“Okay, so I just gave a 2-day ban to four posters........ who have been dominating all of the discussion here. All of them have committed multiple TOS violations to varying degrees. Most of the four of them have never been banned at all, and I didn't email them ahead of time, I just simply snapped and did it. I did not delete their posting histories.
Let's see what happens.”

You ignited the fire, or the very least added fuel. So much for “discussing VT football”.