Kirk Herbstreit reacts to Tuscaloosa crowd photo
The SEC is announcing its 2020 schedule Monday night on the SEC Network, and the conference continues pushing toward a college football season. The ACC and Big 12 are holding firm with the SEC, while the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already canceled.
Practice for SEC teams starts today, August 17th, with Week 1 games scheduled on September 26.
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne shared a photo on Twitter of a predominately maskless large crowd in Tuscaloosa, “Who wants college sports this fall? Obviously not these people! We’ve got to do better for each other and our campus community. Please wear your masks!”
ESPN’s face of college football coverage Kirk Herbstreit also weighed in on the photo, saying the next 2 weeks are about to get interesting.
“And so it begins…I’m tellin you right now these college kids aren’t thinkin about this virus,” Herbstreit tweeted. “This will be the norm on EVERY campus. Buckle up. Next 2 weeks about to get REAL interesting on these campuses.”
And so it begins…I’m tellin you right now these college kids aren’t thinkin about this virus. This will be the norm on EVERY campus. Buckle up. Next 2 weeks about to get REAL interesting on these campuses. https://t.co/QjkcU5c9Nt
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) August 16, 2020
Only 5.5 weeks remain until the SEC is slated to start the season.
The, cancel the season crowd, will use this as ammo for their case. I’m never in favor of giving your opponent fresh material to use against you. Makes no sense.
No one on here wants to cancel the season, but if this crap keeps up, it most definitely will happen. These dump 18-year-olds think they’re invincible. The virus will spread quickly if they don’t start wearing masks.
I’m currently an Auburn student, and I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw on campus yesterday. Everyone was wearing a mask inside, and it was about 50% or better outside, which is much better than what I thought would happen. With that said, there’s been a much lower percentage wearing masks while walking through downtown. I’m optimistic we get the season started. But who knows what happens 2 or 3 weeks in.
Read the CDC – wearing a mask outside when you are walking down the street does no good. Dr. Scott Atlas from Stanford said that wearing a mask outside actually reduces the amount of oxygen you are taking in and is harmful to your health. Breath fresh air!
They will be lucky to begin the season, they won’t finish short of amiracle. Sad situation.
A few of these people are wearing mask. But not nearly enough!!!
King Negan
Kids at North Georgia College had a huge “corona” party last night.
These are the same mouth breathers that had Corona parties earlier. Unbelievable ignorance.
What do you breathe with? Your a$$?
Probably his nose?
It’s not easy to tell, but a lot of the people in that picture look to be older than college students.
That’s almost worse because they’re older and mature enough to know better.
Can’t really blame these folks though. You hear wearing a mask doesn’t matter for 5 months and all of sudden, you have to wear a mask.
That’s not what we heard from most people. It’s not that confusing, unless you just want it to be.
This is just unreal. When I leave the house, I wear a mask. I don’t like it but it has to be done. It’s really not that hard. Some people are just weak (and stupid) and can’t handle a pandemic.
It shouldn’t be that hard, but some idiots have decided to not wear masks in order to make some sort of misguided political statement. I will never understand that.
It’s a lot more than some idiots. I’m all for wearing mask, but the guidance has not been consistent. Just in the past week, where I live, masks were required in public.
Absolutely. I don’t like it either, but it doesn’t affect my own safety or ability to work in any way, so for the time being, it’s something I just have to live with. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t but if it doesn’t compromise my own safety then I’m willing to wear one for a few months if it might save lives and let us play football. It’s no more than a mild discomfort at most.
I wear my mask when outside my home & going to the supermarket, etc. I just feel it’s the right thing to do.
These kids just feel that since they’ve arrived back on campus…after being home with Mom-n-Dad for way tooo long…I’ll do what I what to do now. But they’re gonna pay the price. Youth means little-experience & experience comes with a price.
Uh, no. It wasn’t for five months and it’s not confusing. People are just being spiteful and making it political. If Trump said masks were necessary, a majority of the South wouldn’t think anything of wearing them. But because everyone thinks this is some Leftist coup attempt, we’re going to show our behinds and put lives in danger.
I suspect that people are beginning to hear that the CDC and individual states believe it takes at least 15 minutes of exposure to potentially maybe possibly catch it. (I personally think it’s tied to fecal matter and good hygiene is more important – remember the cruise ship when this all started in the US? Wash your hands, folks.)
Regardless, go to alabamapublichealth dot gov contact tracing page for Alabama’s statement, mask or not:
“close contact means you were within 6 feet… for at least 15 minutes.”
It certainly doesn’t help that people who insist others wear masks will remove their own as soon as they think the TV cameras are turned off.
I don’t know where the 15 minutes comes from. Someone with the virus could sneeze on you at any time. It doesn’t take 15 minutes for the particles to travel six feet.
I don’t know where the 15 minutes comes from. Someone with the virus could sneeze on you at any time. It doesn’t take 15 minutes for the particles to travel six feet.
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It’s because you need adequate exposure of an adequate concentration for an adequate amount of time to possibly maybe potentially contract the virus. The WHO even stated that asymptomatic transmission is very rare. People aren’t catching it because someone sneezed in the one way aisle at the Walmart.
Again, I think once the panic is over and we can discuss the actual science we’ll learn that it’s a fecal-oral route more than any other method of transmission.
I’m not buying the fecal-oral theory just yet, at least for the majority of transmissions. That would be more prevalent in third world counties that have poor hygiene. The explosion happened when bars reopened. Bars are easily the most likely place for asymptomatic people to pass on the virus, and that’s exactly what happened.
There’s no reply option under the last comment, so I’m having to reply to my own. Sorry.
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“That would be more prevalent in third world counties that have poor hygiene.”
I don’t think you appreciate how nasty your fellow Americans are. It’s why very non 3rd world cruise ships are constantly having outbreaks.
CDC, 2018
“only 31% of men and 65% of women washed their hands after using a public restroom”
Regarding the bars, the fecal-oral route of people drinking beer and using the bathroom fits better than adults sneezing on each other.
Remember when the specialists stated they were removing individuals with a respiratory virus from homes with only one bathroom? FWIW, Alabama’s contact tracing page suggests a separate bathroom, too.
That’s not because people are sneezing in the bathroom.
Being “sh*t-faced” is much more dangerous now.
im sorry is Kirk insinuating that large swaths of college kids are going to fall over dead??
i guarantee there will be more cases of STDs than Wuhan Flu on college campuses by the end of the year.
Herbie, your job is FOOTBALL not MEDICINE. #StayInYourLane
No he is saying these punks are going to infect everyone else. Use your brain Einstein.
Phillypop…Agreed 100%
oh no! they might get infected!…and move right on with their lives.
because everyone who gets infected gets sick…oh wait…
because everyone who gets infected gets dead…no? oh…well…then why are we worried again?
newsflash…there is NO CURE for the flu, your body has to fight it off.
same with the common cold…
same with Wuhan Flu…and its here and its never going away.
if you are over 65 and have pre-existing health conditions, then YOU need to alter YOUR lifestyle…but everyone masking up isn’t going to do anything…and everyone ISNT going to mask up.
but regardless this will all be over in a month.
inside of 4 weeks COVID will “magically” disappear.
why?
because mail-in voting isn’t happening and the D’s need bodies at the polling places to vote.
So you’re going to start seeing a lot of stories about how “treatable” COVID is…
and how the “severity isn’t what we once thought it was”…
and “COVID success stories”
and “my life after COVID”
and “new revelations in treating COVID”
because the Democrats need voters at the polls.
#BookIt
D Schrute I feel like i actually became dumber after reading your reply. So Democrats are the ones who control Covid? Are there lots of democrats in China? Because your stupid ass is calling this the Wuhan Flu which means you drank the Kool aid that the donald is pouring. Make up your mind, is it the democrats or China who caused this?
There’s a difference between causing it and exaggerating its effects for political gain. I’m not saying that it’s a total conspiracy, but yeah, I definitely think they enjoy using it as a talking point and are salivating over the idea of mail in ballots considering they tend to prefer not having any restrictions or checks on the voting process at all. My god, the mere requirement of presenting identification is as if you have asked them for their first born son (never mind that they have no problem presenting identification when it comes to public housing, food stamps or medical marijuana cards).
No you freaking idiot, he is saying Covid is going to run rampant on campus and schools are going to send the students home very quickly when that happens. Kirby job is covering football and his job is being out in jeopardy by careless people. Dont believe this? Ask students at Notre Dame
Who are all these newbie-posters who post only political crap ? You guys are on the wrong site…this one’s about SEC Football. Good bye children.
I am confident that Vanderbilt students will be wearing masks, because the current law in Nashville is very clear–unless you are protesting peacefully with molatov cocktails and eye-damaging laser pointers, you must wear a mask. That’s not the type of cocktail you will find at the campus.
Lol.
actually the protesters and even the rioters mostly wore masks.
What!?!? My god, you can’t actually believe this.
College student, like the majority of Americans, are correct to not be worrying about the virus.
This is the biggest gaslighting of the American public since the build up to the war with Iraq.
hey genius, why do you think colleges are closing their campuses now after just 1 or 2 weeks back? Part of the hoax?
Well, it certainly isn’t because of the number of kids dying from COVID. But because of the rise in cases, you plan to suspend life for an indefinite period of time. Totally makes sense…
Truly amazing how the same people who want to tell me how many kids I am allowed to have, you know, because “the environment,” who are showing up to town halls asking candidates if they are “courageous enough” to tackle the issue of population control are suddenly the ones demanding I wear a mask, declaring that even one COVID death is too many.
Who exactly is trying to tell you how many children you can have? Stop smoking that stuff and put your mask on
Really? You’ve never heard liberals claim that you shouldn’t have any more than 2 children? Do you live under a rock or is that mask cutting off the flow of oxygen to your brain?
Nope, never heard that, but I am on board with some people being discouraged from breeding.
Well then if you’re so assured of your beliefs, let natural selection play out. Unless of course none of this really has anything to do with safety, but really is all about locus of control and being a promos self-righteous @sshole.
Pompous not promos.
Stunning levels of selfishness … the real infection in our country.
No, that would be idealistic self-righteousness. The single most obnoxious quality a human being can possess.
All people are, as they should be, driven by their own self-interests. Anyone who claims that they aren’t is either a liar, an extortionist or an idiot.
Yeplts, Kueugar…take you sophmoish-political posts somewhere else. This site’s about SEC Football kiddies.
I believe the word you are searching for is “sophomoric.” You’d have a point if sports hadn’t themselves become politicized.
Strange concentration of infrequent commentors getting very political