OT: Lou Holtz has COVID-19. [LOCKED]
Which is a tremendous shock to millions of people who didn’t even realize he was still alive.
[Edit @10:50am]: I locked this one up for the following reasons:
1) politics----ugh!
2) ugliness of several comments, some about Holtz and some of the back-and-forth stuff.
3) POLITICS! Isn't there enough of it everywhere else if you have the appetite to engage in ugly political s**t!?
Some warnings are likely to be issued in the mod sticky after I dissect the thread---I'm either going to delete or edit the ugliest stuff, maybe practically everything other than the OP headline.
Serth
November 20th, 2020 at 10:55 PM ^
Oh no. Too bad.
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Lakeyale13
November 21st, 2020 at 7:07 AM ^
Hoping Lou pulls through.
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mfan_in_ohio
November 20th, 2020 at 10:56 PM ^
That’s dangerous. Lou Holtz saying the work “sick” produces enough spittle to infect half of Indiana.
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Clarence Boddicker
November 20th, 2020 at 10:57 PM ^
Thoughtsh and prayertsh
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Robbie Moore
November 20th, 2020 at 11:01 PM ^
An aside to you, Kurtwood Smith. You were GREAT in Patriot
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Greg McMurtry
November 20th, 2020 at 11:58 PM ^
Speaking moistly, indeed
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blueheron
November 21st, 2020 at 8:56 AM ^
This is the most on-target comment in the thread IMO. Thoughtsh and prayertsh are exactly what Holtz and his compatriots (ranging from John Ioannidis to Scott Atlas to ... most of the Dakotas) figured would be enough to get us through the pandemic and preserve our "freedoms."
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Robbie Moore
November 20th, 2020 at 10:58 PM ^
Next we'll hear that Keith Jackson is dead.
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East German Judge
November 20th, 2020 at 11:05 PM ^
Senile old fuck, bound to get it! Him and Rudy (NTR) should bunk up, maybe he can help color his hair while they are it.
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HailHail47
November 21st, 2020 at 12:08 AM ^
Get help.
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M Go Cue
November 20th, 2020 at 11:12 PM ^
So far the comments here, including yours OP, are disgusting.
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Hotel Putingrad
November 20th, 2020 at 11:17 PM ^
To hell with Lou Holtz!
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M Go Cue
November 20th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Classy. Your mom would be so proud.
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East German Judge
November 20th, 2020 at 11:38 PM ^
Actually your mom was so proud of me this morning that she made me pancakes AND french toast!
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TIMMMAAY
November 21st, 2020 at 9:24 AM ^
You should stick to posting played out gifs.
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Robbie Moore
November 21st, 2020 at 8:57 AM ^
Of course she would be. Her son is the richest man in the world.
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jeck201
November 21st, 2020 at 8:17 AM ^
To hell with you
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A Lot of Milk
November 20th, 2020 at 11:32 PM ^
Have sympathy for the human beings who took every precaution to avoid contracting covid and still got it through no fault of their own
Have sympathy for the doctors, nurses, and front line workers who are forced into danger every day during the pandemic but who work to keep the rest of us safe
Don't have sympathy for a reckless old man who gives maskless speeches at trump rallies in the midst of a pandemic, thinking there will be no consequences. That's like seeing a report of a drunk driver killing three people in a crash and hoping the driver isn't too banged up
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East German Judge
November 20th, 2020 at 11:45 PM ^
^^^ What he said!!!!
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M Go Cue
November 20th, 2020 at 11:55 PM ^
There is a difference between a lack of sympathy and flat out mocking.
Feel free to defend those mocking his sickness. Your prerogative my man. You gotta live with it. Not me.
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Robbie Moore
November 21st, 2020 at 9:09 AM ^
Right there with you, Cue. Way too many people who think their political beliefs entitle them to act morally superior. And believe that mocking is somehow the same as actual reason. Who can hide behind handles and avatars and say things they would never say to someones face. This behavior is one of the true curses of our times.
On a separate note...where is the best place to order burnt ends?
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BlueRob
November 21st, 2020 at 12:12 AM ^
A Lot of Milk -- Judge others much?
I am not a Lou Holtz fan but every life deserves sympathy.
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A Lot of Milk
November 21st, 2020 at 12:51 AM ^
I'm never going to sympathize for the drunk driver who crashes his car
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umumum
November 21st, 2020 at 1:31 AM ^
but not equally
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iMBlue2
November 21st, 2020 at 9:37 AM ^
What about police they are forced to work everyday and be exposed as you say... but no love wonder why.
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Absorbine Sr.
November 21st, 2020 at 12:00 AM ^
Actually, you’re wrong. My OP was pretty fucking awesome. Glad I could clear that up for you.
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M Go Cue
November 21st, 2020 at 12:21 AM ^
No, I’m 100% not wrong. If you think choosing being an asshole over kindness is “fucking awesome” then that’s your decision.
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HailHail47
November 21st, 2020 at 12:11 AM ^
This blog has been filled with vile leftists for months.
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East German Judge
November 21st, 2020 at 12:22 AM ^
Yeah we need more science /common science deniers who encourage maskless super spreader events!
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HailHail47
November 21st, 2020 at 12:27 AM ^
Have you enjoyed Michigan football this year? Super spreader events.
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East German Judge
November 21st, 2020 at 1:01 AM ^
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MidwestIsBest
November 21st, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
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HateSparty
November 21st, 2020 at 8:18 AM ^
Your guy lost convincingly. Your lack of acceptance is disgusting. Go Biden!
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Robbie Moore
November 21st, 2020 at 9:30 AM ^
To whom or to which comment are you referring? Perhaps I overlooked the post saying that Trump actually won. Or perhaps you just gratuitously dropped the comment in here because an actual thread on the subject is outside the rules for this board. There are thousands, if not millions, of comment boards devoted to politics so if that's what you want to discuss, hang out there.
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wellington
November 21st, 2020 at 10:05 AM ^
Seems clear it’s a reply to the “vile leftists” comment. An equally political statement in itself.
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HateSparty
November 21st, 2020 at 10:07 AM ^
I’ll take your thoughts under consideration
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njvictor
November 21st, 2020 at 10:12 AM ^
Why should we feel bad? Ever notice that it's almost exclusively one political party, that has called the virus a hoax and said that masks don't work, that is getting covid? I think it's safe to say based on Holtz's past comments that he likely wasn't really taking precautions
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mackbru
November 20th, 2020 at 11:12 PM ^
Equated playing college football during a pandemic to soldiers landing at Normandy. A man with perspective.
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Sam1863
November 21st, 2020 at 4:49 AM ^
That's "pershpective."
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Robbie Moore
November 21st, 2020 at 10:02 AM ^
Interesting that a man who walked out on a losing Jets team mid-season would compare football, and by extension himself, to Normandy. How many of those soldiers swam back to the landing craft and demanded to be returned to England?
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milhouse
November 20th, 2020 at 11:13 PM ^
LOL!
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RobGoBlue
November 20th, 2020 at 11:42 PM ^
First of all, best wishes to Lou on a healthy recovery.
This got me though, from a related article:
"Holtz, an 83-year-old former college football coach..."
83 years old. That means he was 51 when they won the title in 1988. That means in this picture, Lou is the same age as Dabo Swinney currently. Wow.
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RobM_24
November 21st, 2020 at 1:58 AM ^
Regis, Hornung, and now this. Rough stretch for the Domers.
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Don
November 21st, 2020 at 6:34 AM ^
I'm no fan of Lou Holtz or his political opinions, but this entire thread should be taken down.
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The Bos of Me
November 21st, 2020 at 7:24 AM ^
Yeah, these responses reek of RCMB level class and empathy.
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Qmatic
November 21st, 2020 at 9:24 AM ^
Sadly, sometimes this blog is indistinguishable from RCMB in its threads and comments. It’s too bad. This board used to be superior to its competitors.
Somedays it’s closer to MLive than MGoBlog
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Swayze Howell Sheen
November 21st, 2020 at 9:02 AM ^
Agree. You can hate every political thing a person says, every football thing he ever did, but this sort of "ha ha you got a possibly deadly illness you deserved it" is trash.
Also, if you ever want to actually like Lou Holtz, watch this speech he gave at Woody's retirement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuUhr5MHEVk
(about 21 minutes in) Bo speaks too, but Lou steals the show.
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Perkis-Size Me
November 21st, 2020 at 8:38 AM ^
Same asswipe who thinks college football players trying to get on the field is the same as soldiers storming the beach at Normandy. Yeah that’s definitely a guy who’s got a solid grip on reality.
I hope he recovers. Holtz has never done wrong by me personally, but given who he supported in this election, how he mocked the religion of the guy he didn’t support as not being a “true Catholic” (whatever the hell that means), and basically gave a middle finger to public health and safety by speaking at those rallies without a mask, it’s hard for me to not say that he hasn’t gotten what he’s deserved.
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Robbie Moore
November 21st, 2020 at 10:11 AM ^
So, by extension, all those participating in the BLM and associated rallies this summer who did not wear masks (many) deserve to get Covid?
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jeck201
November 21st, 2020 at 8:38 AM ^
The mods on this site have no standards or integrity. As long as the threads or comments fit their political beliefs, they are not taken down, and the commenters aren't banned. This site has turned to shit.
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