{"id":2027141,"date":"2023-09-10T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:47:19","slug":"alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama fan defies &#8216;College GameDay&#8217; rules for epic Fauci sign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Falabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign%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=2027141&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>The University of Alabama Fan Takes a Stand Against Fauci on &#8216;College GameDay&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Alabama may not\u200d have quite the same stranglehold on the college\u200d football world as it did \u2062even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">10 years ago<\/a>, but \u200bleave it to one of \u2062the Crimson Tide\u2019s intrepid fans to \u200bsteal the spotlight on Saturday with a biting message about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-to-take-glorious-shot-at-fauci-with-sign\/\" title=\"Alabama fan defies 'College GameDay' rules for epic Fauci sign.\">polarizing government figure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s\u200c \u201cCollege GameDay\u201d \u2063show, wherein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-espn-show-hosted-ex-nfl-player-begins-warning-viewers-dont-sue-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN analysts<\/a> travel to the\u200b site \u2063of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/klobuchar-have-to-get-the-vaccines-out-all-over-the-world-to-fix-supply-chain-and-get-economy-going-immigration-reform-would-help\/\" title=\"Klobuchar: Have to 'Get the Vaccines Out' 'All Over the World' to Fix Supply Chain and Get Economy Going, Immigration Reform Would Help\">major game<\/a> for their typical studio show, features a chance for students to come out in\u2062 droves and \u2063try to get on \u200dtelevision \u2014 or get their signs on \u200ctelevision.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u200d become one of the more beloved traditions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-footballs-first-awesome-upset-immediately-ruined-jemele-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">college football<\/a><\/a>, and\u200c it\u2019s almost become its \u2064own subculture.<\/p>\n<p>Eagle-eyed\u2062 viewers on Saturday, however, may have noticed one sign that stood out\u2064 above all the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry if you missed it. OutKick\u2019s Clay Travis captured it and shared it on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Roll Tide! (Seriously, best sign ever.) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZYOcqGihUH\">pic.twitter.com\/ZYOcqGihUH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1700498227689078804?\">September \u20639, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>\u201cFauci\u2064 Lied!!!\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>That simple, two-word \u2062sign \u200bclearly\u200b is meant to capture the frustration many Americans had\u2064 over Dr. Anthony Fauci, \u200cthe now-former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the widespread COVID-19 lockdowns\u2062 he helped \u200ccraft \u2014 from the pandemic\u2019s onset in \u200dthe U.S. in 2020\u2062 until he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-brainer-fauci-lands-cushy-new-gig-retiring-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down<\/a> \u200cin December.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, many Americans feel that those lockdowns were actually aggressively unconstitutional and largely\u2062 based on\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admins-damning-report-2021-undermines-lockdown-attacks-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disputed science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b the complete lack of knowledge surrounding the pandemic in 2020, Fauci presented his side of the lockdown rationale with complete authority.<\/p>\n<p>For Fauci\u2019s legions of critics, \u200bthis is the \u201clied\u201d part of that sign.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair to Fauci,\u2064 there are still many \u2014 usually liberals \u2014 \u2063who fully believe in him.<\/p>\n<p>So setting aside \u2064any disputes over the actual merit of that \u201cGameDay\u201d sign, there is one more lingering question about the sign: How did\u200d it get there?<\/p>\n<p>Because the show\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.espn.com\/collegegameday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rules<\/a> about signs state: \u201cNo vulgar signs,\u200c .com, .net, .org, political or religious signs \u200care allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a \u200csign daring to question Fauci\u2019s integrity very much feels like a \u201cpolitical\u201d sign.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly,\u2062 ESPN did <em>not <\/em>focus on that sign during its \u200cnormal \u201cGameDay\u201d show, surely wanting to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-vietnam-war-protest-heart-college-football-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As to some Alabama\u2062 fans, getting \u200cthe sign onto national television might be the \u200bbest memory of the \u200bday in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bLonghorns <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nick-saban-postgame-news-conference-041206153.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beat the Tide<\/a> 34-24.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alabama-fan-breaks-college-gameday-rules-take-glorious-shot-fauci-sign\/\">Alabama Fan Breaks &#8216;College GameDay&#8217; Rules to Take Glorious Shot at Fauci with Sign<\/a> \u2064appeared \u200cfirst \u200bon <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Alabama&#8217;s dominance in college football may have diminished, but a devoted Crimson Tide fan managed to grab attention on Saturday. During ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;College GameDay&#8221; show, a bold message about a controversial political figure stole the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2027142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}