Have you heard? Big 10 football is returning. Truth be told, I’m not nearly educated enough about COVID or college football to pontificate on whether or not this is a good decision. As a college football fan and a Big 10 alumni — yes, Rutgers University is still being dragged around like a carcass in the desert sun up-and-down Big 10 country — I’m certainly excited.
No boycott here, I’ll be tuning intoSure, college football is college football, and watching the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns not only exist, but snuff Iowa State, is certainly enjoyable, but it just isn’t the same as watching Wisconsin and Michigan trade 3.3 yard carries between the 30-yard-lines on a brisk November afternoon as you crush buffalo chicken dip and Octoberfest beers. It just hits different.
Naturally, though, because nothing can happen in this country without becoming an epicenter of argument, the internet has had some #TAKES about the news of the Big 10’s return, ranging from the level-headed (such as mine and likely yours, which is something along the lines of “if it’s safe and the players want to play, so be it), to the absolutely absurd (such as USA Today calling it the “darkest day” in the conference’s history — the conference that housed Jerry Sandusky, I remind you), to the obviously trolling, such as this ticking-Twitter-timebomb-take from The Daily Caller writer David Hookstead.
Much like the Osama Bin Laden raid or D-Day, you never know when your number will be called to serve. All you hope for is to execute your job and the mission.
We did just that.
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 16, 2020
Unsurprisingly, whether it be because they don’t understand the sarcasm or simply think this isn’t a matter to be sarcastic about, the Blue Checkmark Brigade on Twitter had tons to say about Hookstead’s tweet, with reactions registering all across the Twitter Freakout Richter Scale.
— Dave Souza (@dsouza4717) September 16, 2020
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 16, 2020
— Matt Maisel (@Matt_Maisel) September 16, 2020
— John McMullen (@JFMcMullen) September 16, 2020
— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 16, 2020
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) September 16, 2020
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) September 16, 2020
— Joe Spears (@joe_spears7) September 16, 2020
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 16, 2020
— Mike Davis (@byMikeDavis) September 16, 2020
— Michael Rosenberg (@Rosenberg_Mike) September 16, 2020
What a jackass. https://t.co/T6900mvaKJ
— kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) September 16, 2020
— Su Ring (@Motley_Su) September 16, 2020
you’d think people think things that are on pause to save people’s lives or quality thereof in the future were cancelled forever 🤦♀️ https://t.co/3VmdfmllZm
— megan YELI MVP brown (@thatgirlondeck) September 16, 2020
— Tom Colicchio (@tomcolicchio) September 16, 2020
— alex (@alex_abads) September 16, 2020
— Matt Spence (@mattspencedc) September 16, 2020
2020 can’t end soon enough https://t.co/6dLxaiz4qO
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 16, 2020
— Goy Division/Jew Order (@ben_geier) September 16, 2020
In case you were worried that the return of college football was going to be an absolute nightmare on the internet, congrats – you were 1000% correct! In fact, it’ll probably be even worse than you previously imagined. The Blue Checkmarks live for this shit, especially in this cursed year that is 2020. You wanted sports and politics were meant to be kept separate? Just wait until the Big 10 kicks off a couple of weeks before the election. You’ll be better off just deleting Twitter off your phone.
