Dagerow Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 enjoy https://twitter.com/StevenDialFox4/status/1296112727325323264?s=20 1 Quote Link to comment
Bledred Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 7 hours ago, FrantzHardySwag said: When the NFL stadiums look like this for most teams, you bet they will care: 1 Quote Link to comment
Bledred Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 7 hours ago, hunter49 said: and as for college football in the spring, it will be a pony league with the high draft picks sitting out. no reputable agent is gonna advise his stars to risk injury, just prior to the draft, as many have said. a makeup schedule with constant traveling will be a covid nightmare. All of the top upperclassman of our opponents will not be playing while all of our upperclassman will be playing? Sounds good to me! Quote Link to comment
Bledred Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Looks like the Big Six Rebellion of 2020 is at its end. And the culprit is none other than Gretchen the Grinch who stole the 2020 College Football Season. "I was also told that one roadblock to the new plan is the fact that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been vehemently opposed to football being played—at the high school and college level—in the state this fall," explained veteran college football writer Jeff Snook. After the Big Ten Conference postponed its football season on August 11, Ohio State's Smith recruited the University of Iowa, University of Nebraska, and Penn State University to be part of a six-team season. To move forward with the season, Smith needed to get two more programs on board and was hopeful Harbaugh's Wolverines would be one of them." https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/the-gretchen-who-stole-football/ 1 Quote Link to comment
Huskers93-97 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 More https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Football-parents-threaten-to-sue-Big-Ten-Conference-150522318/ Quote Link to comment
floridacorn Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Bledred said: Looks like the Big Six Rebellion of 2020 is at its end. And the culprit is none other than Gretchen the Grinch who stole the 2020 College Football Season. "I was also told that one roadblock to the new plan is the fact that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been vehemently opposed to football being played—at the high school and college level—in the state this fall," explained veteran college football writer Jeff Snook. After the Big Ten Conference postponed its football season on August 11, Ohio State's Smith recruited the University of Iowa, University of Nebraska, and Penn State University to be part of a six-team season. To move forward with the season, Smith needed to get two more programs on board and was hopeful Harbaugh's Wolverines would be one of them." https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/the-gretchen-who-stole-football/ Decisions to allow programs and individuals the choice to play or not are politically motivated/geopolitical? I'm stunned to learn of this... 4 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Bledred said: When the NFL stadiums look like this for most teams, you bet they will care: Off-topic, but man that's an ugly emblem at the 50. For a moment I thought I was looking at a soccer field... Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Next Huskers Kickoff ...... 372 days to go Nice setup. 7 at home, 4 away and 1 neutral (Dublin). And 50th anniversary ..... Game of the Century. Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and Badgers ...... all at home Quote Link to comment
Crusader Husker Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 7 hours ago, floridacorn said: Decisions to allow programs and individuals the choice to play or not are politically motivated/geopolitical? I'm stunned to learn of this... Gretchen must not have known the source wasn't credible so that was never happening. 1 Quote Link to comment
Omaha fan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 8 hours ago, floridacorn said: Decisions to allow programs and individuals the choice to play or not are politically motivated/geopolitical? I'm stunned to learn of this... This thing has broken right down political fault lines for the most part States that went red in 2016 are playing football: Sec-alabama Florida Georgia Tennessee Arkansas South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky Missouri Texas Big 12 all red -Texas Oklahoma Kansas iowa West Virginia Acc-red : North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina , Pennsylvania , Florida Outlier blues: New York, Virginia no go blues: pac 12- California, Oregon, Washington, colorado, Arizona outlier Red- Utah big 10 yeahs - reds - Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, pennsylvania, Indiana nos- tied states: Michigan, Wisconsin blues no-new York, Maryland. , Illinois, Minnesota So really easy to see why the sec, big 12 and acc we’re so unified to play we also see why the pac 12 was so unified not to play Very obvious to see why the big 10 was so split, we Are are not politically homogenous at all like the other conferences. At the end of the day culturally our country differs a bit from area to area and in some places football is important and in others not so much . Looks like university presidents either think like their constituants or they just voted for those interests 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Bledred Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Huskers93-97 said: More https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Football-parents-threaten-to-sue-Big-Ten-Conference-150522318/ Well that was quick. I literally said that there could be lawsuits against the Big 14 because of this just hours ago. 27 minutes ago, Omaha fan said: This thing has broken right down political fault lines for the most part States that went red in 2016 are playing football Sec-alabama Florida Georgia Tennessee Arkansas South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky Missouri Texas Big 12 -Texas Oklahoma Kansas iowa West Virginia North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina , Pennsylvania , Florida Outlier New York no go blues: pac 12- California, Oregon, Washington, colorado, Arizona outlier- Utah big 10 yeahs - reds - Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, pennsylvania, Indiana nos- tied states Michigan, Wisconsin blues no-new York, Maryland. , Illinois, Minnesota So really easy to see why the sec, big 12 and acc we’re so unified to play we also see why the pac 12 was so unified not to play Very obvious to see why the big 10 was so split, we Are are not politically homogenous at all like the other conferences. At the end of the day culturally our country differs a bit from area to area and in some places football is important and in others not so much . Looks like university presidents either think like their constituants or they just voted for those interests 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Omaha fan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 My perspective is going to be different due to me living and working in a part of each conference . Yes diverse and great people in every spot but the majority cultures, what is important to them is so very different. Areas I lived and worked in sales , so I talked to lots of the same guys for long periods of time and covered lots of ground bay area- state of California only. Some of the most amazing and hard working people in the world are farming here in the valley and eastern Cali. Could easily be midwesterners. But majority is liberal seattle- Washington only. Very liberal dallas- had 4 states-Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Some of the coolest people in the world in okc, Texas hill country and west Texas. Conservative Denver- Colorado only- liberal florida panhandle- florida, Alabama, mississipi, Louisiana-Very conservative. Omaha -Des Moines- lincoln covering Nebraska, iowa, South Dakota. Conservative Worked here for companies based in New York City and Boston- so I’ve been to both spots for a grand total of maybe 70-80 days- never lived there. Very liberal Love our country, have great friends in all those spots , but we are very different by region, closest to us is west Texas 1 Quote Link to comment
Omaha fan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Omaha fan said: C Quote Link to comment
Bledred Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, Omaha fan said: My aplohogies if that is a bit much, it’s just a perspective due to me living and working in a part of each conference and they really are so different. Yes diverse and great people in every spot but the majority cultures, what is important to them is so very different. I’m not going to slam any area- just saying each region is different from each other , some significantly. So none of this surprises me at all. Areas I lived and worked in sales, so I talked to lots of people and covered lots of ground bay area- California only. Some of the most amazing and hard working people in the world are farming here in the valley and eastern Cali. Could easily be midwesterners. seattle- Washington only dallas- had 4 states-Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Some of the coolest people in the world in okc, Texas hill country and west Texas. Denver- Colorado only florida panhandle- florida, Alabama, mississipi, Louisiana- panhandle in much much different than rest of state Omaha -Des Moines- lincoln covering Nebraska, iowa, South Dakota closest to us is west Texas Was not a bit much...was exactly what I was thinking. Very easy to see for someone who takes an extrospective approach. To highlight this point consider the following: World War I: Did not cancel college football Stock Market Crash of 1929: Did not cancel college football Great Depression: Did not cancel college football Spanish Flu: Did not cancel college football World War II: Did not cancel college football Korean War: Did not cancel college football Hong Kong Virus: Did not cancel college football Vietnam War: Did not cancel college football Gulf War: Did not cancel college football 9/11: Did not cancel college football Great Recession: Did not cancel college football Iraq War: Did not cancel college football Afghanistan War: Did not cancel college football Bird Flu: Did not cancel college football SARS: Did not cancel college football Covid-19: cancel.....cancel....cancel...Cancel...Cancel!...Cancel!....CANCEL!!....CANCEL!!! Gentile Exodus. Football being canceled is just one minor symptoms stemming from a much larger illness. Sports are not separate from the world and the world is not separate from sports. We like to think that sports are encased in this untouchable cocoon (as evidenced by the long history pointed out above), but they are not. They are in the mix along with everything else in the world. And are subject to being impacted by larger outside forces/movements just like everything else. 5 1 Quote Link to comment
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