Go SMU!

I like college football, I'm not a diehard fan but I like the whole festive nature of it. I like the sounds and the way 8 minutes of playing actually takes 30 minutes. I like the tailgate food and beer. It feels like a little vacation to sit around and watch something that's so slow yet so fast.
I grew up in Tennessee, so by default I always cheer for the Vols. I think it's some unwritten rule that if you're raised there you have to secretly hope they win. So then I went to SMU for college. Remember the awesome National Championship team they had? The dynasty? Death penalty put an end to that and we became a school with a champion swim team. It was a great college experience. It was a bit effing expensive, though not for me (Scholarship!). It was a beautiful campus, no doubt. J. Crew even did photo shoots there. But the one thing we lacked was morale. No one went to the football games. No one sported the team flag or team colors. No spirit. Our cheerleaders were even somber.
Which leads to now... I really wish I could get more excited about my alma mater. On Cam's birthday this year, SMU came to town and played UAB. AND WON. And are now #1 in their crappy conference. I was feeling good about this.
Then at the drug store the other day in my SMU t-shirt, an older man asked me if SMU had a football team now because of the death penalty. I told him yes, then in a moment of pride I said "And they even beat UAB this year!"
His reply was "Who is UAB?"

Damnit. I thought we were making strides.