I love the marching bands, too! One of my kids was at the Michigan game yesterday and I watched ND last night. Hoping to get to a couple of college games in person- I’m all about a good tailgate 
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Me too! Watched the NU marching band yesterday while they were practicing!
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I had my purdue sweatshirt on; maybe I’m the jinx 
This was the only reason I was watching a game!
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I follow Ohio State because I grew up in Columbus, and USC because I’m an alum. Being a Bay Area resident, I’m very unhappy with USC going to the Big 10 unless Stanford and Cal end up going along. I kinda follow Toledo and Middle Tennessee State because my kids went there.
I don’t understand them joining the Big Ten. Oh yea, Money… But I would also like the Big Ten to be Ten schools…
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I found Penn State joining to the Big Ten to be a stretch, and then came Rutgers and Maryland. Now, we have USC and UCLA - just doesn’t feel right. But I am an old foggie.
On a brighter note, NU beat UN in Dublin last week. While not a season made, it’s a good start. Would have attended if I weren’t in Japan.
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To me the Big Ten was always Midwestern mentality, hard work and friendliness growing up. You always knew you were mostly going to get a good game out of Big Ten teams. I don’t know how their going to have teams play on the west coast then be back in the Midwest for school. These are student athletes. I think sometimes we forget their students.
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Agreed. I was thinking the same about Rutgers vs UCLA games, come 2024.
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You can’t make this horrible football list up. Our family’s alma maters are:
Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Stanford, Arizona, and Virginia Tech. We lived in Bloomington, so Indiana is Top 6 as well.
A good weekend is literally 2 wins! I challenge anyone to have that bad of a Top 6 to cheer for.
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Right there with you on Vanderbilt. We’re long-time, long-suffering season ticket holders. At least we’re starting this season 2-0 before Wake comes to town next weekend
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The LSU/Florida State game was a humdinger!
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I mentioned S’s school joining the Big 10, but as a person who grew up in Illinois I am known to refer to the 10 original schools as the “real Big 10”.
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Ooo…right there with you regarding Virginia Tech. It’s spouse’s alma mater so we loosely follow them. There is a lot more yelling at the tv when we watch them play. I’d love to visit Blacksburg for a game though.
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The Badgers got off to a solid start, though it was against Illinois State – so the result was expected. We’ll learn more next week against Washington State, a 1A team with a pulse.
The D preserved a shutout and Mertz (QB) and Braelon Allen (RB) looked great. Allen is a beast – the next great Badger tailback.
My ND alum huaband was sad to see ND lose…but happy to see LSU go down (not that he holds a grudge LOL).
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I don’t want to post our list, but, trust me, we’ve got you beat. A DIII school for starters, a horrible DI program AND Vanderbilt is there, too. In good news, dh and I have both worked at UT, the real one, so that’s what we claim as our college football allegiance. I’ve watched the 2006 Rose Bowl an embarrassing number of times.
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The game day atmosphere in Blacksburg is fantastic even when the Hokies are this bad.
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Any team that makes those flea infested mountain cats run for their dear lives gets my 
. So go Badgers. 
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That’s one of the things that makes VT great - the Hokie spirit and love for the school runs deep!
They lost so many players and have almost a whole new coaching staff. They’ve got to do a lot of rebuilding - let’s just hope it’s not a “rebuilding decade”!