Against all predictions by the media, universities, athletic directors, and others that COVID-19 required a fully canceled football season, the College Football Playoff National Championship is here.
Instead of moping in university housing or locker rooms before the beginning of a new semester, two of the nation’s supposedly best teams, Alabama and the Ohio State University, will face off Monday evening in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, to play in front of approximately 16,000 fans.
While some people, including this CBS Sports columnist, predicted that playing college football would result in the deaths of innocent people for the sake of sports entertainment, the Southeast Conference played 69 out of 71 possible games, with fans present and “zero significant COVID-19 related issues.”
The corporate media is still clinging to narratives questioning whether the pandemic season was worth it, but the gameplay prevailed thanks to the work of many people who advocated against the mainstream narrative and pointed to
