tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1951954511117454000..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: What A Difference A Year MakesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18015296559391778352019-08-05T07:21:12.605-04:002019-08-05T07:21:12.605-04:00One of the great culture shocks of my life was mov...One of the great culture shocks of my life was moving from Dorchester and Northeastern University to West Lafayette and Purdue. That was 1966, the last year of the great Bob Griese, almost a Heisman winner. And there was college football at its most intense. A game was a whole day celebration. Even the evening before was taken up with all sorts of celebrations.<br /><br />After a couple of years in upstate New York at Union College (a real treat), I rejoined the B1G at Ohio State, and served out my career there. Again the intensity of big time college sports is amazing. Each game is important. Traditions and some rivalries go back 130 years. Stadiums are huge, much bigger than pro stadiums. There are about six college stadiums that hold over 100,000 people. And usually they fill up, at least if the team is any good.<br /><br />Nowadays, retired, I watch college football and the Patriots. Haven't watched a baseball game for years; never liked basketball of hockey.<br /><br />It's a shame there are no good college football teams in NE. BC was real good at one time. It's also a shame all the state schools in NY and NE are bad. In the Midwest and Pacific coast and even in the South and Southwest, many of the big state universities are every bit as good academically as the Ivies. Texas, Berkeley, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina and many others are academically superb.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.com