Does Trump Know How Long a College Football Game Runs?
By Jason Gay
The President of the United States plans to attend the college football national championship on Monday, and as a sports columnist, and a citizen of this country, I feel compelled to warn him:
Mr. President, it could be a very long night.
I’m not saying Trump has to stay for the whole game—he has other stuff happening—but does he know how long a college football contest drags on these days? His aides are going to need to stockpile caffeine—a 12-pack of the President’s prized Coca-Cola , at the very least. And bring him some White House sweatpants, so he can take off his slacks and get comfortable. He might want to plan on a Presidential nap during halftime.
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I don’t mean to be a wet blanket. This year’s title game is a real doozy-doo, and that’s surely one reason the President wants in. You have the Georgia Bulldogs squaring off against…what’s that other team again? Oh right: The Alabama Crimson Tide, coached by that handsome headset hunk, Nick Saban. Those are two of the sport’s most insane fan bases, so the crowd’s going to be nuts. They’re playing it in that lavish new stadium sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Tickets cost as much as, well, a Mercedes-Benz.
Who wouldn’t want to be there?
But you’ve got to hunker down to watch a college football game, whether you’re in the stadium or watching on TV. College football now lasts longer than college itself. The average contest has inched over 3 hours, 20 minutes, so if the kickoff happens at 8:17 p.m. ET as planned, you’re looking at a regulation finish close to midnight.
That is not Fake News! Near midnight! On a Monday!
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Does Trump know what he’s in for? He’s already going to be tired Monday, since he’s promised on Twitter to reveal his “MOST DISHONEST AND CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS” starting at 5 p.m. that night Has anyone pulled him aside and said: “Mr. President, I know you’re excited to see Bama and UGA, but this game might last longer than election night.”
Because if they haven’t warned him, the President is going to look up at the game clock in the third quarter, notice that it’s well past 10 p.m. and….well, someone’s probably going to get yelled at.
Then again, the President loves golf. He might think college football is fast.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-trump-know-how-long-a-college-football-game-runs-1515087537
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That might save some good DU football fans from seeing TV shots of him all night.
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