[HardStarboard]

I had no skin in the game...once lived in Kansas City but went to what is now a big 12 school...Colorado.

Was rooting for Kansas....but Kansas came (expecting) to win and Missouri came to play. Happens every time....

So I lost on Kansas, and Kentucky but won on Texas A&M and Arkansas....

Great weekend of football! The level of play is incredible. It's an order of magnitude better than the late 50's, early 60's when I was in school.

[BOBWADE]

It was a great game. My fingernails will need more than a week to recover from tonight, lol

[Biggirl]

It has been a great weekend for college football, though my UConn Huskies lost, AR won, and USC won.

[jammer]

It's an order of magnitude better than the late 50's, early 60's when I was in school.

Your experience and analysis is very similar to mine. One reason for that your quoted statement is true, I suspect, is that during that time period, athletes were all expected to read and be "college material." Now college football is simply a farm system for the NFL, and we have many semi-sentient people playing.