re: Living in Colorado, nobody gives a shite football isn't being played out here

lived in phoenix for 6 years the reason that westerners don't care about college sports is that nobody that lives in the west grew up in the west most grew up in the midwest and in the northeastern corridor.

this manifest itself in a lot of odd outcomes, for instance the diamondbacks couldn't draw a crowd vs. the dodgers, but if the mets, dodgers, philly's, red sox's, cubs or white sox's come to town they'll sell out the stadium.

two of the largest nfl fan clubs in the nation are in phoenix, but they're for the steelers and the cheif's! my son's high school football fight song was "on wisconsin". portillo's is a chicago institution (i lived in chicagoland for 4 years) they're famous for the beef sandwiches, vienna beef hot dogs and maxwell street polish sausages. when i lived there they were the second largest privately held fast food chain behind only "in and out burger" they always resisted moving beyond illinois (quality concerns) now have 3 locations in phoenix and two in california and two in florida.

it's not that Coloradans don't care about football, they just don't care about Colorado football.

also the time difference has always been a problem for the pac12