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Oklahoma

LiberalArkie

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8. In the South, we do not have good paying jobs or health care or much of anything - but football.

Reply to Buddyzbuddy (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:48 PM

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They wealthy will spend millions for college stadiums and planes for the college teams. The colleges will spend millions on the coaches.

They are the elites. They can get away with anything.

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