re: How different has your love for college football changed from now to a year ago?

It means a lot less without the fans in the stands.
I still enjoyed watching games, but didn’t get near the emotional high or low from wins and losses. It was roughly on par with how I feel about NFL regular season games. Between the opt-outs, the lack of crowds, shortened season, no marquee OOC games, and a lot of familiar faces missing from bowl season, it just felt less than.