It’s been discussed, but I got kinda sad today thinking about my decline in CFB devotion

For most of my life as a fan, I’d wake up and watch every hour of college gameday. I could name every starter on the team and most big starters on teams in the conference and top teams nationally. I’d buy piles of the preseason magazines. I’d check bleacher report and cfn.com daily during the summer to see if they uploaded their predictions.

Now, I couldn’t even name every starter on my own team.

Part of me thinks it was going to happen regardless of Michigan’s decline. Because I’m losing interest in general. It happened gradually to the point I didn’t notice it until it became so apparent.

I am struggling to understand why it happened. I don’t think getting older is the answer, because I know plenty of guys up there in years who are still absolutely obsessed and could tell you anything.

I’m going to try to become a Superfan again this year, but it is a weird feeling having to force myself to do it.

I mean, I remember back when I would be like a kid on Christmas morning on the Thursday before opening Saturday, when some random teams would be playing and i would watch every second.

Seeing stadiums get less occupied year by year is discouraging.


I want to be a zealot again