to an SEC school. Many of the supporters of my school are truly deplorable. But the irony is the worst of them have never set foot on campus. They are just hillbillies who grew up as rabid fans.

Our fan base would better off without them.

[roamer65]

64. Actually I think it will turn a lot of them against Dump.

It just may invoke a few epiphanies.