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Covid has killed more Americans in two months than the Vietnam War did in two decades. Think about that. And that’s with society drastically changing social engagements.

It’s unreasonable for arm chair QBs to say Ivy League educated epidemiologists were overzealous, in part, because it’s not over yet. 60K deaths will likely grow to six digits by the end of this summer. A goal is to buy time for a vaccine, without overwhelming medical systems.

Be grateful you’re in the Utah bubble, with an extremely low fatality rate. I have friends in NYC telling me, it’s the first time in their life, they wished they weren’t from New York.

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16-25 only has three teams from P5 conferences; Utah, Michigan, and Texas. 

 

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USC passes him over and few years later Coach Orgeron wins a natty for Baton Rouge.

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Must see, but it was hard to watch. That was graphic.

Seems like a long time ago since, Alex and Urban were here. But still a lot of great memories. I went to every game that season and have pics of Alex at the Fiesta Bowl coming to the end zone and pumping up the Utah fans after victory. Still have fondness for him and hope he does whatever he set his mind to do.

Definitely would be scared to see him on a football field again. But you’d have to respect him even more for being able to overcome that injury and suit up again.

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Dramatic now? No one is being forced to stay home. You may freely leave home for a walk in the canyon, the park, a restaurant take out, grocery shopping, supplies for landscaping your garden, etc.

And medical teams are supplying politicians with the info to make decisions. Just like an economic advisor will suggest strategy based on current trending of numbers and forecasting. Are they always right? No. Just like the weatherman on TV. But their instruments and training make them more accurate on a large scale than a random guy looking at his back window and wondering what the weekend will be like.

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I look at numbers as math, like an accounting spreadsheet. What are the numbers and trends? Are my interpretations correct? IDK. Clunky? Perhaps.

The Vietnam comparison was simply a well known historical reference, not a political scare tactic. I’m an anonymous person on a local sports message board. I gain nothing. There is a point, to hopefully not underestimate the virus. I don’t watch or listen to news, I look at numbers.

From a medical standpoint there is a huge difference between the flu and Covid. We have flu shots and herd/ personal immunity, as flu strains have circulated since we were born. Covid, we do not have built-in immunity. It’s a novel virus, meaning new. Everyone on the planet is a potential eligible recipient.

Haven’t you noticed the changes? No sports, restaurants, bars, etc? It’s not because the flu and Covid are similar. This is world wide. Not just Utah. I’m not a scientist, but trust they know more than I do. If I broke my leg and wanted it to heal quickly, I wouldn’t trust my arm chair QBing, I’d trust highly trained medical professionals to have better insight than my freshman biology class afforded me.

We are discussing if there will be a football season. If there is a season, awesome on multiple fronts. If not, that would indicate the virus is still considered a major threat. Are billionaire owners (and millionaire players) going to give up their money on a scare tactic? And then politicians are going along with it? All politicians on both sides of the aisle? In multiple countries? The whole world isn’t always a crazy conspiracy. Sometimes, it’s common sense.

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Vegas will take all money and any money. The sooner the better. Of course a lot can and will happen, through out the course of the season.

I don’t know what LSU’s oddds were going into last season, but I’m sure Vegas made up for that by plenty of people betting on Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Ohio St. Hell, I was ready to take a flyer on 100/1 odds on Utah last year when Moss, Anae, Fotu and Blackmon said they were returning. $100 bet brings home 10K. Not a bad risk/reward scenario. 

This year, the risk of $100 is money gone with a completely new defense, QB, and RB. 

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Not thinking we have a shot, just that Vegas released the odds. Agreed about winning the conference for a Rose Bowl birth. 

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Really, they wanted voice candy. A cajun in LA isn’t proper. We are turning into the UK, where accents denote social status. 

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Some valid points, but many overstated ones as well. The All PAC 12 team couldn’t play with LSU? Auburn was within three points of the Tigers and Oregon alone lead them for 59 minutes. Oregon’s defense was better at the end of their season than the start.

Yes, there is a gap. Not just with PAC 12 teams. The ACC is garbage aside from Clemson. The Big 12 champ, Oklahoma, has been beat by double digits in all but one year they have made the playoffs. And they have yet to win a game.

The SEC simply has the recruiting base, TV contracts which equal more money to hire better coaches, passionate fan bases and boosters, etc. Any given year, one of five SEC teams could be the mix for the playoffs. Most other leagues there is 1-2, if that.

It’s always been said the PAC 12 is undermanned in the trenches against the big dogs. But this looks like a skill position issue. All it takes is one magical QB season. I’m curious if LSU competes next year without Burrow or they fall to a 9-3 type of team. Auburn will be the only team with a staring QB returning from a contender in that division.