Does anyone else find the rant toxic, but not toxic enough to leave?

I’ve been reading this board since 2007 when I was just a young lad. Of course it took me a few years to make an account, one which I eventually lost the password to and created this one.

when I was younger I would read this board 24/7. It seemed to me that although there were tons of “college football fans” in real life, the amount of people who actually knew most of their respected teams depth chart, or had very much knowledge about the sport itself were few and far between, so when I was itching to read or talk football with more knowledgeable fans, this was the place to go.

Now I don’t know how much this site has changed since that time, or if my perception of this site has just changed as I grew older, but it seems to me now that message boards like this actually take the fun out enjoying the sport itself. Instead of appreciating the season on a game to game basis, everything is always about the future.

“If our offense only scored this many points against (insert team) then imagine how horrible it will do against (insert better team”

And although I usually agree with a lot of posts like this, it just seems like it is taking the fun out of college football for me. I used to think that college football was just this bizarre unexplainable game, where anything could happen on any given day. But now any play that doesn’t go our way is (insert coach)’s fault, and no matter what happens, big changes are always needed RIGHT NOW or we will face HORRIBLE consequences. And you know what? These people are probably right, to some extent. But I feel like a lot of people on this board are unhappy with their lives and they use this site as some sort of outlet to vent that unhappiness, and after reading the rant for 20 minutes, I feel unhappy myself.

Yet I keep coming back, day after day, because the rare content on here which is informative and rational makes it somehow worth it.

TLDR: I think a lot of you need help. It’s just a fricking game.