This board had been slow compared to prior years. People may have their mind on other things and nobody can attend any games. But I have noticed that this especially true of the game threads. There is so little commentary on the game itself for both football and basketball so far. There are comments before and after but not much at all said during the game.

If anyone missed the game and wants to watch, it's in the On Demand list of the Illini website. Perfect video using NC A&T feed

Just finished watching. Gave the Cats a B for the first 8 minutes, a D for the next 12,then an A- for the first 16 minutes of the 2nd half and an incomplete for the last 4 minutes. All in all a decent showing with room to grow.

In talking with some folks in the industry, there is a real concern going forward that people have gotten used to a world without sports as we have known it in the past and that they may not come back. I love golf and watch the majors each year. I didn't even know when the Masters was on this year and watched about an hour on Sunday. With no sports going on as usual in the MAC, I think quite a few people have just drifted away.

It hasn't been easy to get interested in sports this year. They're not as much fun without fans, bands and everything else. Some people make their comments here through their observations at the game, so when they can't go to the game they're not as interested in commenting. And frankly some people wonder why the MAC even bothered with a six-game football schedule this year, so they've tuned out. Also, the phony crowd noise used on broadcasts and even in some venues cheapens the experience. Because the fans aren't at games, some NFL teams have cameras and big screens set up for players to use in celebrating whatever they want to celebrate. That's about the dumbest damn thing I've ever seen at a pro game. It just reinforces that the game is only about player egos. Yeah, I think some people will drift away. During the MLB strike in 1994 I found other things to do and never went back. But I think that once this damned pandemic is under control (hopefully by next summer) and things start returning to a semblance of normal, people will want somewhere to go and be out among other people. Sports will help fill that need.

That really was a cheap shot and I was wondering what that was about. I figured Foster did something previously? Tough to stand back up there and expose yourself the second time but Foster did. I liked that the ref seemed to step in and give Foster a little more time to recover. And did the ref also say something to Harris?

I had this board and the chat room open in the same browser that I was using to stream the game and pretty much forgot that I had the chat open. So, I'm sorry about that. Anyway, I wasn't calling anyone out or anything. That would be hypocritical. I doubt that I was among the 25 or so most frequent posters when the board had more traffic. I was just lamenting that we seem to have lost posters like, for example, L.C., who did post frequently and often had something well informed and/or well thought out to say.

I suppose I need to also apologize for getting this thread well off topic.

It was good to be among friends today in Chat. Very Nice. I think there were folks in the Discord chat as my phone had notifications.