I must eat some crow...

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Cmacsmokey said:
I said we would start the season back in July But I’m still not sure if we will finish. My worst fear is tomm or next week we find out about a hour before kickoff that most of our offensive line or RB’s or DLine is out with Covid.
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Delete your account, seriously
 
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You can't see the posts because they were on the now defunct Recruiting off-topic board but I said back in May-June there would be games and fans because of the money. That being said, I completely missed that they would cut the number of attendees so much. I figured half capacity.

The big school programs have to get the TV money but I thought it was really going to be the merchants, restaurants and bars, and hotels that would drive this. For many of them it's going to be too little, too late.

My wife's silver lining in this is that we get carryout at least three nights a week trying to support our favorite restaurants. She doesn't have to cook and grocery shop as much.
 
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CA_Vol said:
I must eat a giant helping of crow. I did not think the bow tie wearing admins would ever let this football season happen. And yet, here we are - the night before GAMEDAY! I was absolutely wrong and am glad I was.

Taking a look at the schedule, I am so torn. I honestly see 6-4, mainly due to the QB situation and the lack of a proven pass rush to start the season. Stankey didn't help us any by ghosting us on Mays and handing us two Top 10 teams from the West. We all know he was out to protect Bama and UGA on playoff runs.

In the end, I am glad to be writing this and getting ready to the boys in orange tomorrow! Go Vols!!!
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Been wrong a few times myself
 
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LittleVol said:
Meh...

No need to "eat crow" in my opinion. They really shouldn't be playing, BUT they are. So it doesn't make sense to not be excited about Vol Football.

To be honest as the whole "pandemic" chucks along, I'm not quite sure what to believe. I've known people that have died of the virus, but also regardless of what political affiliation people claim, they all seem to flat out not enforce protocol. Everyday I go running there are tons of people out with no mask. No way they are all conservative. So even empty stadium college football is a welcomed respite from this.
It's cool that you chose to eat crow , i guess, but man you didnt really do anything wrong in my book...
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Curious as to what data you are basing this statement on given the lack of hospitalizations (let alone deaths) for college age young adults
 
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Cmacsmokey said:
I said we would start the season back in July But I’m still not sure if we will finish. My worst fear is tomm or next week we find out about a hour before kickoff that most of our offensive line or RB’s or DLine is out with Covid.
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Your problem is not SEC or even Vol football. Your problem is lack of testosterone. Consult with your doctor and get some, quickly before you start lactating.
 
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MinisterofDef#92 said:
Curious as to what data you are basing this statement on given the lack of hospitalizations (let alone deaths) for college age young adults
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The traveling. The nature of the sport, and having physical contact. Then these kids going to see friends and family afterwards.
They are taking best measurements with the testing, and contact tracing but in theory all it takes is one dude that has it and he could possibly spread it to the whole team and the opposing team after one game, and then all those people have circles of friends and family.

But again, here in Southern California, I have seen scores of people at the beach and parks every weekend, but the line is starting to flatten quite a bit in my area of it. Some jerk on here was calling me FOS, about knowing people that have died of it. All 3 people were above the age of 50 at least. And they all died alone. Do I think the players would die from it. No...but they could easily give it to a loved on after contracting it during a game unknowingly...
 
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TennesseeTarheel said:
Remember when driving through Birmingham was to invite asphyxia? We would roll up the windows and that was in the days before air conditioning. PU!
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Before my dad became a pilot, a flight instructor, and eventually an engineer (got his college degree at like age 50, heh), he was a boilermaker. Which is a fancy name for a welder.

And he'd have to travel around to wherever the work was. Like, one of his jobs was on the Gallatin power plant ... we lived in Tullahoma, and had no idea one day we'd live within about 5 miles of that plant.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Thing is, there were two jobs he took where the place absolutely stank. I mean, god awful smell, day and night. Each time he must've been near a paper mill or a factory that used sulfur and other smelly chemicals, I guess, but all we kids knew when we went to visit for a day or two was, those places stank to high heaven.

You guessed it: one of those two towns was Birmingham, Alabama. Heh. The other was some place in Kentucky, I don't remember the name.

God Bless Tennessee, most beautiful (and best smelling) state in the country.

Go Vols!
 
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not only did you eat crow, but the other conferences did too. instead of us following their lead, the PAC12 and BIG 10 followed our example, altho much more lately, and at a much higher cost to their programs I'm sure as far as money and publicity. Plus, can you imagine a big ten where every other game is played in the snow?
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Before my dad became a pilot, a flight instructor, and eventually an engineer (got his college degree at like age 50, heh), he was a boilermaker. Which is a fancy name for a welder.

And he'd have to travel around to wherever the work was. Like, one of his jobs was on the Gallatin power plant ... we lived in Tullahoma, and had no idea one day we'd live within about 5 miles of that plant.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Thing is, there were two jobs he took where the place absolutely stank. I mean, god awful smell, day and night. Each time he must've been near a paper mill or a factory that used sulfur and other smelly chemicals, I guess, but all we kids knew when we went to visit for a day or two was, those places stank to high heaven.

You guessed it: one of those two towns was Birmingham, Alabama. Heh. The other was some place in Kentucky, I don't remember the name.

God Bless Tennessee, most beautiful (and best smelling) state in the country.

Go Vols!
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You wanna know a town that has stunk for decades? Probably not but ill tell ya anyway. Terre Haute Indiana. A unique funky azz stench.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Before my dad became a pilot, a flight instructor, and eventually an engineer (got his college degree at like age 50, heh), he was a boilermaker. Which is a fancy name for a welder.

And he'd have to travel around to wherever the work was. Like, one of his jobs was on the Gallatin power plant ... we lived in Tullahoma, and had no idea one day we'd live within about 5 miles of that plant.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Thing is, there were two jobs he took where the place absolutely stank. I mean, god awful smell, day and night. Each time he must've been near a paper mill or a factory that used sulfur and other smelly chemicals, I guess, but all we kids knew when we went to visit for a day or two was, those places stank to high heaven.

You guessed it: one of those two towns was Birmingham, Alabama. Heh. The other was some place in Kentucky, I don't remember the name.

God Bless Tennessee, most beautiful (and best smelling) state in the country.

Go Vols!
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Wow. My Dad became a boiler inspector for insurance companies (learned in the Merchant Marines). He wound up working at AEDC in Tullahoma in instrumentation. Died in 1974 at 49 years of age. Go Vols!
 
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LittleVol said:
The traveling. The nature of the sport, and having physical contact. Then these kids going to see friends and family afterwards.
They are taking best measurements with the testing, and contact tracing but in theory all it takes is one dude that has it and he could possibly spread it to the whole team and the opposing team after one game, and then all those people have circles of friends and family.

But again, here in Southern California, I have seen scores of people at the beach and parks every weekend, but the line is starting to flatten quite a bit in my area of it. Some jerk on here was calling me FOS, about knowing people that have died of it. All 3 people were above the age of 50 at least. And they all died alone. Do I think the players would die from it. No...but they could easily give it to a loved on after contracting it during a game unknowingly...
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Agree that is a concern which is why it is imperative those who are at-risk take the necessary precautions
 
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