I’d argue most of my family who went there and the people of Southern California the region refer to it as SC. USC has an 80 history before SC. Lol
Also, your point is still valid I just love to tweak SC fans when they same USC reply “Go Cocks.” Works either way
Not sure this is true or not. You def serve one side and I (someone posting on a board for a team I’ e become a fan of with zero connection) are on vast opposites. I don’t even like going to Alabama games (I probably won’t even watch their bowl game) and love things like 1AA games, HBCU and Rose Bowl games as my football fix.
So I am definitely conscious I am not the normal.
A quick look at viewership between the two seems like it would provide a simple answer.
Again, I’m not making any sort of value judgement on one or the other. Just noting that fans definitively gravitate towards DI college football over any other alternative.
Hackfest?
Brawlball.
Tulane QB just signed a 2 year, $8 MILLION deal to play for Duke.
This is all getting very silly.
Viewership tells you it’s about more regional appeal? That was the discussion. Viewership just says there is more mass appeal. I do however see markets like Birmingham Alabama and Atlanta typically are top markets for all games. They are the crackheads of football down there.
JUCO players are now eligible for an additional year of eligibility because hey, what’s another layer of silliness to the whole process at this point?
Strange straw man construct. I have stopped watching a number of sports over the years when they just became too absurd. And Ive watched several Linfield Football games. I’ve watched fun peewee games. D1 College had a hook but it doesn’t have a corner on good or fun sports.
So yeah I’ve held on while water poured into the ship but I’ve stopped buying tickets or memorabilia and my viewing has dropped by a factor of 10 and by next year who knows.
Enjoy your rose Bowl and nostalgia. It won’t negate the broken nature of things but sure enough people will consume and pay regardless that the train will keep chugging down the track.
I started watching pro wrestling again during the pandemic because it was literally the only love thing going. AEW filled a void and I hope it can gain some momentum again because I refuse to watch WWE (other than royal rumble). lol.
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Thanks for the link SkinyUte. I’d encourage everyone to read that full article. It explains in great and easy to read detail how we’re watching the train wreck of college football as we knew it. Excellent post!
Not a straw man. I am not even refuting your POV. Maybe it’s from working inside sports marketing and sports broadcast for so long I have always seen it as a business with zero academic or school pride element. Paying players what they are worth is relatively new for even the Pro players. I think it’s weird we want the institutions to keep a large share of the revenue while at the same time they don’t expand enrollment and have made much harder to get into the institutions. Everything wrong with college sports begins with the universities.
Today this beauty goes home to Atlanta or Nashville.
Reminds me of pre-fight interview of Mike Tyson
I can see why but one is known for Steel and the other Iron.
I agree. College Football and Men’s Basketball should get a divorce from universities and they will flourish like AAA baseball, the G-League and the USFL or whatever the current football league is.
Problem is the Universities are making so much money off of rights and getting kids to want to come to school there because of those teams. Alabama saw a 51% increase in enrollment since 2007 when Coach Saban arrived. Nobody wants to go to an Alabama without a form of entertainment on campus. Tuscaloosa without athletics is basically a truck stop with a college. Same with UK in Lexington just make it hoops. The Dukes, UNC and Michigans would be fine. Ohio, not so much.
Buns of steel …
He must workout