[jayasena]

I first stumbled on to this board (one of the earlier incarnations of it) when I was hunting around for the latest rumors during the Willingham to Notre Dame saga of 2001. I've lurked here pretty much ever since -- the misery that ensued needed all the company it could find.

I've posted sparingly in part because, having grown up outside the US, my knowledge of the sport isn't quite as deep as that of others here. I came to the US when I started my undergrad at U.S.C. (I realize that factoid probably won't make me very popular around here) in the mid 90's. At first, the idea of a sport called "football" where the ball touching a foot was typically emblematic of bad things (not counting kickoffs) seemed a bit odd. But, hey, I grew to love it quite quickly and was a season ticket holder by sophomore year!

I became a Cardinal fan when I attended grad school at Stanford in the late 90's through mid 2000's. Although I still cheer for both alma maters (and it's been convenient to do because the fortunes of the two programs have been almost diametrically opposed for the past decade or so), cheering for football-playing EEs and architects is somehow a bit more fun.

Oh, and the Cardboard is the only sports-related board I frequent (occasional schadenfreude-fueled tours of NDNation notwithstanding) -- a testament to the quality of the posters and the discussions here.

[jayasena]

I first stumbled on to this board (one of the earlier incarnations of it) when I was hunting around for the latest rumors during the Willingham to Notre Dame saga of 2001. I've lurked here pretty much ever since -- the misery that ensued needed all the company it could find.

I've posted sparingly in part because, having grown up outside the US, my knowledge of the sport isn't quite as deep as that of others here. I came to the US when I started my undergrad at U.S.C. (I realize that factoid probably won't make me very popular around here) in the mid 90's. At first, the idea of a sport called "football" where the ball touching a foot was typically emblematic of bad things (not counting kickoffs) seemed a bit odd. But, hey, I grew to love it quite quickly and was a season ticket holder by sophomore year!

I became a Cardinal fan when I attended grad school at Stanford in the late 90's through mid 2000's. Although I still cheer for both alma maters (and it's been convenient to do because the fortunes of the two programs have been almost diametrically opposed for the past decade or so), cheering for football-playing EEs and architects is somehow a bit more fun.

Oh, and the Cardboard is the only sports-related board I frequent (occasional schadenfreude-fueled tours of NDNation notwithstanding) -- a testament to the quality of the posters and the discussions here.