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Good for him. He made it to the Super Bowl. Dianna Russini threw herself at him. Life has not changed much since high school.

The fall of NASCAR is sad. It had so much momentum in the 90s and early this century. The stages and the changes they made ruined it. F1 has continued to grow globally. There is so much to like about stock car racing, but NASCAR fricked up.

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Mexican War,

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There was considerable opposition to the Mexican-American War by Northern States and abolitionists. It was seen by many as a war to spread slavery.

When you look at ratings, Michigan State and Indiana State is still the most watched college basketball game in history.

The potential is there. With so many good athletes in Southern California they could return to glory in FB and even baseball if they built a new stadium. I know many think because of their high Asian American student population they don't "care" about sports, but that is changing. When you are talking about second and third generation immigrants and beyond sports become important. I'm sure first generation Jewish, Italian, and Irish immigrants didn't pay that much attention to sports, but you'd be surprised at how many kids with Jewish, Italian, Irish and other heritages really, really give a shite about Michigan football and sports.

The hate started with Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley, but it was not the total hate we see now. A lot people were thankful they beat the Fab Five. Then Coach K was seen as building a model program, but through time it appears that Duke was not just a good school with a great basketball program, it became a good school with entitled fans, a fawning media backing and covering everything up for them.

He's come a long way from monitoring study hall for athletes in Coates Hall.

I don't think its hate of Purdue. It's just that they have been overshadowed by other Big Ten programs. Ok, three Final Fours compared to MSU with 10 (2 National Titles), Ohio State with 10 (1 Title) Indiana with 8 (5 Titles), and Michigan with 6 (1 Title). These final fours and national championships have been through decades. MSU has final fours in the 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s. Indian under Branch McCracken and Bobby Knight have 5 titles in the 1940s, 1950s, 1970s and 1980s.

How many does Purdue have?

Gene Keady was well respected by his peers. Purdue basketball is easy to dislike. They have huge chips on their shoulders. They have the most Big Ten regular season championships, the school of John Wooden, and yet they are completely overshadowed by Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and now UCLA. Purdue has zero final fours in school history and yet we are led to believe that Rick Mount is like Magic Johnson by them.