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College Football Was Made For Students. Are They Now Extras in a TV Show?
"Game was clearly not an event built with the students’ interest in mind at all.”
Steve Ulrich
September 10, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH
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1. College Football Was Made For Students. Are They Now Extras in a TV Show?
“When did you fall in love with college football? When did it really grab you and never let go?
Maybe it was when you were a kid, something you inherited from a parent or absorbed from friends. In central Illinois, where I grew up, the only sports team within two hours was Illinois, and all the games were shown live on the local CBS affiliate. They might as well have been the New York Yankees.
But I bet a lot of you had your breakthrough moment with college football for a much simpler reason: You went to school there.”
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