Nick Against the World (55 Viewers)

Bjerknes

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swag said:
The NFL is jacked up wayyyyy too much. But then, at least the talent level comes to at least the same vicinity. College football is worse, in my mind, because of the bowl game coverage relative to the talent level. I mean, you can't even get Italians to watch the Coppa, let alone a series of Serie B title matches.

I just have a hard time understanding why following your high school football team while you're no longer in high school is completely dorky, and yet following college football when you're no longer anywhere near a college is somehow respectable. Same is true for basketball.

Of course, in your case Andy, you have all the excuse in the world, as you're in college, which is perfectly reasonable.
But as an alumn of a college or university, you still carry that degree with you throughout your quest for moving up the pecking order in whatever coorporation you may work for. Or if you want to find another employer, the name on that degree, at least to some extent, is a bonus for your resume. Not to mention some alumni donate tons of money to their alma mater, so I see perfect reason to be quite the fanatic for your former university.

Morever, high school is inconsequential compared to college.
 

swag

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Andy said:
But as an alumn of a college or university, you still carry that degree with you throughout your quest for moving up the pecking order in whatever coorporation you may work for. Or if you want to find another employer, the name on that degree, at least to some extent, is a bonus for your resume. Not to mention some alumni donate tons of money to their alma mater, so I see perfect reason to be quite the fanatic for your former university.

Morever, high school is inconsequential compared to college.
Take it from me. Your college diploma becomes more and more worthless as your professional life develops. College, IMO, becomes inconsequential to life ... or at least the life of what you've done, what you've learned, and whom you've met after college.

But grad school makes undergrad college inconsequential as college makes high school inconsequential, etc...

I do see an element of that school spirit thing even after you're long gone -- the alma mater take. But to show fan following and loyalty to sports teams where the players are old enough to be your kids? There's a sad and pathetic element to that after a while, IMO, like the 40-year-old mom afflicted with Pennsylvania Ass Explosion who tries to put on her 1980s high school prom dress like it is the old times.
 

swag

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ßömßärdîër said:
I know some girls that love to eat dick, and no one of them is not Andy..........he's a guy.

Also, I like the gardener comment Greg, straight up classy peek-a-boo.......I'm in your window kind of shit.
Peter Sellers was a genius. To see him go riffing psycho in Lolita off the cuff is to see Robin Williams as an amateur even at his prime. And his role in Being There, one of his very last movies before he died, is one of my favorites.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
116,995
swag said:
Take it from me. Your college diploma becomes more and more worthless as your professional life develops. College, IMO, becomes inconsequential to life ... or at least the life of what you've done, what you've learned, and whom you've met after college.

But grad school makes undergrad college inconsequential as college makes high school inconsequential, etc...

I do see an element of that school spirit thing even after you're long gone -- the alma mater take. But to show fan following and loyalty to sports teams where the players are old enough to be your kids? There's a sad and pathetic element to that after a while, IMO, like the 40-year-old mom afflicted with Pennsylvania Ass Explosion who tries to put on her 1980s high school prom dress like it is the old times.
But by that logic, wouldn't be ridiculous to support any team after a certain age? I mean the definition of a team is universal no matter what sport or league or division you reside in... so why is it that you cannot support your alma mater?

And in actuality, wouldn't supporting a college team be more beneficial to the community than supporting the Baltimore Ravens? I mean, buying a Penn State jersey at the school bookstore translates into monetary return for the university as a whole, am I right? While on the other hand your purchase of the Ravens jersey goes to people who are just in it for the money..
 

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