re: COVID-19 issues at Ohio State

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Ohio St has been pandered to all season.

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Eh, them and Nebraska were the only two programs trying to play when the Big10 initially cancelled their entire season, even trying to schedule a bunch of non-conference games the Big 10 still wouldn't let them do. It took people who mattered at both schools filing lawsuits against the conference for them to walk back their ridiculous cancellations. It's not their fault their conference's commissioner is a liberal moron who was trying to be a trend setter. OSU wasn't trying to dodge the entire season like their conference officials were. Yes, they got preferential treatment with their conference, but it never should have come to that if their conference didn't have ridiculous contact tracing rules in the first place. And I don't really care at this point that the CFP let them in after what they did to Clemson. They clearly were one of the two best teams in college football this year. I'm just sick and tired of all the crying from fans of other schools about them. Shouldn't we want the best teams to play for the national title and, if possible, have both teams be at full strength when they play?

I think it's pretty clear why many Alabama fans don't want the game to be played. They don't want Fields to have any more time to heal because they don't want him at full strength. Postponing the game a week or whatever shouldn't matter otherwise. Sark is still going to coach. He said he will coach through the national title game. He didn't say he's done on a specific date.

I swear, only Alabama fans could bring me to defend Ohio State

This is why the Big 10 shouldn’t have been allowed in this season.

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I think it's pretty clear why many Alabama fans don't want the game to be played. They don't want Fields to have any more time to heal because they don't want him at full strength. Postponing the game a week or whatever shouldn't matter otherwise. Sark is still going to coach. He said he will coach through the national title game. He didn't say he's done on a specific date.

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Sark said this with an understanding the game would be played January 11th, not the 18th. We don't give a red shite about Fields being healthy or hurt.

He looked terrible against Northwestern when he was completely healthy.

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That’s a lot of words to dance around the fact that he has been average his entire career.

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That's the price one pays for being on a team full of talented players. Share the wealth. Waddle average? You're trying way too hard clown.

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They can manufacture themselves a nice little contact trace to find the tipping point I’m sure.

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Has Coach O been seen there doing any consulting?

Numbers don’t lie.

He averages about 655 yards + 5.6 TDs per season.

He’s slightly above average - does that help your feelings?

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Sark said this with an understanding the game would be played January 11th, not the 18th

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Has he said if the game is postponed a week then he's out? You think Texas would renege on his contract if he says he's still gonna keep coaching?

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We don't give a red shite about Fields being healthy or hurt.

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Yes you do

Man u serious? They just played their best game of the year BY FAR

Finally put all that potential together

Regarding Sark, I don't think the game possibly being postponed was even on anyone's radar until this afternoon, so I doubt he or Texas had even considered it. Nobody has any idea how that would go.


And as a Bama fan, Fields absolutely worries me. He's a damn good football player. I think he plays no matter when the game is played, so this may all be moot. Of course, an extra week to heal broken ribs could make a huge difference.

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I think it's pretty clear why many Alabama fans don't want the game to be played. They don't want Fields to have any more time to heal because they don't want him at full strength. Postponing the game a week or whatever shouldn't matter otherwise. Sark is still going to coach. He said he will coach through the national title game. He didn't say he's done on a specific date.

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Agreements are made with explicit language but came be based on assumed, implied underlying facts. Saying "I'm staying through the national championship game" clearly implied "I'm staying through the national championship game on January 11th." Now, does that mean he definitely will leave if the title game moves back 7 days? No, I don't think so, but I do think that it's very possible he has to reassess everything about it. He has a very limited window to set up his entire infrastructure before recruiting is full on and he tries to fill out a class, not to mention all the other stuff that goes along with taking over a massive power 5 football job and one he definitely wants to get right under a huge microscope.

I don't care either way about who plays or doesn't play for Ohio State or how they feel. I hope everyone who can heal up heals up before next Monday. But playing games means kids get hurt, as we well know, so I'm also not going to feel like they got the shaft if we play the game when it is supposed to be played and they have kids sore and bruised.