SEC Football Question for Harry

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I think it's because they want to get rested up for their rivalry games the next weekend.

But I agree, we as a conference should cut out FCS games altogether. We already (correctly) feast on the Sun Belt and CUSA schools enough. And maybe we could mandate no OOC games in November.

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Believe it or not this isn't directed at you in particular Bushie, though your comment reminded me of this issue I have...am I wrong to think it a violation for someone to like a team from a collegiate institution they didn't attend?

The most classic examples I can think of in my personal experience are a) Notre Dame fans, and  b) people who attended Penn State satellite campuses but love the main campus football team and do the whole "we are Penn State" schtick.  It's sort of related to, I didn't attend large relatively local public (or even only game in town private school) institution X but i like them anyway...which again, sorry Bushie, I also have a problem with.

More borderline is the old..."well my brother/sister/parent went there" rationale. 

Am I alone in this?  (GET OFF MY LAWN KIDS)

No, you are not alone.

If you didn't go to college or went to a dinky liberal arts college or a podunk state school that nobody cares about, well, they play pro football on Sundays - pick a team and throw yourself into that.

College football is a lot more interesting and compelling than the NFL, though. The NFL is so ... sterile. The NFL will never break your heart.

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An NFL team loses a game and it's "meh, whatever." There is so much parity that even the good teams lose 3-4 times a year and even Super Bowl champions have been known to lose 7 times in the same season.

In college football, you probably can't lose more than once and expect to make the playoff, and once might be too many. Case in point, the 4-6 Saints may be more likely (based on objective probability) to make the NFL playoffs than the 10-1 Mississippi State Bulldogs, whose only loss is by 5 on the road at the team ranked #1.

I was sick to my stomach for days when we blew it against Alabama. I shrugged off yet another Saints loss and continued on with my life.