I’ve observed a general trend where the majority of University of [state] fans tend to have never gone there and would never have even gotten in, and [State] state university fans are students and alumni. Does not apply in North Dakota however. These NDSU fans are nuts.

As a Russian living in America I wonder the same thing but honestly have no idea. It’s probably shown at random late-night times and people who’ll watch basically any televised sports watch it. They broadcast some basketball during the Soviet era and my grandpa was like “it’s not soccer but it’s some guys and a ball,…

Maybe for some people, but for a lot of us it’s the game itself and the association with the alma mater. I’ve noticed people who didn’t go to schools with big sports programs tend to not get it. What I don’t get are the Michigan fans who did not go to Michigan, could never have gotten in to Michigan, but will get in…

And yet here you are commenting on Deadspin :)

The Russians aren’t very excitable as a whole.

I love college sports. My friends in college got me into it. I held season tickets for football and hockey in college and more recently spent a stupid amount of money to go to the 2014 Rose Bowl (my parents didn’t even try to understand this behavior). Intellectually it really bothers me that most universities lose…

Just you know, in general. But hey, like I said, Florida didn’t do anything else there, so you guys can bathe in their tears.

You know, from an outside observer perspective, it IS stupid. If it disappeared tomorrow, I intellectually would think that was great. But in reality I love college sports to an insane degree, way more than pro sports, and am very glad there’s absolutely no way I’d ever lose my precious.

I’ve very nonscientifically come to the conclusion that diet and some amount of basic movement are far more important to general health and fitness than the “RAWR!” kind of exercise. Mostly based on observing that people in countries that are not obsessed with fitness the way we are are often quite healthy overall.…

Hey, why do you think we moved to ‘Murica?

I exercise because I enjoy it (no really), but I’ve nonscientifically come to the conclusion that diet is 95-99% of both losing weight and long term health. And the older I get, the less working out offsets poor eating habits.

I religiously work out 4 times a week (unless life happens), but not all at the gym. So, similar.

Awesome! I way prefer to work out outside, no matter how cold it gets.

I really like yoga. It doesn’t exactly burn a boatload of calories or anything but it feels good. It can be a bit tough on the knees, but a good instructor will tell you what poses to avoid, what to modify, etc. I just love it because it’s so non-judgmental. You want to push yourself, great. You don’t, great. Just…

My health insurance does this thing where if I go to the gym 12 times a month, I get a $20 discount for that month. I find this irrationally irritating because while I work out 12-16 times a month easily, I only do about half of that at the gym. I need the gym for the rock wall and the yoga class. I run on my own,…

I grew up in the Soviet Union and never heard of American football until I moved to the US, and it never ceases to amuse me that apparently American college football is now televised there. Particularly since when we moved here, the obsession with college athletics was very mystifying to us. It is really not a thing…

You saw the future sir.

I love bathing in Michigan fan tears. Too bad that’s all Florida managed to do in that game.

Oh fuck me, it took me way too long to get the joke. And fuck you Carly Fiorina. But go Hawkeyes.

If you’re not into sports, why are you on Deadspin? Legit curious. Sidebar I suppose?