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Originally Posted by UMP25
You've GOT to be kidding with this post, I hope. College football has no charm, allure, or history the way Baseball does.
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You do not know much about college football. Many college programs were around a lot longer than any pro sport in this country. And schools are still doing many of the same things they did from the minute they had a football program. I do not know if you have an HD TV, but there is a program called "Field of Glory" and they go to many college campuses all over the county and all they talk about is tradition. From the reason why the school colors are what they are, but why you hear certain chants, why the band plays certain songs or has certain routines to why Michigan Stadium has 107,500 and 1 or why Ohio State "dots the I." I was even watching the program today and Virginia Tech reveals who wears their mascot uniform by the student wearing the Hokie feet with the cap and gown. And if you are a Heisman Trophy winner, you are revered across the country even if you are accused of murder.
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Originally Posted by UMP25
I absolutely love pro football, college basketball, and other sports, but I cannot deny Baseball has a very historical and nostalgic place in American society. No other sport has had more books, stories, and movies written about it than does Baseball.
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So if people write the same book over and over again, that proves the better sport? OK, that is why our state no one wants to umpire, but everyone wants to be basketball and a football official. The number of books is really helping that cause. And you and I live in the same area where they talk about curses and Billy goats.
Peace