Polll . . .

I scored 34 points in the Riboff. The next closest competitor had 21. The next closest competitor had 15. The next closest competitor had 4. The next closest competitor had 2.

I’ve been about a 6.8 on average the past few years. For this time of year. As the season approaches, I quit second guessing and get up to about 8.2

I’m a steady 4.1 right now though. The least I’ve cared ever in my life.

Playoffs!!!

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scored 34 points in the Riboff.

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Debunked and unsubstantiated claims of vote rigging.

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Lack of quality home games and the playoff system being a bummer.

They continue to take the joy/benefit from being a 30 year season ticket holder.

Pay for play and trade have taken some of the luster off being a “team”

If your team is #1 in the polls to start the season and your quarterback is the Heisman favorite, yet you have a hard time mustering up much enthusiasm, it may be time to find a new damn hobby.

Bow season starts in a month. Try Wordle.

10 - I like the hard schedule so I'm looking forward to great games. With this top Oline and an terrific RBs to complement Beck's passing the team will be very hard to defend.

Do we have the hardest schedule in the country?

@Bama
@Texas
@JAX

Plus Clemson, which is at noon for some reason?

We should still make the 37 team playoff even with an L or 2.

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On a scale of 1 thru 10 , how excited are you for this college football season (compared to previous seasons) ?

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probably an 8ish. As we get further into summer and closer to kickoff the number always gets higher. I'm sure it'll be a 9/10 OVERALL by Labor day weekend.

The "compared to previous seasons" is a massive caveat. For starters, it's hard to really replicate that anticipation and giddy feeling that you had as a younger person, almost like that feeling on Christmas eve where you're so happy and excited you can hardly sit still. it's a lot different feeling as an 18 year old compared to 38. We've also been so wildly successful lately that that ever-lingering "maybe this might finally be our year!??" question is gone. One of the main reasons that your stomach got all butterfly-y back in the days is no more so that takes a little edge off, I htink.

And finally, not to beat this drum more than I have a million times already, but the game simply isn' the same. I'm not naive enough or dumb enough to think that the players and the sport has alwasy been as white as the driven snow. But hell it wasn't THAT long ago that guys truly did go to your alma mater because they thought it was a great place and wanted to win there. Some guys, believe it or not, actually wantd to show out for their home state! Whereas nowadays most people are sipmly short term mercenaries pimping themselves out to the highest bidder, with no guaratnee they'll even be on the roster the following year. Utterly retarded conference realignments, pointless and unncessary playoff expansion, more ads, more commercials, more rule changes, rivalries being erased, etc. It just feels like NFL-lite which kinda sucks. There's a reason myself and millions of others have always gravitated more towads NCAAF instead of the NFL most of which are now gone.

Anyywaaaayyyys.....I do still love the dawgs though and am ready to see em in action again.

I'm @ an 8. There so much that's different and so many great games that I can't go lower.

Prolly bout a 6...

Had 2 season tix (331, row1 seats 3,4) for 39 years, and 2 in (117, row 25, 14,15) for 22yrs, then I retired to the beach...

The money grind and so many hands held out for donations along with my son not being able to use my tix for games I didnt wanna go to with the grandkids due to kids sports etc made my decision kinda easy...

This was even before the NIL/Portal bullshite started.

That's when my give a shite meter went South. Still watch the Dawg sports, FB, BB, Baseball and always will, but no mo money from me, not following recruiting as much as before etc...

Sorry for the long post...