re: OldArmy FightCast Ep 9: "No More Football?!...."

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I hear ya. My mom (Michigan alum, as you know), actually says the same thing--the rush to crown a true national champion has devalued the accomplishment of winning one's conference. She can't remember who was named AP #1, but she remembers the years UM won the Big Ten. I can definitely understand that side of the argument as well.

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Its weird because if you go back and look at past games from the early 90's you can see people used to care deeply about winning the SWC to get to the coveted Cotton Bowl. People used to take bags of cotton during the texas game and throw them in the air if the Ags beat Texas and secured the SWC championship.


In our time in college, the cotton bowl was usually considered a consolation prize. Its weird to think college football used to be so regionalized.