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TexasTowelie

(112,070 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 05:58 AM Jul 2020

Here's how a fall without football could impact Nov. 3 election

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 World’s 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. There’s 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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Here's how a fall without football could impact Nov. 3 election (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP
No SEC football is gonna piss off the "bubba boys" Botany Jul 2020 #1
Thanks to Trump, we can't have nice things, like college and pro football. NCjack Jul 2020 #4
And it is all on Donny ... he was told about C-19 in November of 2019 and the only ... Botany Jul 2020 #6
"You're listening to no-sports radio 1620 at the far right of your dial! struggle4progress Jul 2020 #2
where's the marble races?!? pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #3
Right here RandiFan1290 Jul 2020 #5
WEEeEEEEeeeeeee pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #7

Botany

(70,483 posts)
1. No SEC football is gonna piss off the "bubba boys"
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 06:27 AM
Jul 2020

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)
4. Thanks to Trump, we can't have nice things, like college and pro football.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 07:51 AM
Jul 2020

Yeah. Thanks a lot coronavirus-#45.

Botany

(70,483 posts)
6. And it is all on Donny ... he was told about C-19 in November of 2019 and the only ...
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 08:30 AM
Jul 2020

... 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)
2. "You're listening to no-sports radio 1620 at the far right of your dial!
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 06:44 AM
Jul 2020

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"







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