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<blockquote data-quote="BashCtIllini" data-source="post: 1949056" data-attributes="member: 748491"><p>I don't really follow football that closely anymore. I was there at all the games during my stint in Champaign, cheering loud and obnoxious. My roommates drove to Miami for the MicronPC.com bowl. I drove to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. I'm a huge sports fan. But when we went through 18 years where we won 4 games a year on average, kinda made me say it's not worth it. Also you do know we have a basketball team too right, discussion is one board over. I have way more interest in our basketball program that our football program. </p><p></p><p>Being a sports fan is a strange thing. We choose a team for whatever reason, and then we just stick with them forever (well most fans). If they stink, you just keep liking them. If they bring in a terrible coach, you just keep liking them. If you win 4 games a year for 18 years, you just keep liking them. You are basically inviting pain into your life voluntarily if you root for a bad program. And Illini football is a very bad program by all objective measures. </p><p></p><p>I certainly haven't changed my allegiance to anyone else. But I also don't enjoy watching losses, and certainly don't feel obligated to watch bad football because I got my degree from Illinois. If they can't create a product that draws interest, aside from blind loyalty, then they haven't earned that attention from anyone but the diehards. And hell, I was a diehard, but decades, not years, decades, or ineptitude eroded that. That's just reality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BashCtIllini, post: 1949056, member: 748491"] I don't really follow football that closely anymore. I was there at all the games during my stint in Champaign, cheering loud and obnoxious. My roommates drove to Miami for the MicronPC.com bowl. I drove to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. I'm a huge sports fan. But when we went through 18 years where we won 4 games a year on average, kinda made me say it's not worth it. Also you do know we have a basketball team too right, discussion is one board over. I have way more interest in our basketball program that our football program. Being a sports fan is a strange thing. We choose a team for whatever reason, and then we just stick with them forever (well most fans). If they stink, you just keep liking them. If they bring in a terrible coach, you just keep liking them. If you win 4 games a year for 18 years, you just keep liking them. You are basically inviting pain into your life voluntarily if you root for a bad program. And Illini football is a very bad program by all objective measures. I certainly haven't changed my allegiance to anyone else. But I also don't enjoy watching losses, and certainly don't feel obligated to watch bad football because I got my degree from Illinois. If they can't create a product that draws interest, aside from blind loyalty, then they haven't earned that attention from anyone but the diehards. And hell, I was a diehard, but decades, not years, decades, or ineptitude eroded that. That's just reality. [/QUOTE]
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