[CardinalSagehen]

Good to see you YCF, and I agree.  I think college football generally has become less fun and more money driven.  And Stanford has had to keep up with the Jones', to the detriment of its players.  I'm still interested, and still like to post in this community, and want to support our players, but outcomes are mattering less and less

BC

Perhaps I'm less aware of the big picture of college football and the impacts on the players. It's enough for me to know that the Stanford program (in particular) puts highly valuable degrees in the hands of more young men than would otherwise have access to them.  

Concussions are harder to watch than they were 10 years ago, but banning or neutering football would seem like an overreaction.   

I also care less about the outcomes these days. For me, this is probably just a normal reaction to the reasonable expectation that the team is not going to be extraordinarily good. It's still sweet when we pull out unexpected wins, such as the last two games against UW. If the team improves, my level of expectations and energy will probably ratchet back up. In the meanwhile, I'm still watching and following closely...

[CardinalSagehen]

Good to see you YCF, and I agree.  I think college football generally has become less fun and more money driven.  And Stanford has had to keep up with the Jones', to the detriment of its players.  I'm still interested, and still like to post in this community, and want to support our players, but outcomes are mattering less and less

BC

Perhaps I'm less aware of the big picture of college football and the impacts on the players. It's enough for me to know that the Stanford program (in particular) puts highly valuable degrees in the hands of more young men than would otherwise have access to them.  

Concussions are harder to watch than they were 10 years ago, but banning or neutering football would seem like an overreaction.   

I also care less about the outcomes these days. For me, this is probably just a normal reaction to the reasonable expectation that the team is not going to be extraordinarily good. It's still sweet when we pull out unexpected wins, such as the last two games against UW. If the team improves, my level of expectations and energy will probably ratchet back up. In the meanwhile, I'm still watching and following closely...