Your College Football Team

[scoscox]

Those Xavier jerseys with the sword down the side of the pants look awesome

[ecasadoSBU]

I know the Big East is an NFL conference and the Pack, Bears, Colts, Bengals, Pats, Jets, Giants, Skins are your teams, but who do you root for on Saturdays?

Stony Brook Seawolves football, my alma mater. I do my best to attend 5+ games a year

Besides Stony, I support UConn football (wife's alma mater)

[Xudash]

Ha! BOOM.

It's about time Paul.

[sju88grad]

Michigan. Graduated high school with Jumbo Elliott who played for Michigan and then my NY Giants.

[MullinMayhem]

Stever voted 4x for UConn. Bravo finding out a way to do that!

[Django]

I know the Big East is an NFL conference and the Pack, Bears, Colts, Bengals, Pats, Jets, Giants, Skins are your teams, but who do you root for on Saturdays?

Forgot the Eagles, apologies to our Philly bros

[Savannah Jay]

I pull for Georgia (not live and die like Creighton or Cubs but root for them)...I've lived here since 1995 and have/do work with quite a few UGA grads, including the guy who's family owns UGA and takes the pooch to the games on Saturdays.

Athens is a beautiful place to be on Saturdays in the fall. I don't go up for games much anymore (it's a solid 4 hour drive) but if you love college football and have never been to an SEC game, I highly recommend doing it, particularly if you can get to Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, Athens, Oxford, Fayetteville, Columbia, Gainesville (or catch UGA/UF in Jacksonville)...pretty much any of them although i'd say I am not sure i'd go to a game at Miss State...those damn cow bells that they ring constantly would be incentive to not go in the stadium.

[HoopDreams]

Notre Dame... its where I got my Masters Degree and it's also Chicago's College Football team.

[Xudash]

I pull for Georgia (not live and die like Creighton or Cubs but root for them)...I've lived here since 1995 and have/do work with quite a few UGA grads, including the guy who's family owns UGA and takes the pooch to the games on Saturdays.

Athens is a beautiful place to be on Saturdays in the fall. I don't go up for games much anymore (it's a solid 4 hour drive) but if you love college football and have never been to an SEC game, I highly recommend doing it, particularly if you can get to Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, Athens, Oxford, Fayetteville, Columbia, Gainesville (or catch UGA/UF in Jacksonville)...pretty much any of them although i'd say I am not sure i'd go to a game at Miss State...those damn cow bells that they ring constantly would be incentive to not go in the stadium.

Great post.

I live in Jacksonville now. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is something to behold. It's like an in-season bowl game between conference rivals. An NFL stadium that has thousands of additional temporary seats built into it, then it is literally split right down the middle: 50/50 ticket distributions to FL and GA. Forget that the game takes place on Saturday. RV's start rolling in from all over the previous Monday to create a city close to the stadium. Parties every night. The parties on Friday night are legendary.

Otherwise, though I still have to knock it off the bucket list, a trip to Oxford for the Grove and an Ole Miss game is a must for a college football purist. It's been called "the Holy Grail of tailgating sites". As many as 100,000 fans pack the area. Most of the tents are set up by professional tailgate vendors and not the students or families themselves. Many tents are set up with fine kitchenware, with lots of lace and designer doilies, fine china, chandeliers, sterling silver or silver-plated candelabras, etc. Sunday best attire.

Finally, UGA is a riot - - the mascot, not the school. The Seiler's pamper that dog to no end. Although last year's meet and great with BEVO almost didn't turn out so well.

[_lh]

My grandfather and father were Notre Dame fans, so my brother and I grew up as Notre Dame fans too. But when the Irish ditched the Big East back in 2012, i've lost a lot of interest in them.

I still get pissed thinking about Rocket Ismail's punt return flag in the 91 Orange Bowl and the 93 season where FSU was handed the title though they lost to the Irish 2 games earlier. But i watched the recent Irish blowout playoff loss really with no emotion.

I'm like a fan without a team. I always root for Navy and if they were in the poll i'd select the Midshipmen. I like UCLA cuz of my cousins in California. Wife is a Georgia Tech alum but i can't root for an ACC team. And now i will pull for UConn to with their return to the BE.

I guess the answer is "it's compllicated".

Rocket is my all time favorite college football player. I was a ND fan prior to him but just barely and have been ever since. I don't root for the Irish in any other sport though and find most ND fans to be pretty obnoxious but no more so than Ohio State, UC, IU, UK and Louisville fans I encounter around my house.