The end of college football as we know it.” The signature line to the ABC news show could be used halfway through the new decade today with one caveat: “This is 2020. Posted in Temple football | Tagged Miami football, Quincy Roche, Temple football | 9 Commentsīarbara Walters used to say: “This is 2020.” If that means the shouting is over, too, that’s a price we will have to pay for a season. I have my doubts but college football and pro football are buying time to figure this thing out. If you can go to a store wearing a mask, gloves and stand on those markers six feet apart, there should be a way to do the same for 20K fans in a 70K stadium. I will if the other games are canceled, particularly if protocols that satisfy the science can be followed. Don’t wish that on them, but was never keen on the Owls having to face Roche again and really disappointed that he chose to play for a 2020 opponent of the Owls so I will shed no tear if that game is canceled. Looks like the opener at Miami won’t get played because those cheaters (stealing Manny Diaz and Quincy Roche, for starters) have been hit hard by back luck (see above video). Disposable gloves and pounding on the seats could provide some sort of home-field advantage. It’s going to be hard to cheer for the Owls through those darn masks so improvising and adjusting could be the order of the day. I guess it could work if they could figure out a way to limit the attendance to 20K, but I don’t know how they can do it without disaffecting a lot of loyal season ticket-holders. If it can work since March for those places, similar protocols should be able to enforce at Temple games. Right now, I think there will be a season but it could be anything from “made for TV only” to a fan limit that would ensure social distancing.Īnecdotally, I’ve been going to supermarkets and other places enforcing social distancing and wearing masks. While that curse has mostly affected Boston fans, this one has affected mostly Temple players who have left. Babe Ruth, in the early stages of his career as MLB’s first great power hitter, won 41 games as a pitcher for those two clubs.Īfter that, he was traded to the Yankees and the Boston team fell into oblivion for most of the last century. Boston’s baseball team hasn’t been to the World Series in consecutive years since 1915-16, winning both times (including beating the Phillies once). The Temple curse isn’t as deep as the Bambino, but it’s just as evident. It seldom is because there are way more players than the scholarships available and you are leaving a guaranteed scholarship at your place with no guarantee of getting one elsewhere. Sometimes staying home is the right thing to do.Īt Temple, it’s almost always the right thing to do.Īll over college football players are entering the portal with the notion the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
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