Students will come to campus, party like it's 1999, contract and spread covid-19, spawning multiple quarantines. Still, UT will try to continue for those not infected. The 25% allowed in the stadium for the home opener will include a faction of students. They will not abide by the rules. They will mass near the field, twirl their masks like rally rags, beckon players to jump into their midst, and possibly dash out onto the field. It will prove a nationally televised embarrassment to UT. Some who attend will test positive for covid-19. The no win scenario will live like a cantelope-sized boil on Dr. Pimplepopper.
Students will not be allotted tickets to the next home game. This will cause consternation among students, alumni, and fans. Sportscasters will opine about the lack of students ad infinitum. Tennessee's embarrassment will continue.
The Chancellor will publicly announce a fresh lottery for the third home game. She will assure all that the students will abide by the rules or be removed. This group of students will "behave" until the game is well underway. They will then mass near the field, twirl their masks like rally rags, and beckon players to jump into their midst. Sportscasters will chew on Tennessee's conundrum & embarrassment, opine that students will be students, one or two may even express doubts as to covid-19's virility and the threat it poses. Hopefully, that idiocy will grab public attention, providing some cover for Tennessee's embarrassment over the student attendance/behavior fiasco.
Then, some talking heads will report on the Volunteers' overall health, quality of play, team unity, and fierce pursuit of victory through to the final second, whether they're ahead or behind. The focus will be on Vols football, where it belongs.
And if I were going to have to eat crow I'd eat it while it was hot, it'll go down better...
