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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4079891, member: 9260"] 'Do you even have a point here, beyond the entirely irrelevant "the sunbelt is better [I]for football [/I]than the northeast?' ftfy. i did not say, ever, that the sunbelt is better than the northeast. nor have i said, ever, that the sunbelt is worse than the northeast, cuz anywhere can be a great place if you like it, while nowhere can be a great place if you don't. the point is, mebbe our local [I]culture[/I] is becoming an obstacle to a widely popular, deeply ingrained American pastime, clouding our ability to recognize that colleges with 20, 30, or 40 thousand students, fine facilities, large endowments, and world class offerings may, just may, be continuing to move smartly into the future by improving their brand. now, which football school from where in the nation [I]cancelled [/I]last season, hmmmmm? now, why does the nation's largest city, population almost 9 million, have [I]zero [/I]fbs programs, especially since that/this area was foundational to the whole 'big time pigskin' beginnings, before radio, then radio, then the b+w tv, and all the guys with hats and cigars, the whole shebang. [I]gone. [/I] 'friday night lights' is a big deal in the vast majority of the country. mebbe i like it, mebbe i don't -it doesn't matter, but i certainly won't hate on folks who enjoy and support it, a very normal game and culture, and i'll cheer for any school that is actively working to improve their stock, and the benefits it brings to their student and alumni bodies. once upon a time when Fairfield U had a football team, the new york giants regularly summer camped there. here's a pic of carl 'spider' lockhart back then at the camp, [IMG]https://thednlreport.fairfield.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Spider_Lockhart_of_the_New_York_Giants_with_fans_.png[/IMG] today? [URL='https://clarawhalen.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/the-end-of-an-era-fairfield-universitys-forgotten-football-program/']The End of An Era: Fairfield University’s Forgotten Football Program – Clara Whalen (wordpress.com)[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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