It's hard to believe that 10 years ago I was in my freshman year at Oklahoma State University. While the landscape, bar scene, and access to quality pasta in Stillwater has changed since 2010, it seems like not even a global pandemic could change the students. COVID or not, these kids are ready to party. Over the past few weeks, we at TLO have written about the mobs of maskless 20-somethings gathering outside bars on the Stillwater strip, as well as the throngs of folk hanging out outside of the OU stadium on game day last weekend. Because students are apparently having a hard time keeping their masks above their chin throughout all four quarters of the football games, the OU Athletics Department has even considered banning the student section at future games.
While I understand that COVID-19 needs to be mitigated, I think the universities need to exhaust all options to prevent the spread of the virus at the games before flat-out banning students from attending. In fact, here are 7 ways to prevent COVID-19 from spreading at college football games!