Dan Wolken
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He is just vehemently opposed to cautious optimism that has no effect on policy and hurts nothing. That’s all. No need to be critical, he can make his case without that.
It wasn’t just national pundits. Politicians on both sides, like Pelosi, de Blasio, Trump etc, were downplaying it.
i still think they could have gotten creative and played the basketball tournament. The players deserve it, fans or no fans.
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its the truth. Liberals are the most angry demographic by far.
Love it. What else needs to be said? So relieved that CNN brought on an expert in crisis management to calm the fears of our nation. But then again...what does a guy like me really know? Thanks @Ron Munson
Didn't he order pizza to be delivered to a classroom in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
Yes. Mr Pizza guy I believe. Double cheese and sausage.
We watched Fast Times as a team before we played UGA in Athens in 1982. Never imagined Jeff Spicoli would evolve in to a National/World crisis expert. Very cool.
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Yeah it is a great movie. How many times did yall rewind to the Phoebe Cates pool scene? Do not lie because we all know it happened.
It’s April. Why would someone move to cancel the season that is 5 months and 25+ 95 degree days with high humidity now? Will there be a vaccine? Will there be antiviral meds? Why not just wait and let’s see as we get closer?
You are exactly right. I sure hope he prepares like he fully expects the season to be played
Well we know there won’t be a vaccine. That’s why folks like him and Herbstreit have the opinion the season should/will be cancelled or postponed.
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It was in a theater in Athens. No rewind. But Phoebe was the real deal. Poor Brad...
This is so incredibly dumb. You can’t just make something up based on what you believe and say “it’s the truth”.
Stop it, you lack the ability to formulate your own thoughts and instead parrot Fox News idiots.
You don’t know me and anyone that does will tell you that your comment is the furthest thing from the truth. I wish there hadn’t been ANY deaths from this, it’s incredibly sad that imbeciles like you act like COVID-19’s not a big deal when it clearly is BECAUSE of the loss of life, among other things. So when you say I or anyone else is “rooting” for it, it’s not only wrong, it’s disgusting. If nothing else, it seems like people like you don’t care about those who have died because you’re more concerned with the politics of it all if that’s what all these other idiots keep telling you is what’s important.
You get up in arms about someone taking YOUR God’s “name in vein” yet you make comments like that you hypocrite.
At that time in Clemson football history, I wouldn’t doubt Coach Ford and his ability to accomplish just about anything. We would have been all for it. But it was Monday afternoon and we needed our “game legs”
Gotcha. By the way I watched a cool documentary of the day Reagan was shot. I thought about your stories and DubCast. Pretty remarkable story.At that time in Clemson football history, I wouldn’t doubt Coach Ford and his ability to accomplish just about anything. We would have been all for it. But it was Monday afternoon and we needed our “game legs”
The Fox pundits were the last holdouts on the sinking ship, so to speak. The week of March 13 Hannity was still talking deep-state conspiracy nonsense and another bimbo was saying it was a great time to get out and fly commercially.
Is Dabo being hammered by the national media for what he said?
Dabo said he was in Florida for a week and was considering taking his family back down there for Easter. It's perfectly fine to ask him that question.
Perfect time to try the "peace on Earth, good will to man".....worldwide. The Coronavirus has everyone's attention ......perhaps not China, but they've never been as wrong and under the world microscope as now. There's little chance Genghis Khan comes out of Mongolia to conquer earth. I pray the world will start changing.
I fervently believe that America, prior to the Coronavirus, won't get back to business as usual. If the politicians start playing games again, it's my, and your, responsibility to call your representatives, at ALL levels, and call them out. Get rid of them with your vote. Eyes wide open and watch them now.
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I have no clue if he's being hammered. But I could see some media hack running with it...can you believe Dabo? He thinks we are actually playing football. Is he living under a rock?
And my other point is just that, I highly doubt Dabo would be traveling if he didn't feel safe. Seemed like a pretty dumb question.
What do you expect him to say? "No I don't feel very safe, but we are gonna travel anyway!"
There are all sorts of questions that the average person considers to be dumb that actually produce new information.
For instance: That question produced the information that Dabo isn't flying commercially and that he's flying privately.
Again: Given that he's been traveling to and from Florida in a time when few people are traveling, it's a totally fair and topical question.
Yeah I guess it's different with Dabo also than maybe Saban. Dabo gives you so much good stuff.
When I heard the question, I was just like, obviously he's not going to put his family at risk, so I assume he feels safe.
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@Larry_Williams didn’t you and your band play a gig in Charleston the Friday AFTER the basketball tournaments were cancelled? Maybe I’m misremembering your post. Everyone’s thoughts and actions are much different now than they were in the first week of March.
Yep, we sure did. As I have said, I had a bad feeling about it and it wasn't smart and I regretted doing it after the fact. Luckily, three weeks later none of us have gotten sick so we're out of the woods on that front. But our thinking at the time was to honor our commitment.
I sure as hell wasn't broadcasting to the world that it wasn't a big deal and was being exaggerated. There's a pretty big difference there.
We went out to dinner for a friend’s 50th birthday that same Friday night. Knowing what we know now, we would not have gone. Things changed so quickly that week.
Right. A lot of folks went out to dinner and such that weekend, knowing it was probably the last time they were going to be able to do it for a while (and thinking circumstances weren't yet truly dangerous).
The evidence was in by that point: This was going to be a major deal.
Don’t know how many times that it has to be said. 99% of what Dabo says to the media is not for the general public. It’s for the people in his world. The team, the coaches, the recruits and the fans for the most part. He is just trying to do his part to keep hopes up. People are getting upset about him saying this like he has a say in whether or not there will be college football. It’s like people getting all bent out of shape over a reporter asking Hilinski what his goal was for the year and he answered, “win a championship”, and then everyone loses their minds over the answer. It’s straight from the “What do you want him to say” file!!
That’s a fine opinion. Mine is to be patient and let’s see what transpires over the next few months before rushing to judgement But, for all that feel its necessary to make an opinion now, by all means, fire away and opine.
wolken is consistently awful. Can’t stand him.
The opinion of the leading expert in the USA is that it will take at least 12-18 months to have a vaccine ready.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cor...fauci-experts-flag-dangers-testing-2020-4?amp
Screw off Ddot!
You’re hugeee loser. There’s a reason that’s Fox’s ratings dwarf any other news station. They’re not perfect and do have some deep state tendencies, but they kill your news networks.
You just genuinely replied to the most blatant troll on this board. He’s not the only dummy. Just sayin...
