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DES MOINES, Iowa Halloween and college football are scheduled to coincide this fall, three days before national elections, with the COVID-19 pandemic an unwelcome backdrop to all of it.
In the South on Oct. 31, Georgia and Florida are supposed to renew their annual rivalry in Jacksonville, a boisterous tradition dubbed The Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. The Baylor Bears are intended to travel to Austin to tangle with the Texas Longhorns in a contest that would have the full attention of that football-loving state. And in the Midwest, Nebraska and Ohio State are on tap to trod into the Horseshoe, where two proud fan bases would normally converge to create a red October.
There is nothing normal about this college football season. Theres a strong chance the stadiums will be empty, an open question of whether the games will be played at all.
And that could underscore the seriousness of the grip the coronavirus has on America as voters head to the polls Nov. 3.
Read more: https://www.cantonrep.com/sports/20200722/herersquos-how-fall-without-football-could-impact-nov-3-election
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Botany
(70,483 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:28 AM - Edit history (1)
And Trump's handling of the C-19 pandemic is the reason the SEC canceled the season.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Yeah. Thanks a lot coronavirus-#45.
Botany
(70,483 posts)... thing he and Kush-Turd did was look to make money off of it. I wonder how much hydoxychloroquine
they bought.
BTW I hate auto correct ... I had to edit my post.
struggle4progress
(118,271 posts)It's another great morning to drop the rug rats at school so them can catch the sniffles and hopefully kill off Granny and Grumpa to help get the economy back on track!
And here, to help with your commute, it's the Bud and Bubba hour! with me, Bud, and my good friend Bubba
You know, Bubba, I don't think bodies of covid victims piling up in the streets has anything to do with the lack of football this fall: I think many people are boycotting the games because they just don't like seeing liberal snowflakes taking a knee during The President's Song"