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Message: [QUOTE="cabbie191, post: 5224770, member: 417"] This is my reaction as a 73 year old to what's happening to college football. Growing up in Connecticut, I rooted for UConn, and mildly for Yale (state school) and Brown (family connections), played for my high school, and rooted for the NY Giants. In college, waning interest in Yale, still checked scores for UConn and Brown, and switched allegiance to the Patriots. Afterward, I moved to Wisconsin for graduate school and married a Badger native whose family has Packer season tickets. Became a strong Badger fan, split loyalties between Patriots and Packers, and still followed UConn's fortunes. Also now root for Bills because my daughter married a guy from upstate NY. Starting this past year, though, following all the conference realignment and all the NIL money, I find my interest in college football absolutely lagging, except hoping Connecticut has a decent team. There is just no way Wisconsin can compete regularly with Ohio State and their $20 million roster. In previous years there was hope things might fall into place but now, I'm just frankly tired of OSU, MI, Alabama, Georgia, etc dominating the sport year in and year out. (And yes, I know this is hypocritical in that I wasn't bothered by UConn women's dominance for so many years!) I wonder if what I feel will be felt more broadly across the country except for the fan bases of the perennial powerhouses, and the occasional excitement when previously doormat teams rally as did Indiana and Illinois last year. [/QUOTE]

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