Taking a break from politics, and living up to the blog’s promise to include sports, here are 20 questions involving the sports world.
- Do you think fans of Penn State’s suddenly impotent football program wish they could go back to lamenting the reality of coach James Franklin’s poor record against Ohio State instead of the current Franklin problem of his team not being able to beat anyone?
- Still on Penn State, do you think Franklin wishes the Big Ten hadn’t listened to the protests of him and others and decided to play the season after all?
- With coach Don Shula and star linebacker Nick Buoniconti now dead, I’m wondering if members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only NFL team to go unbeaten through the regular season and playoffs, still get together to celebrate when the last remaining unbeaten NFL team in any season gets its first loss?
- Does anyone think this year’s lone remaining unbeaten, the 9-0 Steelers, will challenge that Miami 17-0 record?
- But even among the doubters can anyone imagine the Steelers could lose this weekend, playing 1-8 Jacksonville, yet another hapless team on what has been a marshmallow-soft schedule?
- Would you guess the Steelers have exactly three victories against teams with winning records this season, while their other six wins have come against opposition with a cumulative 14-38-2 record?
- Now that the NCAA has announced plans to have the college men’s basketball tournament played in its entirety in Indianapolis, how can the NCAA justify going on with the men’s bowl classification national football playoff being contested at varied sites?
- Will that decision be left to the NCAA, or will tyrannical government figures mandate no travel and no play?
- Are any other sports fans having trouble getting interested or excited about seasons that could be put on ice at any time?
- Do you think bureaucrats would buy the excuse that football players already wear masks as part of their protective gear and so are combating the spread of COVID-19?
- Is anyone else finding their weekends full and entertaining without having to watch a single NFL game, as I have this season?
- Similarly, has anyone else broken the addiction to the NBA or NHL due to fatigue over their social justice warrior posturing?
- Quick, can you tell me which team won the most recent Stanley Cup?
- Notre Dame beat Clemson, which was playing with its backup quarterback, in double overtime a couple of weekends back, but do you think the Fighting Irish can get it done again, if Clemson starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence is playing, as he should be in the potential ACC title game rematch?
- Would you argue with the guys who set odds for a living, who even after the Notre Dame win, have Clemson rated a better pick to win the national championship?
- And would you argue that the same guys are wrong in having Alabama as the overall favorite to win yet another national crown?
- Does anyone else agree that there should be a ban on those ridiculous cardboard cutouts of fans that some sports have sprinkled in the stands to give the visual effect of a crowd?
- Along that line, is anyone else annoyed by the canned crowd noise played in stadiums and on broadcasts?
- What are sports teams going to do if after this period of forced absence, fans discover it’s easier to stay home and watch the events on massive, high-definition televisions, and not have to pay exorbitant ticket prices and parking fees, not to mention being stuck for $7 or so for a beer during the game?
- Can a person have a Super Bowl party and not bother to watch the game?
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