Ruin Your Own F*cking Thread You Bastards

[VEGANGELICA]

Originally Posted by right-track

Urban's going soft.

Oh, I doubt that. And how would *you* know??

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Random personal qualities that leaves me preferring the Midwest (although to be fair, Baltimore and NYC are the extent of my East Coast journeys):

1) I like sports a lot, especially college football. Other than maybe the Deep South, nobody competes with the Midwest's love of college football.

4) I've lived in the Midwest my whole life and it has a comforting feeling about it.

I like this thread. It's like a meandering conversation that has no particular topic at all! Is there already a thread like this? A rambling thread? This may be the greatest thread at MusicBanter YET! Much better than that tosser thread.

So, V&F, you've actually hit on one thing I like about the Midwest (it has a comforting feeling), and one thing I *don't* like: the FOOTBALL!

I just can't figure out why anyone cares who wins, yet football is HUGE here. You're right about that. Stadiums fill with screaming people and there are massive pre-game tailgating parties with grilling and beer.

The best part about football games is when I go and sit in the home team side, and then cheer for the opposition. Kinda annoys the people...maybe they sense I'm mocking them. Mostly, football just makes me feel like an alien visiting a strange planet.

But it is kind of exhilarating to hear the massive crowd shouting like a giant animal from halfway across a city. I feel like I'm in ancient Rome....

Here are some pictures of Iowa State University and University of Iowa tailgating before or during football games: