what YOU the people watch

Well I will stand at the front of the line and say my favorite sport is College Hoops without hesitation. I grew up a Big 8 fan. I used to watch and listen to MU and KU games regardless of the time of day. Stormin' Norm Stewart and Roy "gosh darnit" Williams had some great battles on the hardwood against their opponents. While I grew up watching and listening to hoops like it was religion, America was falling in love with the NFL. It all started with the huge following of the Cowboys and Packers in 1990's. Meanwhile in baseball, fans everywhere were forming a sour attitude because of the 1994 MLB Players Strike. That strike could have KO'd baseball and did for many people.

The NFL flourished because of the MLB strike and the start of a slow demise of the NHL. College football and basketball along with the NFL were the big time sports. They still are. The NFL is the most favorite sport, but the popularity is lagging behind. From a Harris Interactive Survey,

"Professional football continues to be the most popular sport among U.S. adults who follow more than one sport, although its popularity has dropped slightly from 2005’s high. In 2006, twenty-nine percent of adults who follow more than one sport say pro football is their favorite, down four percentage points from 2005’s thirty-three percent. Baseball remains unchanged at 14 percent, with college football coming neck-in-neck again (13%, unchanged from 2005) and auto racing, which is down two points at nine percent. Professional basketball has increased by three percentage points, with seven percent of adults who follow more than one sport saying it is their favorite."

Regardless what the surveys show, college basketball and just college athletics as a whole will always be numero uno. Its just so much more pure. The college game anyway. The whole NCAA is a whole other matter to be discussed at a later time.

I can't wait for the Big 12 Tourney! Oh yeah. My best friend has a wedding on the Saturday of the Big 12 Tourney! He's a huge baseball fan. I notice he and his fiance didn't schedule it for around the start of baseball season!!!