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Please help. I’m losing my grip on being a huge college football fan.

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by Finlake48, Sep 10, 2024.

  1. Finlake48

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    Guys..Please help. I’m losing my grip on being a huge college football fan. NIL was a huge blow. I’m a man walking in the desert searching for water (a refuge ) something to turn the tide back in a fan’s favor. Players transferring even after having pretty good success on current team. Michigan clearly bending and braking rules to get on top. Who has the most money and who is willing to cheat. Then you have the Notre Dame game where the line judge CLEARLY cheated. I mean not even close. Fortunately the football gods wanted Northern Illinois to win. I’m hanging on just by cheering for the colors..but I swear to God if our coach allows circumstances that make DJ transfer…I don’t know if I can take it. Please give me good news! Something else to hang on to. Haha
     
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    Just jump
     
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  4. Finlake48

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    Thx. Big help. Haha
     
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  5. Finlake48

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    I said I needed it
     
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  7. CHFG8R

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    EPL. We get more games than the English do and the environments remind me of The Swamp in the 90s. Real, fan-driven passion. It's now my favorite sport.
     
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  8. Finlake48

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    Oooh EFL. Took me a second haha. I could try I guess
     
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  10. tommyvee

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    They (meaning the power brokers of college football) will fix it. It’s not NIL that’s ruining the game, it’s the no recourse on transferring as many times as you want and the ability to play immediately.

    I need to look into this ND cheating line judge that you are talking about.
     
  11. Skink

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    The integrity of college football officiating has been in the toilet since before The Swindle. You’d think such a glaring exposure of cheating and bias would have sparked some major changes - like doing away with conference-affiliated refs for starters. But nothing has changed. It’s as crooked as it ever was. There’s no price to pay when they get caught. Of course the gold standard for crooked refs will always be The Swindle
     
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  12. CHFG8R

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    Yeah, with 50x the crowd, no piped in music (because they don't need fake hype), no commercials and fans running the entire show. Not dilettantes giggling and playing with their phones (College Football now).
     
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    It's mostly free. You get 5 or so games a weekend and they're all over by noon. Beats lame ass pre-game shows.
     
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    Hey I happen to like jiggling debutantes.
     
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  15. Finlake48

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    Ooh perhaps I embellished a touch on the Line judge thing haha. But I do think it was a very bad call. Sure..I’d be interested on what you think. It’s on YouTube. Look for the highlight's..it will say “Northern Illinois announcers” in the title or something close.
     
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  16. CHFG8R

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    There aren't any debs in the Swamp anymore. Place is a funeral parlor compared to the SOS years (pre phones). People just chatting and talking and playing with their phones. If you wanted to "have a conversation" back in the day you had to cup your hands and shout in the ear of the person next to you.
     
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    it also isn’t a safe space for those tired of college players transferring. Players switch teams all the time…transferred, loaned, signed, borrowered, what have you. I was very surprised at how much player movement there is.
     
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