I wanted to report back. After going through all of this I am certain that this is how I dealt with it previously. The fact that it happened to me before and no one else has posted anything about having this issue is a little disturbing. But here is how I got it going.
I followed these instructions and created a thumb drive named CONFIG. With a network folder and a text file named my-network with the following in it.
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-set-a-static-ip-on-hass-io-hassos/
[connection]
id=HassOS default
uuid=ab2d9638-2893-487d-b5b2-56129ad73aea
type=802-3-ethernet
[ipv4]
method=manual
address=192.168.1.201/24;192.168.1.1;
dns=8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
method=auto
Put it in the usb port of the file and powered up. Github was found and it booted up.
I have no idea why this was needed. However, it worked.