Anyone else ok with the season getting cancelled?

[CougPatrol]

I can’t say that I want the season to be cancelled. I’ve been attending WSU games since the early 1980s. It’s been a huge part of my life, obviously.

With that said, given everything that’s going on in the world, and facing the reality that, at best, we’re looking at a fragmented season with no fans; I’m ok with the season getting scrapped this year.

I never in a million lifetimes would have imagined myself saying that.

 

[doggiedoo]

I can’t say that I want the season to be cancelled. I’ve been attending WSU games since the early 1980s. It’s been a huge part of my life, obviously.

With that said, given everything that’s going on in the world, and facing the reality that, at best, we’re looking at a fragmented season with no fans; I’m ok with the season getting scrapped this year.

I never in a million lifetimes would have imagined myself saying that.

Congratulations: you’ve now reached stage 5 of the grieving process.

 

[NMBRCRNCHR]

Way down on the totem pole for me, plenty to worry about and keep me occupied without it...I'm more concerned with my kids school and Inslee not shutting it down. As of last week, my kids' school is going back to in-person school right before Labor Day. Oh and fishing and hunting...he better keep those open too

 

[COUGinNCW]

I can’t say that I want the season to be cancelled. I’ve been attending WSU games since the early 1980s. It’s been a huge part of my life, obviously.

With that said, given everything that’s going on in the world, and facing the reality that, at best, we’re looking at a fragmented season with no fans; I’m ok with the season getting scrapped this year.

I never in a million lifetimes would have imagined myself saying that.

I’m ok with it. My 3 month lake season is going to be 8. Pretty solid trade off.

 

[CougPatrol]

I’m ok with it. My 3 month lake season is going to be 8. Pretty solid trade off.

That’s where I’m at too. Hopefully the damn virus lets up so I can take a trip somewhere warm. If college football can survive to see a 2021 season, I think WSU will be better for it.

 

[79COUG]

Meh...it is what it is. Been preparing myself for it. Am I ok with it? Yea, I guess so. It's a game, after all. Do I get all worked up over the reasons why? Nope.

 

[kayak15]

Count me in with 79's attitude. I have been resolved for some time to spending the Fall without sports to watch. I will miss it but, like all of you, will survive and await a better day.

 

[SDCoug]

Meh...it is what it is. Been preparing myself for it. Am I ok with it? Yea, I guess so. It's a game, after all. Do I get all worked up over the reasons why? Nope.

I came to grips with the lack of a season some time ago. I’m mostly in your camp.

Have to say though, I’ve been looking forward to the day I could head to Pullman for home games while my kid(s?) were students there. Year one of that dream is shot.

 

[Observer11]

Living life has been cancelled. Football is just a subset.

 

[chugspig]

I’m okay with it as long as those who are seniors get another year of eligibility if they want.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

My seasonal clock has included Coug football in the fall since about '70. Doggie's comment about reaching acceptance in Kubler-Ross's grief process was spot on. At this point I have far more things to worry about than sports of any sort (though I admit to now watching golf occasionally; I haven't done that in 25 years!). Every one of us plays a leadership role to somebody, sometime (to paraphrase Dean Martin). I think we are slowly getting people to recognize that where we work, though it has been a struggle. What has been personally satisfying for me is when someone I would never have thought would "get it" starts to step up with others.

This has been a year unlike any other for those of us alive at this time. My focus right now is to build something from it. That wasn't where my mind was at in late March, but there are real opportunities to really move the needle in a lot of areas right now, and it would be a shame to waste all the grief & (real) sacrifice being made and NOT end up with something better a year from now. I'm not looking to get "back to normal". I think we have a chance to do something better than that.

 

[billyjoecamaro]

I can’t say that I want the season to be cancelled. I’ve been attending WSU games since the early 1980s. It’s been a huge part of my life, obviously.

With that said, given everything that’s going on in the world, and facing the reality that, at best, we’re looking at a fragmented season with no fans; I’m ok with the season getting scrapped this year.

I never in a million lifetimes would have imagined myself saying that.

i have come to grips with it. Sports has always been my escape from politics, now we can’t even do that so, bye bye. I’m work from home until January so thinking of VRBO somewhere different. San Diego for a month or two maybe. Get outside. Lose some weight. Try my hand at surfing and SUP. Tired of all this. If I need a football fix I’m sure NFL will take both Saturday and Sunday slots. I will tune it after kickoff, of course, unless they follow the NBA lead and force wokeness down our throats. Enjoy your free Autumn!

 

[79COUG]

I came to grips with the lack of a season some time ago. I’m mostly in your camp.

Have to say though, I’ve been looking forward to the day I could head to Pullman for home games while my kid(s?) were students there. Year one of that dream is shot.

Yea me too. My daughters first year and I was really looking forward to watching a game with her by my side as a student. Took her to a lot of games over the years and many times dreamed of the day I could do that as a "Coug Dad".
Oh well, it will have to wait.

 

[702coug]

Ain’t gonna lie, bummed and low key pissed.

 

[dgibbons]

i have come to grips with it. Sports has always been my escape from politics, now we can’t even do that so, bye bye. I’m work from home until January so thinking of VRBO somewhere different. San Diego for a month or two maybe. Get outside. Lose some weight. Try my hand at surfing and SUP. Tired of all this. If I need a football fix I’m sure NFL will take both Saturday and Sunday slots. I will tune it after kickoff, of course, unless they follow the NBA lead and force wokeness down our throats. Enjoy your free Autumn!

My sister and her fiancé are hitting the national parks in Utah and Colorado, and heading for the Grand Canyon. Hotel or Airbnb during the week. Hiking on the weekends. My wife and I are going to do something similar in summer 2022.

 

[dgibbons]

Ain’t gonna lie, bummed and low key pissed.

Inventorying my fishing gear helped a bit.

 

[COLCOCOUG]

We all know games aren't gonna happen. Emailed us that no season tickets are going out. MAC and Big Sky have canceled. Players, starting in Berkley of course, are gonna sue or hold out for demands of 6 years insurance after college, 50% revenue? With concussion protocol and all this BS, the Idiot Emmert still running things, I don't see college football ever recovering. Kiss it goodbye

 

[Stretch 74]

I’m okay with it as long as those who are seniors get another year of eligibility if they want.

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As a senior myself (age 68) I hope I get MANY more years of eligibility!

 

[Glad Cougar]

This has been a year unlike any other for those of us alive at this time. My focus right now is to build something from it. That wasn't where my mind was at in late March, but there are real opportunities to really move the needle in a lot of areas right now, and it would be a shame to waste all the grief & (real) sacrifice being made and NOT end up with something better a year from now. I'm not looking to get "back to normal". I think we have a chance to do something better than that.

I find these words very inspiring. How we respond to challenges & adversity is truly up to us. Thank you, cr8zycalif!

Just to be clear, I don't consider the cancellation of a college football season to be true adversity, especially compared to many of the other COVID impacts. But I know your point is much broader than just the game.

Glad Cougar

 

[COCoug]

I've been going to Cougar games since the (late) 1960's, so obviously it means a lot. Even though the game and conferences have been radically changed over the past couple of decades, it really is the tradition that make it special. I think all in all I would rather they not play as opposed to some bizarre COVID season with 10 asterisks next to it. I do fear however that nobody may be able to put Humpty-Dumpty back together again when (if) this is ever resolved.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

I can’t say that I want the season to be cancelled. I’ve been attending WSU games since the early 1980s. It’s been a huge part of my life, obviously.

With that said, given everything that’s going on in the world, and facing the reality that, at best, we’re looking at a fragmented season with no fans; I’m ok with the season getting scrapped this year.

I never in a million lifetimes would have imagined myself saying that.

No. Strongly disagree.

Same with canceling on-campus classes.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

i have come to grips with it. Sports has always been my escape from politics, now we can’t even do that so, bye bye. I’m work from home until January so thinking of VRBO somewhere different. San Diego for a month or two maybe. Get outside. Lose some weight. Try my hand at surfing and SUP. Tired of all this. If I need a football fix I’m sure NFL will take both Saturday and Sunday slots. I will tune it after kickoff, of course, unless they follow the NBA lead and force wokeness down our throats. Enjoy your free Autumn!

Agree 100%. I’m afraid that leftist wokeness will infect college athletics as it has in the pros and other areas of life. If it does, I will never watch college sports again...and I have really enjoyed it over the years.

Sports is supposed to be an escape from everything. It is suppose to act to unify people who otherwise have very little in common.

 

[doggiedoo]

Agree 100%. I’m afraid that leftist wokeness will infect college athletics as it has in the pros and other areas of life. If it does, I will never watch college sports again...and I have really enjoyed it over the years.

Sports is supposed to be an escape from everything. It is suppose to act to unify people who otherwise have very little in common.

“Leftist wokeness”? I think you’re overestimating the “wokeness” plague. I expect the pendulum to swing the other way on that. No, what’s infecting college sports and this generation in general is not political ( IMO it’s beyond absurd to frame every last thing in terms of political ideology). What plagues it is selfishness and entitlement.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

“Leftist wokeness”? I think you’re overestimating the “wokeness” plague. I expect the pendulum to swing the other way on that. No, what’s infecting college sports and this generation in general is not political ( IMO it’s beyond absurd to frame every last thing in terms of political ideology). What plagues it is selfishness and entitlement.

Yes.:.those too. But to ignore the political aspect seems to me to be naive. Thanks

 

[doggiedoo]

Yes.:.those too. But to ignore the political aspect seems to me to be naive. Thanks

Only if ones been brainwashed by cable news. This cultural obsession of constantly framing everything in terms of political ideology is a more recent phenomenon.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

Only if ones been brainwashed by cable news.

...or college and high school teachers....

 

[doggiedoo]

...or college and high school teachers....

I wouldn’t know - I slept through high school and got degrees in science. I’m not trying to bag on you personally - and I agree that of course there are some ideological currents but I just believe that they are way overemphasized. I firmly believe it’s a divisive/destructive lens through which to view the world and that it’s ultimately a dead end.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

I wouldn’t know - I slept through high school and got degrees in science. I’m not trying to bag on you personally - and I agree that of course there are some ideological currents but I just believe that they are way overemphasized. I firmly believe it’s a divisive/destructive lens through which to view the world and that it’s ultimately a dead end.

Narcissism...nihilism...leftism. It all works together. It comes together hand in hand.


We will agree to disagree. Thanks.

 

[doggiedoo]

Narcissism...nihilism...leftism. It all works together. It comes together hand in hand.


We will agree to disagree. Thanks.

Narcissism and nihilism are the calling cards of evangelists. But sure, agree to disagree.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

Narcissism and nihilism are the calling cards of evangelists. But sure, agree to disagree.

There are many types of evangelists pushing many types of religions...to be sure. We agree.

 

[doggiedoo]

There are many types of evangelists pushing many types of religions...to be sure. We agree.

Mmm... I don’t know that Jerry Falwell Jr would see eye to eye with you on the “many types” thing.

 

[How_did_this_happen?]

Sure, but evangelism

Mmm... I don’t know that Jerry Falwell Jr would see eye to eye with you on the “many types” thing.

I’m referring to many religions and their respective “evangelists”...including the religion of leftism.

I think we may be in noisy agreement.

 

[doggiedoo]

I’m referring to many religions and their respective “evangelists”...including the religion of leftism.

I think we may be in noisy agreement.

You’re making up your own definitions. Once you start making up your own language you only make sense to yourself.

 

[Observer11]

You’re making up your own definitions. Once you start making up your own language you only make sense to yourself.

You mean like political organizations who coin catchy phases nobody can argue against but fail to publicize their actual political agenda? That kind of making up your own language?

 

[Cougsocal]

Is it a good thing? Only with hindsight can it be judged effectively. If an effective vaccine, or really effective treatments come along, this type of delaying action will be judged a success, because it saved lives in substantial numbers. However, let's not kid ourselves, masking and social isolation isn't a preventative in any way, shape or form. If the only way to get out of this is the old fashion way, exposure and an associate death rate, i.e. of 0.1 to 0.2%, it will all have been for nothing, essentially, and the economic damage will be catastrophic. (The only people saved, long term, are those who would have died because hospitals would have been overwhelmed.) There is a reason why the US economy shrank 33% last quarter, the worst in history, worse than the previous worst quarter by 23%. Now imagine how long it will take for this thing to run its course with current masking and practices. After 6 months, the state of Washington is only 18% towards a death rate of 0.1%. We are talking about no attended sports for 2-3 years, typical of pandemics. We can only hope that science and medicine will win this battle soon, because if "mother nature" kicks our butts, college sports will be the least of our worries.

So I have mixed emotions about cancelling the season. I am not confident that it will do any good.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

Is it a good thing? Only with hindsight can it be judged effectively. If an effective vaccine, or really effective treatments come along, this type of delaying action will be judged a success, because it saved lives in substantial numbers. However, let's not kid ourselves, masking and social isolation isn't a preventative in any way, shape or form. If the only way to get out of this is the old fashion way, exposure and an associate death rate, i.e. of 0.1 to 0.2%, it will all have been for nothing, essentially, and the economic damage will be catastrophic. (The only people saved, long term, are those who would have died because hospitals would have been overwhelmed.) There is a reason why the US economy shrank 33% last quarter, the worst in history, worse than the previous worst quarter by 23%. Now imagine how long it will take for this thing to run its course with current masking and practices. After 6 months, the state of Washington is only 18% towards a death rate of 0.1%. We are talking about no attended sports for 2-3 years, typical of pandemics. We can only hope that science and medicine will win this battle soon, because if "mother nature" kicks our butts, college sports will be the least of our worries.

So I have mixed emotions about cancelling the season. I am not confident that it will do any good.

Your correct on all accounts. SD and masks are panaceas, put in place to curb public outcry/ outrage. While I'm sure they do have some positive effect, the overall effect is marginal. The people who are dying are in high risk groups, and if they do not effectively self isolate for the next 2 years they take their lives into their own hands.

Also, I'm not sure what your "18% towards 0.1%" means, but in WA the motality rate of confirmed cases is 2.7%, and as a percentage of population is 0.02%. So, are we trying to save people, or are we trying to save sick people, because if its the former we are winning. But that's not what we're being sold, as its been stated many times the goal posts have moved from curve flattening to case count (why?) to all lives matter and no one can die.

My biggest issue with cancelling sports and the overall reaction in general is the absolute zero tolerance for risk and the lie that is being told that we (humans) can somehow control or otherwise render harmless this virus. If I were naive I would just believe it to be simple hubris and fear of the unknown, but I've seen these actions before where those in power use a existential boogieman to manipulate and control the masses - AGW, except they've replaced windmills with masks. And if you can create a narrative that you know there will be conservative push-back on, you can then paint them as co-conspirators with the boogieman.

Again (and I'll keep saying it because I don't want to get into THAT pissing match), I'm not saying AGW or covid are hoaxes, but they are definitely being used as political fodder to create and drive narratives. I'm dying to see how sports being cancelled will be spun into an anti-Trump diatribe

 

[425cougfan]

“Leftist wokeness”? I think you’re overestimating the “wokeness” plague. I expect the pendulum to swing the other way on that. No, what’s infecting college sports and this generation in general is not political ( IMO it’s beyond absurd to frame every last thing in terms of political ideology). What plagues it is selfishness and entitlement.

Curious -- what do you see driving the pendulum swinging the other way, and what do you think is the timing for that?

 

[Stretch 74]

Is it a good thing? Only with hindsight can it be judged effectively. If an effective vaccine, or really effective treatments come along, this type of delaying action will be judged a success, because it saved lives in substantial numbers. However, let's not kid ourselves, masking and social isolation isn't a preventative in any way, shape or form. If the only way to get out of this is the old fashion way, exposure and an associate death rate, i.e. of 0.1 to 0.2%, it will all have been for nothing, essentially, and the economic damage will be catastrophic. (The only people saved, long term, are those who would have died because hospitals would have been overwhelmed.) There is a reason why the US economy shrank 33% last quarter, the worst in history, worse than the previous worst quarter by 23%. Now imagine how long it will take for this thing to run its course with current masking and practices. After 6 months, the state of Washington is only 18% towards a death rate of 0.1%. We are talking about no attended sports for 2-3 years, typical of pandemics. We can only hope that science and medicine will win this battle soon, because if "mother nature" kicks our butts, college sports will be the least of our worries.

So I have mixed emotions about cancelling the season. I am not confident that it will do any good.

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Please be careful with your use of statistics. The economy did NOT shrink by 33% last quarter. That 33% number is an annualized number, as if the economy shrinks the same amount for each quarter of the year.

I understand that that distinction was not made clear in the media when they reported it. Any idea why that was? Any chance that it is related to the fact that the MSM is 90+5 liberal and they are all infected with TDS? Of course that is true, they will do anything possible to try to harm Trump/conservatives.

 

[Coug90]

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Please be careful with your use of statistics. The economy did NOT shrink by 33% last quarter. That 33% number is an annualized number, as if the economy shrinks the same amount for each quarter of the year.

I understand that that distinction was not made clear in the media when they reported it. Any idea why that was? Any chance that it is related to the fact that the MSM is 90+5 liberal and they are all infected with TDS? Of course that is true, they will do anything possible to try to harm Trump/conservatives.

What are you trying to argue, that the US economy isn’t a mess right now? Twist the numbers all you want, it has nothing to do with the media. Double digit unemployment, deficit soaring, only positive is equities that are on stimulus steroids and are inevitably going to burst. Erin Andrews is asking you how you feel about your team being down 40 points at half and you’re saying she’s fake news because you only got outgained by 30 yards.

Good National leadership would have ripped the bandaid off and gotten ahead of the problem so it didn’t stick around and get worse (plenty of international examples to choose from). Our national leadership is an international joke and it’s going to take a helluva long time to fix.

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

What are you trying to argue, that the US economy isn’t a mess right now? Twist the numbers all you want, it has nothing to do with the media. Double digit unemployment, deficit soaring, only positive is equities that are on stimulus steroids and are inevitably going to burst. Erin Andrews is asking you how you feel about your team being down 40 points at half and you’re saying she’s fake news because you only got outgained by 30 yards.

Good National leadership would have ripped the bandaid off and gotten ahead of the problem so it didn’t stick around and get worse (plenty of international examples to choose from). Our national leadership is an international joke and it’s going to take a helluva long time to fix.

Honest question:

What do you think the rhetoric would (have) been if the Cheeto had come out and enacted an enforcable national mask mandate and/ or stay at home order? I'm imagining the cries of "fascism" would have been heard from NYC to LA, but that's just me.

Imho, states doing their own thing was the best idea, it was just poorly executed by some states. ND/ SD seem to be doing fine, didn't lock down, didn't need to due to their pop density. Would making them mask/ lock down seem right or necessary?