It's like they don't realize the function of academic institutions. Tell a poor person where you went to college, and they'll tell you how your quarterback looked last year against another school's defense, or a similar factoid.
It's like they don't realize the function of academic institutions. Tell a poor person where you went to college, and they'll tell you how your quarterback looked last year against another school's defense, or a similar factoid.
My favorite is when people find out that you attended a "football school," and they assume that you want to debate how good "your" team is/will be next year/was last year.
Random guy: "Oh, so you went to Penn State, did you? So you really think your team should have been in the playoff last season?" (looks at me expectantly like I'm supposed to defend myself)
Me: "I really don't care."
Rando: "And you do realize that Trace McSorely isn't an NFL caliber QB, don't you" (stands there with 'gotcha' type look on face)
Me: "Again, I don't care. Not even a little bit."
Rando: "And you aren't going to win a national championship this year."
Me: "I still don't care."
roll tide baby wrote:
It's like they don't realize the function of academic institutions. Tell a poor person where you went to college, and they'll tell you how your quarterback looked last year against another school's defense, or a similar factoid.
...and I will ask the exact same question of you, since your username is roll tide baby wrote:
sports debaters wrote:
My favorite is when people find out that you attended a "football school," and they assume that you want to debate how good "your" team is/will be next year/was last year.
Random guy: "Oh, so you went to Penn State, did you? So you really think your team should have been in the playoff last season?" (looks at me expectantly like I'm supposed to defend myself)
Me: "I really don't care."
Rando: "And you do realize that Trace McSorely isn't an NFL caliber QB, don't you" (stands there with 'gotcha' type look on face)
Me: "Again, I don't care. Not even a little bit."
Rando: "And you aren't going to win a national championship this year."
Me: "I still don't care."
I know how you feel. I’m probably even worse though, as I don’t care for any sports teams. I don’t care the slightest bit about football, hockey, soccer, baseball, or whatever sports that other people care about. It’s like I’m missing that part of the brain. Guys don’t know how go react when they start talking sports and I mention that I never watch sports and have never been to a baseball/football/hockey game and don’t want to.
One year in October or November, I was in public in a sweatshirt from my school (a football school) and someone asked, as if I were on the team, "Who do you guys have left?" As flatly as I could, I said I don't know.
roll tide baby wrote:
It's like they don't realize the function of academic institutions. Tell a poor person where you went to college, and they'll tell you how your quarterback looked last year against another school's defense, or a similar factoid.
I love the "poor people" series, but I suspect the demographics for college football are higher than the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB.
I live in South Carolina and it is absolutely this way. The Clemson, Georgia, Alabama, and University of South Carolina fans are that way but most of them barely finished high school. They don't follow pro sports much here, probably since there aren't many teams in the south.
Dab Swinney wrote:
I live in South Carolina and it is absolutely this way. The Clemson, Georgia, Alabama, and University of South Carolina fans are that way but most of them barely finished high school. They don't follow pro sports much here, probably since there aren't many teams in the south.
is that a problem for you?
Visit the motor-home-high-dollar-corporate-sponsor-big-money-donor-catered-tailgate-with-big-screen-TV-and trophy wife parking lot some Saturday afternoon and then tell us why rich folks go for college football. Actually, walk through with a player and shake hands and see if you get as many $100 bills as they collect.
John Utah wrote:
I love the "poor people" series, but I suspect the demographics for college football are higher than the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB.
Going from memory here, I believe the NHL fans actually have the highest median income of these listed. But I think NCAA football is above the NFL, NBA, and MLB.
I think often people are just looking for commonality for small talk. When a random person hears Penn State, the two most likely things they know about are their football team and that a bunch of kids got raped. And child rape is a poor topic for small talk.
While I agree that jumping right into questions about the new receivers coach or some redshirt linebacker is a little presumptions, more broad questions about the team will generally be pretty well received by alumni from major football schools.
sports debaters wrote:
My favorite is when people find out that you attended a "football school," and they assume that you want to debate how good "your" team is/will be next year/was last year.
Random guy: "Oh, so you went to Penn State, did you? So you really think your team should have been in the playoff last season?" (looks at me expectantly like I'm supposed to defend myself)
Me: "I really don't care."
Rando: "And you do realize that Trace McSorely isn't an NFL caliber QB, don't you" (stands there with 'gotcha' type look on face)
Me: "Again, I don't care. Not even a little bit."
Rando: "And you aren't going to win a national championship this year."
Me: "I still don't care."
Funny but it's surprising how almost everybody at a football school like Notre Dame does in fact care about that stuff. Even the 60 year old woman professors have an opinion on how good the defense is looking or whatever.
This seems to be more of an issue of runners being awkward and bad at small talk than an issue of poor people loving college football.
The worst is when someone from a rival school you work with hates you. Pathetic.
I find people on here that talk about running times just as boring though.
Waste of Time/Energy wrote:
The worst is when someone from a rival school you work with hates you. Pathetic.
I find people on here that talk about running times just as boring though.
I was visiting a friend in Seattle one late Autumn when UW was playing a rival. Apparently I was wearing the wrong colored windbreaker and I was almost attacked.
Why do you single out poor people here for loving college football? Do you think it's poor people who are giving tens of thousands of dollars in under the table cash to players and blue chip recruits, donating the funds for palatial football facilities, and pressuring university administrators to fire "under performing" coaches? Do you think poor people can afford to drive their motor homes hundreds of miles on the weekend of their teams games to tailgate in the stadium parking lot before using their $100 plus dollar ticket to watch the game from their midfield seat?
Tuscallosa Tilly wrote:
Lou Saban can kiss my ballsac.
Is Lou Saban even still alive?
one could ask why the poor care about anything other than trying to not be poor?
I love in SC also and this is true. I never understand why someone, who never stepped foot on a college campus for a class, will be so supportive of a team they will fight you for their team. I see this with Clemson( went to my first game in 69, Dad taught at Clemson) South Carolina and Georgia. Many of them has never even been to a game but will fight you at a drop of their hat
Poor people probably love college football for the same reason middle class and upper class people do. Because it's awesome.
Sesamoiditis wrote:
This seems to be more of an issue of runners being awkward and bad at small talk than an issue of poor people loving college football.
We have a winner! Just because a bunch of nerds on a message board don't like something it doesn't mean it's not fun to watch.