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Topic: SI: College Football's Best Traditions

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SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« on: August 19, 2019, 10:34:59 PM »
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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2019, 10:57:13 PM »
That list is a joke.

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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2019, 11:03:04 PM »
Yeah I'm pretty surprised Oregon's uniforms and the USF Bull handsign didn't make that list of highly regarded "college football traditions"...


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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2019, 11:18:43 PM »
I do think it's odd that Ralphie is in it but Bevo isn't.

Maybe because Ralphie is a COW?

I'll point for the record that this is the same publication that ranked OU behind Tennessee and Penn State for all-time greatest programs.

Maybe this list was to make amends.
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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2019, 11:19:33 PM »
Ralphie does cardio.  BEVO is a couch potato.
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2019, 11:22:38 PM »
I'm kind of sure online "journalists" are by and large just trolls now.  Anything to get clicks - outrage causes the most traffic, so post anything and everything that draws someone's ire.  Sigh.
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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2019, 11:31:36 PM »
Zactly.

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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2019, 11:53:41 PM »
The medium might have changed, but the sensationalism really hasn't.  Ever hear the term "yellow journalism?"  "Spanish-American War ring any bells?"  That was over 100 years ago.

Same as it ever was.

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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2019, 12:01:29 AM »
sad, but true
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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2019, 05:04:02 AM »
The medium might have changed, but the sensationalism really hasn't.  Ever hear the term "yellow journalism?"  "Spanish-American War ring any bells?"  That was over 100 years ago.

Same as it ever was.
What is sensational about a list?

Or is it that we can’t stop reading lists, and therefore companies provide us with what we want?

(I mean, I might quibble with the order, but outside No. 10, there are nine generally classic traditions in there. My school’s is not, and I’m super fine with it)

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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2019, 05:59:44 AM »
Lists (rankings) attract clicks.  It's sports, so it's not truly "sensational" in a sense that it matters.  I favor the notion that sportswriters are on line trolls often as not.  I couldn't mention one I respect, but I don't really read very much of what anyone writes.

Folks get upset with GameDay.  I just stopped watching, with rare exceptions.  I never got upset but there were times I found myself taking their predictions seriously.

The exceptions are when I'm really really bored.

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« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2019, 06:35:45 AM »
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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2019, 06:48:16 AM »
Wouldn't a tradition perhaps need to be "traditional", as in, it's been around a few months at least?  Maybe even decades?

Things change.

I think perhaps a more useful list would be "cool things to see and do at every venue".  If you're lucky enough to see a game at X, here's what you should try and see/do.

I was at a game in Knoxville and I had not really preplanned anything, we just wondered around a bit and didn't see much, yes, the boats on the river were pretty neat but that was about it. I should have spent a bit of prep time checking out what there was to do/see.

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Re: SI: College Football's Best Traditions
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2019, 07:02:51 AM »
Knoxville wasn't all that, to me. Granted, I did not go to the game, but the "scene" didn't do much for me.
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