{"id":2021585,"date":"2023-09-04T16:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-they-know-vietnam-war-protest-at-heart-of-college-football-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:52:06","slug":"did-they-know-vietnam-war-protest-at-heart-of-college-football-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-they-know-vietnam-war-protest-at-heart-of-college-football-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam War protest sparks college football controversy. Did they have knowledge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdid-they-know-vietnam-war-protest-at-heart-of-college-football-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Did They Know? Vietnam War Protest at \u200bHeart of College Football Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Most teams \u2063that are grappling with\u2062 controversy and issuing \u200bapologies after\u2064 college football\u2019s opening weekend are doing so\u2064 because \u200dthey\u2064 lost (or in \u200dLSU\u2019s case, \u200bembarrassingly lost.)<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sec-commissioner-tells-ucf-stop-whining-look-inward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University \u2064of \u200dCentral \u2063Florida<\/a> is finding itself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-they-know-vietnam-war-protest-at-heart-of-college-football-controversy\/\" title=\"Vietnam War protest sparks college football controversy. Did they have knowledge?\">similarly \u2062apologetic \u2062position\u2064 \u2014 \u200calbeit<\/a> after a crushing 56-6 win over Kent State.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well,\u200d would you \u2062believe it stems from a tragedy involving an infamous\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-pence-kicks-off-vietnam-war-veterans-day-unforgettable-message-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam War<\/a> protest?<\/p>\n<p>At one point during the football \u2063drubbing that UCF was handing to Kent State on Thursday, UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-received-insensitive-backlash-for-going-woke-now-they-may-depart-facebook-altogether\/\" title=\"Starbucks Received \u2018Insensitive\u2019 Backlash For Going Woke. Now They May Depart Facebook Altogether.\">social media team<\/a>\u200b took to\u2063 the internet to gloat a bit, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2023\/09\/02\/ucf-apologizes-national-guard-post-kent-state\/70751842007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA \u200cToday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The since-deleted post showed UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee on a sideline phone, \u2064and \u2062it\u2063 was captioned \u201cSOMEONE CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For many \u200dfootball fans of \u2064a certain\u200c age (and \u200dlikely the UCF social media administrator, as well) the post \u200bwas a clear \u2062reference to \u200bretired NFL legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-wild-sideline-incident-sees-nfl-hall-famer-square-off-nba-team-nba-superstars-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon \u200dSharpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Sharpe was part\u200d of \u200cthe Denver Broncos, \u2062he and his team\u2064 were\u2064 beating down the New England Patriots in a 1996 regular season game (the \u2063Broncos won \u200c34-8), and it produced one of the most iconic moments of trash-talk ever seen \u200bin sports:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Happy National <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LandlineTelephoneDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LandlineTelephoneDay<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonSharpe?\">@ShannonSharpe<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Broncos?\">@Broncos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5wc6HxnPCt\">pic.twitter.com\/5wc6HxnPCt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL Films (@NFLFilms) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLFilms\/status\/1237377669098061826?\">March 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sharpe,\u200d grabbing a\u200c sideline telephone, started pretending like he was talking to \u2064the President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called the \u200bpresident,\u201d Sharpe said in the video. \u201cPresident, we need the National \u200dGuard, \u2062we need \u2064as many men as\u2063 you can spare, \u2019cause we are killing the\u2062 Patriots. So call\u2063 the dogs off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSend the National\u2063 Guard. Please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, with perhaps\u200d the glaring exception of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deion-sanders-ashamed-every-nfl-team-except-patriots-taking-look-draft-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriots<\/a> fans, Sharpe\u2019s banter is as fondly\u2064 remembered as any bit \u200dof trash talk in \u200dNFL\u200c history \u2014 and UCF \u2064was trying to \u2062pay homage to that.<\/p>\n<p>But there was just one (massive) problem: While\u200c the National Guard reference likely would\u2019ve been viewed as the Shannon Sharpe \u200ctribute\u2064 it was meant\u2063 to be, \u2064had UCF been playing literally any other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dances-with-wolverines\/\" title=\"Dances With Wolverines\">college football team<\/a>, \u2062Kent State \u2062has a particularly dark\u200d history with the National Guard.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UCF apologizes\u200b for \u200dwildly insensitive Kent State-National \u2063Guard \u200dpost <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xij0xHspk6\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xij0xHspk6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5MPWKfD7hb\">pic.twitter.com\/5MPWKfD7hb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1698716551615074774?\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Namely, the\u2062 infamous 1970 shooting that took place at Kent State when the Ohio National Guard was brought in to quell a Vietnam\u2064 War protest. When the National Guard \u200dfired into the crowd, \u2063it killed\u200d four unarmed students and injured\u2064 another nine.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d tragedy, in turn,\u2063 sparked its own wave of protests \u200dand demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who was \u2064there during\u200c that time, it was a monumental \u2064flashpoint in terms of \u200dthe discourse surrounding the Vietnam \u200dWar.<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2062 promptly deleted the post and\u200b apologized to \u2062Kent \u2062State as soon as it realized \u2064what it had done, and issued a statement to USA Today:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unfortunate post \u2064was\u200d made \u2064with \u200cthe intention to reference the\u2064 famous Shannon Sharpe sideline clip of\u2064 him on the\u2064 phone from a 1996 game against the\u2064 New \u200dEngland Patriots,\u201d the\u2064 UCF \u2064athletic department told the outlet. \u201cAs soon\u200d as our staff\u200d was\u2064 made\u200b aware of the unintended reference \u2062to the unfortunate event that took \u2064place at Kent State in 1970, the post was removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt \u2062was addressed\u200d with our staff immediately, and updated protocols have \u200cbeen put in\u2062 place to avoid a situation\u2063 like \u200cthis in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bUCF \u2062statement also\u200d mentioned\u2064 that \u201cVice President and \u2064Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir has apologized \u2064to Kent State\u200c Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For UCF, the social media controversy is as bad as\u2064 it got for\u2063 the Knights. During the course of its dominating win, the Knights racked up 723 total yards\u200d of \u2062offense on just 81 plays \u2014 a ridiculous 8.9 \u2064yards \u200bper play \u2062average.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights next play at\u2063 Boise State and \u2064its blue football \u2062field on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-vietnam-war-protest-heart-college-football-controversy\/\">Did They Know? Vietnam War Protest at Heart of College Football Controversy<\/a> \u200dappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most teams apologize for controversy and losses in college football&#8217;s opening weekend. However, the University of Central Florida is apologizing after a massive 56-6 win against Kent State. 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