Is it better to care more or less about college football?

Take a break.

Haha, I made a very similar post after our loss to PSU. I decided then that I wanted to back off a bit - still root for Michigan of course, but try to care a bit less about whether or not we win or lose. And here I am, having a great day despite an awful loss which I watched all the way through. You can do it too!

You can care all you want, but as soon as it starts negatively effecting your mood and altering your relationships with people you care about it's gone too far.  This goes for most things in life.

The problem with todays college games is that its getting super expensive to attend a game, when elite teams like michigan do sooo poorly it is hard for me as a fan and alum to igonre that...why
Well some of my high tuition money went to the coach ( btw the michigan football coach is one of the highet paying state workers)
Now going to the game as a regular fan it is still expensive to attend
The "M" block is the most sold and most iconic college figure
Donations after donations after donation by many wealthy alums
What else??? Jerseys, shirts, sweaters, pants... Anything that says michigan cost a lot
High end football facilities that cost millions and millions
So at the end all i want is for this team to fuckin win and make us proud. As i mentioned above a lot gets invested on college teams now days so fans have every right to have high expectations and sit here and bitch non stop
College football is on another level, those days of "its just another game day" dont exist.. I expect good elite schools with long traditions like UofM to perform..PERIOD

The truth is, we're still not used to or able to accept that we are now a mediocre program. College football has changed before our eyes and we have not kept up with the times. Our coaching transition opened the door for State and they took full advantage of it because they made a solid hire. We struck out with RR and are running back to the old way hoping for the same success. Not saying that it won't happen but after today makes you doubt the future. We're very young and I understand that but at some point the excuses have to stop.

I understand why you don't want to invest emotion in this but I'm sorry guys, the football gods have caught up to us. I just hope the future projections that we expect come to reality. If not, another coaching change will be upon us in 2 years.

This post only shows up on the board of a losing team.  Care about your team and have fun but it's just a game fergodsakes.

Sports - any sports - are for entertainment. Sure, if you sulk and mistreat your family or friends because of a loss that means you're a douche. But being "sad" or "down at the mouth" because your team loses isn't really a statement of who you are as a human being. There's nothing wrong with being pissed when your team shits the bed as long as you aren't negatively affecting yourself or people around you.

What is 'college football'?

While you might have a legitimate point that I probably agree with, it's kind of lame to make it right after a loss to a rival. 

To link a blimp in the trend line in the sporting world to "The South Will Rise Again" is about the dumbest thing I've heard all week - and its been a long week of really dumb things.   Its about as dumb as saying Japan beating the US in women's soccer is payback for WWII.  

I think those of us that follow these blogs, follow recruiting, watch all these interviews, etc. get emotionally invested in these teams, these players, and these coaches.  It makes it very difficult to get over it when they lose.  And, by the same token we celebrate with them when they win.  I fully believe we take the wins and loses harder than the kids...they just move on.  This is one of the problems with the business of college football.  There is all this content that gives us all this access to these kids, players, and programs that before the internet we had no part of.  Only people in the program or who covered the teams knew this stuff.  Now everyone with a cell phone or computer knows every detail of the program.  That makes it a business, but it also makes it very cut throat.  It's like any business where margins are small and it's extremely competitive.  I don't think it's generally good for us or them, other than financially.  But, that is the world, or at least country we live it...it is capitalism.  Money comes before the health, wellfare, etc. of people.  But, what am I gonna say because here I am with everyone else that can't get enough.

I don't care nearly as much and I'm way happier. today sucked but my day isn't ruined.

I learned over 30 years ago not to invest too much emotionally in sports teams wins or losses. The internet, though, and sports blogs seem to intensify the emotions for some. I can only imagine what it would have been like if the internet had been around when Bo was coaching.  There would have been a drumbeat to fire his ass after every Bowl loss.

In short: it's better to care more.

It's cool to be passionate about sports, but like triangle_M said, when it reaches the point where it's having a negative impact on your life, your relationships, your own personal well-being, then it's time to take a step back and re-evaluate why you're watching sports in the first place.

If you find that it's having a net negative impact on your life, then maybe you need to stop following sports, or perhaps a better solution, change the way you watch sports.

I read the open threads and some of you are downright scary. Exhibiting some major signs of borderline personality disorder.

You can say, "Whoa TheLastHoke, calm down, it's just the internet," but wasn't that one of the goals of MGoBlog? Striving to be better than the internet, and to rise above the fray, in terms of both content and discussion?

...at this point?  Less.