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Unless UT or USC lose, something tells me VT will be the third wheel as Auburn was last year. Personally, I would rather have VT/USC in the Rose Bowl than UT, but I have a hunch. Unless Brown reverts to his usual position as Stoop's whipping boy again this week. (the Red River Shootout is this Saturday, right?)
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Yup Gold Duck, the Red River Rivalry game is Saturday in Dallas. But having seen OU so far this season, I'm skeptical that they'll pull a victory this time.</p>
<p>It's not even going to be a game, Texas should whip them easily this year. Talk about diverging fortunes, Texas on its way to the top, Oklahoma on its way down and rebuilding.</p>
<p>Yeah, UT should win handily. It's just that in rivalry games, especially ones like the Red River Shootout, strange things are can happen.</p>
<p>Gold duck - my highschool's games were on saturday for fresh, soph, and most of junior year due to our ghetto lack of stadium lights. the night games weren't much fun either, though, once the novelty of the pretty glow of the new fourescent lights wore off. i remember they yelled at our xc team for stretching of their field. i suppose we should have yelled at them every friday when they walked across our track!</p>
<p>i think that other sports are a lot more interesting and don't understand why football has to be such a big deal.</p>
<p>i'll try and change my attitude about football when i go to college, though :-D.</p>
<p>I wouldn't know who to cheer for if it was UT/USC! My loyalities as a Newporter lie with SC, but I have a love affair with the Longhorns because my boyfriend's from TX.</p>
<p>I think having a D1 football team adds a really valuable element of school spirit that shouldn't be discounted. It's something many students can gather together for, a major social event, a place to show pride in your school and your team. It and all other sports bring the student body together in a way no other event really could. It also gives you the chance to "follow" your school after graduation by watching games and rubbing it in your friend's faces when your team beats theirs. It's like a lifelong connection to your alma mater.</p>
<p>If by the Yankees being "more exciting" you mean they win more, yea i'll give you that. Winning the division every year is hardly exciting, more like you know what is going to happen every year.</p>
<p>And as for soccer, I understand, kind of. Brazil is amazing to watch on the soccer field, but I still don't root for them. You can appreciate something without cheering for it.</p>
<p>Gold Duck! the game is not a shootout! Bow to the world of political correctness! =/</p>
<p>I too hated college football until I came to USC. Now I realize how truly amazing it is. There is nothing like it. You just don't get that kind of emotion in the NFL.</p>
<p>And while I know it doesn't make for a better college education, I believe it does make for a better college experience (well, for me and a lot of my fellow Trojans, at least). It is something to look forward to, and something that makes me happy. There is just something special about dressing up in cardinal and gold on Saturdays during the Fall, and seeing thousands of fans together on campus, barbequing and laughing and meeting one another. All the tradition and history is amazing to be a part of. I can't imagine college without it.</p>
<p>I totally agree with uschicka. Before attending USC this year I could count the number of football games I had been to on one hand. Now I have gone to every home game and watched every away game. I never expected it to be like that. Watching the game on Saturday vs Notre Dame was one of the most amazing experienced ever. (By the way, I do feel sorry for you guy, you played really well). The atmosphere on campus after the game was incredible. First of all, everyone everywhere was screaming for the last three minutes. Then everyone started running around campus screaming. Shouts of fight on came from every window. It sounds really corny, and last year I would have scoffed at this, but now I'm just glad to be a part of it.
I do understand the feeling people have about football scholarships etc., but obviously my school does not have to charge the students more to pay for the football team. It easily pays for itself.</p>
<p>Yeah, and here's an updated take from the LA Times on what themegastud wrote awhile back:</p>
<p>"USC's athletic department balanced its budget for the third year in a row according to a report all schools are required to file as part of the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act of 1994. USC reported total expenses and revenues of $60,732,435, an increase of $7.7 million from the previous year. The football program generated $29.2 million in revenues on expenses of $16.7 million."</p>
<p>Oh, and the screaming and cheering after the game? Amazing. I definitely was a part of it. (At the climax of the game, I told my roommate and her boyfriend that I would run down the hallway of my apt screaming if we won- well, you know what happened. :) )</p>