# College Football Fans: What to do until September? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644 "2012-01-06T17:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/1 "2012-01-06T17:51:54Z")
Now that the end is in sight for the 2011-2012 season and with the long delay until football season cranks up again, how will you be spending your time as it relates to football? Draft? Spring ball? Coaching carousel? Pro football? Other sports? Media days? Recruiting? How can we make the time pass quicker? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/2 "2012-01-06T18:02:50Z")
I still hang out on my team’s message board every day. The discussion topics will be: Recruiting, peaking on LOI day NFL draft (although Cal won’t have anyone in the 1st round this year) Spring ball Endless ranting over who should start at QB next fall ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/3 "2012-01-06T18:24:54Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I still hang out on my team’s message board every day. The discussion topics will be: > > Recruiting, peaking on LOI day > NFL draft (although Cal won’t have anyone in the 1st round this year) > Spring ball > Endless ranting over who should start at QB next fall Yep. Sounds about right in these parts, too. The board for my favorite team goes through all sorts of changes during down time and gets pretty crazy at times. Mocking rivals can be a hoot as well. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/4 "2012-01-06T19:36:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Yep. Sounds about right in these parts, too. The board for my favorite team goes through all sorts of changes during down time and gets pretty crazy at times. > > **Mocking rivals can be a hoot as well.** One of my Canes sites filters Auburn to “That Cow College” and Florida State to “That Clown College for Girls.” Since FSU was originally a women’s college, and they have a major in circus arts or something like that, the CCfG always puts a smile on my face. Anyway…for my cfb fix, it’s recruiting from the conclusion of the BCS-CG until Signing Day. Then a 1-2 month wait for spring ball and the accompanying reports. And then the doldrums. One poster has a 100 day countdown with a different Cane for each day (e.g. Ed Reed when there are 20 days left, Ray Lewis for 52 days, etc.). Once the countdown begins, I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/5 "2012-01-06T19:52:59Z")
> [@mkecane](#): > > One poster has a 100 day countdown with a different Cane for each day (e.g. Ed Reed when there are 20 days left, Ray Lewis for 52 days, etc.). Once the countdown begins, I’m happy. I like that idea! I’ve seen plenty of the countdown clocks until kickoff of the first game, but this is much more clever. As soon as Media Days have passed, there’s an official “Nip Caller” at one of Auburn’s boards whose task is to inform the members when “the nip” has arrived. That’s when the air is just right for football. It usually takes until late August, but the buildup and anticipation is second only to Christmas for kids. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/6 "2012-01-06T20:45:18Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I like that idea! I’ve seen plenty of the countdown clocks until kickoff of the first game, but this is much more clever. One of the Tennessee boards I frequented when we had our home & home with them had a poster who, every day, would find a picture featuring that day’s count down number in some way, and then post that photo as today’s countdown thread (like for example, a picture of Hank Aaron with the caption “44 days until Football Time in Tennessee”) Yeah, too much time on his hands, but pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/7 "2012-01-06T20:54:57Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > One of the Tennessee boards I frequented when we had our home & home with them had a poster who, every day, would find a picture featuring that day’s count down number in some way, and then post that photo as today’s countdown thread (like for example, a picture of Hank Aaron with the caption “44 days until Football Time in Tennessee”) > > Yeah, too much time on his hands, but pretty cool. Neat. I have observed that college football message boards have all sorts of “visitors” and “rivals” posting from time to time. Some come in just for the buildup to a game and others seem to hang out on a regular basis. Do you (any of you) have a favorite “rival board” where you like to follow along with what’s being said? Whose message board seems to have the most consistently high quality posting? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/8 "2012-01-06T21:13:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Do you (any of you) have a favorite “rival board” where you like to follow along with what’s being said? > > Whose message board seems to have the most consistently high quality posting? Both times we played Tennessee it was the first game of the season, so there was lots of time for build up and exchange of views. I still have their site bookmarked, even though we haven’t played them since 2007. I like to lurk mostly, just for anthropological reasons – the brain of the southern football fan is quite different from those of us on the west coast. 🙂 And they were seriously a bunch of cool dudes. (I chime in very occasionally, when a west coast perspective is warranted.) The Texas schools we’ve played this decade…not so much. They really buy into the California = commie hippie queers thing. And surprisingly, so did Michigan State fans. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/9 "2012-01-06T21:21:37Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The Texas schools we’ve played this decade…not so much. They really buy into the California = commie hippie queers thing. And surprisingly, so did Michigan State fans. That’s interesting. Of all the visitors to the Auburn boards in the past few years the Oregon folks were the most pleasant and friendly, especially in the buildup to last year’s BCSCG. But while that’s true, some of the most hateful and bigoted ones I’ve ever seen were also from that region. You can’t generalize and be accurate. It’s an individual by individual sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/10 "2012-01-06T21:24:57Z")
Well, there is the number 1 basketball program til March… and then SU Lacrosse… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/11 "2012-01-06T21:28:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That’s interesting. Of all the visitors to the Auburn boards in the past few years the Oregon folks were the most pleasant and friendly, especially in the buildup to last year’s BCSCG. But while that’s true, some of the most hateful and bigoted ones I’ve ever seen were also from that region. You can’t generalize and be accurate. It’s an individual by individual sort of thing. Naturally. All generalizations are false, including this one…as the saying goes. I would venture that a Pac-10 / SEC match-up tends to bring out the best in both fan bases. It’s a rare event, and the two cultures are so far apart – so everybody has “company manners” on. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/12 "2012-01-06T21:33:55Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Naturally. All generalizations are false, including this one…as the saying goes. > > I would venture that a Pac-10 / SEC match-up tends to bring out the best in both fan bases. It’s a rare event, and the two cultures are so far apart – so everybody has “company manners” on. Quite so. The USCw dynasty of so many years was recognized as such and appreciated as such by most SEC types that I know about. Once that power shifted to Oregon (and others) the same respect was in play. For my money, the amount of chest-beating and bragging that other conferences engage in is much less required when the issue is Pac-10 vs. SEC. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/13 "2012-01-06T21:37:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Now that the end is in sight for the 2011-2012 season and with the long delay until football season cranks up again, how will you be spending your time… Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to mas… jk Seriously, as a die-hard LSU fan, I’m going to bask in the glow that is another National Championship…and then wait for college baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/14 "2012-01-06T21:42:13Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Seriously, as a die-hard LSU fan, I’m going to bask in the glow that is another National Championship…and then wait for college baseball. I can skip baseball, but I would like to join you in the basking, if I may, from the standpoint of recalling how great it felt last year for months! Have you seen the “Geaux Tigers” sign with the Auburn logo in place of the “au”? I have mixed emotions about it, but my heart is with y’all! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/15 "2012-01-06T21:54:13Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I can skip baseball, but I would like to join you in the basking, if I may, from the standpoint of recalling how great it felt last year for months! Ok! But if Alabama wins, I’m going to sit in the corner and eat worms. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-fans-what-to-do-until-september/608644/16 "2012-01-06T21:58:02Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Ok! But if Alabama wins, I’m going to sit in the corner and eat worms. 10-4!