tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post115742999485384397..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: Why I won't give up on college football.Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1157797185900711632006-09-09T06:19:00.000-04:002006-09-09T06:19:00.000-04:00I'll take college ball any day, especially the Big...I'll take college ball any day, especially the Big 10. GO HAWKEYES!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562964185010133679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1157711273262908922006-09-08T06:27:00.000-04:002006-09-08T06:27:00.000-04:00Early on the Hornets sold out every season and led...Early on the Hornets sold out every season and led the league for more than two years in attendance. <BR/><BR/>The Hornets were owned by what we refer to in the south as trash. There were sex scandals, poor roster changes and demand that the taxpayers build him a new arena. Plus Shinn got wealthy at the expense of taxpayers by milking loopholes in the GI Bill from boomers like us. The town got fed up with him and tried to get Shinn to sell the team. <BR/><BR/>Manners and good morals still mattered in Charlotte. So off to riches in New Orleans George went.<BR/><BR/>The league didn’t learn the type of franchise that would work in a southern city and gave the nod to the urban hip hop gangster crowd of Johnson. And the taxpayers built an arena for him against their will and vote.<BR/><BR/>The city has again said no thanks. Where is the entertainment value of street thugs playing ball? <BR/><BR/>College football has never been a tradition here. You can walk up to the gate at Duke during homecoming and buy a good seat and see a bad game. <BR/><BR/>We were fed feeds of Nebraska, Notre Dame, Michigan, and UCLA when I was a kid and the every important Alabama-Auburn match up. <BR/><BR/>Now the Carolina Panthers are a class act with the exceptions of a few domestic murders early on.Reggie Hunnicutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16225585623322034210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-1157581240157621642006-09-06T18:20:00.000-04:002006-09-06T18:20:00.000-04:00This is the reason I gave up on college ball. Too ...This is the reason I gave up on college ball. Too often they are bad match ups and blowouts. <BR/><BR/>You saw a rare game.<BR/><BR/>A 52 to 14 game is no fun which is typical.<BR/><BR/>NFL has much closer games and better match ups.Reggie Hunnicutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16225585623322034210noreply@blogger.com