When I moved to GA. in 96, and t0 Lake Charles, La. in 97, until 2001, I loved living in Middle Ga. not far from where 59 lives now. Everyone and their mother, was mostly a (JoeJah) Bulldawgs fan, or GA. Tech fan. I even saw a couple of GA Tech games in 76, & both GA. Team FB games in 97. I've never seen such diehard College Football fans as there are in the South SEC country. Get this: in Athens, GA. when the Dawgs have a Home Game, even McDonald's shuts down for 3-4 hours. McDonalds of all places closing down, (which they don't anywhere else), then all stores & fast food joints shut down, not only cuz their was NO business, so the workers also would go to the games. Those Stadiums so often are 120, 000 person stadiums. Bigger than most NFL stadiums.
In Ga. in 96, with all those Dawgs and Yellow Jacket fans, Nick Saban had his own 30 minute LSU show on Fox Cable. That pissed off I thought, the entire state of Ga. cuz the Dawgs & GT Teams had no shows for their Teams week to week convos.....seeing Saban speak of his team back then was music to my ears, and I relished moving to LSU country a year later. Home of McNeese State, which LSU would play every year as a pre-season match, often kicking the hell out of McNeese, and using their 2nd and 3rd string to do as much.
Basically I love NCAA FB, and yep, I got my favorites, yet just seeing a damn good game by any conference to me, is uplifting.
Now you might have a better idea, how my affiliations came about. I also miss the 1st game of the pre-season, when Notre Dame, played the Wolverines.
My brother on the other hand was a Notre Dame Fan 1st and foremost, and a Happy Valley Penn St. Fan all his life.
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Sorry for the novel, I thought I owed you at least an explanation of some sort.......well at least clarification...