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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/milbarge on 2025-05-28 00:00:24+00:00.
My hypothesis is that people who say this most often (writers and commentators) mention teams that were good when they were younger and getting into college football. That may be why I got a ton of google results for “college football is better when Nebraska” and literally zero for “college football is better when Clemson.” That’s not intended to be a knock on Clemson, just a realization that I rarely (if ever) hear them listed as a team whose success makes college football as a whole more enjoyable. Nebraska, on the other hand, seems to get listed a lot. Oklahoma and USC as well. Perhaps not coincidentally, those are all teams that were powerhouses when a lot of current writers and commentators were younger.
So, which schools enhance your enjoyment of college football when they’re competitive? Does that list match my theory that those teams were good when you first got into college football?