{"id":44250,"date":"2016-11-13T22:42:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T02:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44250"},"modified":"2020-07-27T22:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T02:42:47","slug":"i-feel-bad-for-those-people-who-arent-into-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44250","title":{"rendered":"I feel bad for those people who aren\u2019t into sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-44251 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jokerburning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jokerburning.jpg 510w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jokerburning-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Bad news: #14 Virginia Tech loses to unranked <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Inferior<\/span> Georgia Tech, 30-20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Good news:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">#9 Auburn loses to unranked Georgia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">#8 Texas A&amp;M loses to unranked Ole Miss<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">#4 Washington loses to #20 USC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">#3 Michigan loses to unranked Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">#2 Clemson loses to unranked Pittsburgh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Suddenly, Virginia Tech losing is no big deal.\u00a0 By virtue of UNC themselves also getting upset by Duke (lol), it\u2019s an even slate of the Hokies still being ahead of the Tarheels, and it\u2019s going to come down to their final games against UVA and NC State respectively, to decide who gets to play against (presumably) Clemson for the ACC title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">I was looking forward to Virginia Tech not playing Clemson this year since they own the Hokies as if slavery were legal, but it\u2019s funny how things sometimes can work out.\u00a0 I\u2019d imagine Clemson would have no problem dispatching of either Tech or UNC, but at the same time, wouldn\u2019t it be a real gasser if Virginia Tech is the school to magically nuclear cockblock Clemson from a New Years Six bowl game?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Back to the headline though, it\u2019s days like this that I feel bad for those people who aren\u2019t into sports, or some sort of spectator competitive contests.\u00a0 I understand, and don\u2019t fault anyone who isn\u2019t, but it\u2019s days like this that I feel fortunate and thankful that I\u2019m into sports, and have an outlet enjoyed by also many people, to take my mind off of thing less pleasant to think about, like a presidential election that many are not pleased with the result of, and the supposed fallout of said presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Because ever since the shocking outcome of the election, it\u2019s been the same dreadfully pessimistic rhetoric being spouted all over the place from the local news, national outlets, to just about every news related website, and don\u2019t get me started on how bad it is on social media.\u00a0 We all get it now, not everyone is happy, and then there are some that are supposedly a little too happy, letting it justify shitty behavior of racism, sexism, homophobia and outright xenophobia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">But thanks to sports, when the game is on, life feels somewhat normal again, and the happenings outside of the respective stadiums in which the games are going on, seem secondary and inconsequential.\u00a0 Sure, there\u2019s something to be said against living in the moments of these games, and that there are a thousand things more important than sporting contests, but there\u2019s also something to be said about how it\u2019s nice to focus on something and not think about others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">I have a difficult time comprehending what people who aren\u2019t sports fans have that is equivalent to this sort of outlet.\u00a0 I have other hobbies and interests that I indulge in, like making stuff or designing stuff digitally.\u00a0 If I\u2019m at a computer, I\u2019m always a few mouse clicks away from reading the news, or seeing what people are going on about on social media.\u00a0 If I\u2019m in the garage listening to the radio, it\u2019s inevitable that I\u2019ll get some agenda-driven drivel from a deejay or a commercial.\u00a0 If I go out, there might be televisions in a restaurant showing the news, or loud-mouthed people around me to overhear, about shitty news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">So I do have a modicum of pity for those of whom don\u2019t have an outlet that can bring some enjoyment, excitement, and in the case of November 11, 2016, the day that saw just about every ranked team lose, a little bit of gleeful chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Of the #2-3-4 teams to lose, I\u2019m going to guess Michigan and Washington get dropped.\u00a0 Ohio State and Louisville take two of the places, presumably.\u00a0 By virtue of not letting a 2-loss team into the top four, I\u2019m going to say that Clemson drops to #4, although I\u2019d rather see them fall to like #9 or lower, but that probably won\u2019t happen.\u00a0 If any further chaos ensues in the remaining weeks, steady climbers throughout the season like Penn State, Wisconsin and even Oklahoma have a chance at cracking the top-5, and the chances of a 2-loss team making into the playoffs will grow even higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Louisville stays in the Top-4 despite the fact that if and when they tie Clemson\u2019s record, they will not be able to overtake them for the ACC championship, due to their loss to them earlier in the year, but will still be able to compete for the National Championship.\u00a0 And if I\u2019m not mistaken, Clemson having to play an extra game puts them into a position where they might actually jeopardize their positioning in the Top-4, so if it ends up being Virginia Tech, we could see a <em>real<\/em> shitshow if the impossible actually manages to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">I never imagined that I\u2019d be as into college football as I\u2019ve become; clearly moving into the epicenter of college football fandom over a decade ago has brought me a good distance in appreciation for the sport.\u00a0 But it\u2019s days like today that have been a rollercoaster of emotions, from disappointed to Virginia Tech\u2019s inevitable choke after gaining a high ranking, to jubilant and excited when Auburn fell to Georgia, and then Pitt pulled off the miracle against Clemson, and then sadistically gleeful upon finding out Texas A&amp;M and Washington lost, to downright Joker-like satisfied when Michigan would be the last high-ranking domino to topple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Sports are awesome, and I do feel bad for those who don\u2019t have a like for them in their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news: #14 Virginia Tech loses to unranked Inferior Georgia Tech, 30-20 Good news: #9 Auburn loses to unranked Georgia #8 Texas A&amp;M loses to unranked Ole Miss #4 Washington loses to #20 USC #3 Michigan loses to unranked Iowa #2 Clemson loses to unranked Pittsburgh Suddenly, Virginia Tech losing is no big deal.\u00a0 By &hellip; 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