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Masks protect the wearer, but protect them best if the infected person is also wearing a mask. You know this by now. I think at first there was hesitancy to introduce mask wearing because there was major uncertainty about how COVID was transmitted. That science did continue to evolve for several months. Fauci has also noted (and this has been mentioned on GMG previously in threads in which you participated) was that initially there was a concern that if the CDC went all in on masks at that point, there would be such a run on PPE that medical personnel would end up without a supply of PPE when regular citizens gobbled it all up. In some areas, that did happen even without a mask mandate. I think they should have gone all-in on masks early and hesitating was a mistake. It would have taken more decisive government action to meet our supply deficit, which never really happened.

Kentucky: Maybe let kids go to high school for five years to play more football! The rest of America:

Who is we? Society in general hasn’t been complying with mask wearing or distancing recommendations. Here, Texas, UK... The only places that have been effective controlling the virus have taken extreme measures and are either authoritarian or like New Zealand where they have very high faith in government. Every single time restrictions are lifted or eased everyone goes friggin’ nuts and hits the bars or tries to act like things are normal. It is time to recognize that normal is a long way away and it gets further away the less people disregard public health needs. Another thing to consider to those that aren’t worried about getting it or got it and didn’t have adverse effects: every time someone gets it and passes it along, the chance of mutations increases. That is how we now that the UK, Brazil, and South Africa variations. The SA version is showing some increased vaccine resistance. Last thing we need is to start to get this under control only to have a new variant pop up that renders some or all the vaccines impotent.

Not sure but seems to have gotten a lot of attention over the last couple of months and likely some “bigger” programs sniffing around for him rethinking his verbal.

The fact that there are still people questioning the effectiveness of masks a year into this tells me all I need to know about where we are as a country.

Not to go to much into that but let’s recall the number of people here that want Briles and don’t care how we win.

Thanks for being a good guy but go ahead and get it and no one will begrudge your opportunity to be vaccinated.

MAC has been pretty stable and geographically compact. CUSA has lost most of its big hitters and lots of SBC move ups (including us that no one cares about).

Yes the problem is the commissioner and not the product...

I don’t really know, just repeating the PB interview with the Baylor guys (still not sure why he is still dialing in to Baylor shows but whatever).

Bennett said 3 in an interview this week.

Only the ignorance of Kentucky can unite GMG in such a beautiful way! (and we all know what they do to goats there)

So defer graduation from high school?

I don’t want to drag this discussion out too long but I would argue Ruder is a legit dual threat. I am not arguing that he is the same player he was in high school or that he was recruited here to be a running QB; however, his recruiting profile makes it clear he was viewed that way. Despite his fairly average passing stats, he was the top prospect in KS and the 15th rated dual threat QB in the nation. His senior year rushing stats were: 114 attempts, 746 yards, and 16 TDs on the ground. Plus: Verified Results FORTY 4.46 SECONDS

March 25

I think Ruder is more of a running threat than you are giving him credit for.

Reading former players make analogies about Covid and rushing stats is pretty entertaining

https://247sports.com/Player/Tommy-Bush-46037220/

Brett, I really don’t think race should be an issue.

Also ready to consider Trice.

Looks like this might have been news to the players?