[PersonalLegend]

How is it that so many threads turn into worship of Nick Saban or some kind of talk or peaen to life in the Southeast.

Farm93 simply mentioned that if SEC/ACC fans were less likely to wear masks, that could lead to spread, which is a particularly risky proposition in SoCal these days. It was actually a criticism of SoCal. Each part of that statement is probably true.

All the repeated, unprompted praise of Saban comes off as hyper-defensive. I have a lot of family in the SEC territories. I visit there. I have received generous offers from in laws (free housing, real estate) to move there but personally am uninterested. But I can see how there are a lot of things people really like there. 

But it is a reasonable, factual statement to say fans from the SEC and ACC regions probably wear masks less, and it’s a reasonable, factual stament to say that could be an unwise combination with SoCal at this time.

Not a Saban fan. 

Good clarification on the criticism of SoCal. I certainly didn’t read it that way. It read as typical snark. 

There are very different social and legal pressures at play in different regions. Suffice it to say at this point that, absent living on a literal (or figurative) island that is closed to visitors, everybody is at risk and nobody knows for sure exactly how to manage that risk down to zero. Common sense would say that masks help, and distancing, and hand washing, but it isn’t clear exactly who or how they exactly help. The rose bowl certainly didnt miss much by losing the game this year. Will there be a parade?

[PersonalLegend]

How is it that so many threads turn into worship of Nick Saban or some kind of talk or peaen to life in the Southeast.

Farm93 simply mentioned that if SEC/ACC fans were less likely to wear masks, that could lead to spread, which is a particularly risky proposition in SoCal these days. It was actually a criticism of SoCal. Each part of that statement is probably true.

All the repeated, unprompted praise of Saban comes off as hyper-defensive. I have a lot of family in the SEC territories. I visit there. I have received generous offers from in laws (free housing, real estate) to move there but personally am uninterested. But I can see how there are a lot of things people really like there. 

But it is a reasonable, factual statement to say fans from the SEC and ACC regions probably wear masks less, and it’s a reasonable, factual stament to say that could be an unwise combination with SoCal at this time.

Not a Saban fan. 

Good clarification on the criticism of SoCal. I certainly didn’t read it that way. It read as typical snark. 

There are very different social and legal pressures at play in different regions. Suffice it to say at this point that, absent living on a literal (or figurative) island that is closed to visitors, everybody is at risk and nobody knows for sure exactly how to manage that risk down to zero. Common sense would say that masks help, and distancing, and hand washing, but it isn’t clear exactly who or how they exactly help. The rose bowl certainly didnt miss much by losing the game this year. Will there be a parade?