With college football becoming increasingly professionalized and detached from the colleges they claim to represent, why should we care about college football? That’s the question John Branch asks at the NYT. And the answer is … because it’s fun and shared fun. … Put another way: I was so happy the Celts won the NBA championship last spring? Weren’t you? You get the picture.

Btw: Here’s a fun Onion headline that Branch cites in his piece: “Deion Sanders Admits He Has No Idea What School Colorado Buffaloes Play For.”  

At the bottom of the Onion piece are “related” sports stories, including : “NFL Sunday Ticket Allows Viewers To Simulcast Up To 4 Domestic Violence Trials At Once.”