Wolfy, since you are a yankee I don\'t expect you to understand the allure of college football... the SEC in particular. See, here in Alabama, there are no professional teams at all... college football is it, and people take it extremely seriously... and from from a very young age. I can\'t tell you how many gradeschool playground fights occur because of where you sit on the "Auburn vs Alabama" fence. It\'s crazy.
Every Saturday in the fall, Auburn goes from a college town of around 50K people to the 3rd largest city in the state. Our stadium, which hold close to 88,000 people, has been sold out for every game in the last 20 years. Tennessee\'s Stadium is the same as far as sellouts, but it now holds over 100,000 people. RV\'s begin arriving on the Wednesday before a big game, and by Friday, you have to climb over bbq grills and kegs if you want to get to class. The atmosphere is like no other sporting event in the country.
No professional sports team can even come close to that level of fan participation. Hell, 90% of baseball games (your favorite sport) don\'t even fill half of the seats in the stadium!
Yeah, Auburn got screwed (although there is still a small chance to have a split title), but I will still be at every home game next year, and the next year, and the next year, until I am one of the old folks in my Prevost bus getting to campus on Wednesdays!
And Leith, need I remind you that USC is in the PAC 10.... the Auburn Highschool team could go undefeated in that conference, so don\'t talk too much shit.