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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4712322, member: 225"]
I always look forward to BA, although I don't watch any TBT games that "we" aren't playing in. If BA loses, my interest in the rest of the TBT games drops to zero.

It would be great to see an all-Orange BA but that will never happen again. College ball has totally changed with the portal, NIL, and early NBA entry. As a result, 4 or even 3 year players are going the way of the dinosaur. If a player doesn't ever see himself starting, he will hit the portal. Often after his sophomore year. If a coach doesn't see the player ever starting or becoming a major contributor, he has "the talk" with him. Often after his sophomore year. Too many other shiny objects out there in the portal.

I like watching BA for the same reason that I enjoyed watching the Old Timers' games that used to accompany a regular season SU game once a year...to see former players once again. Perhaps they may have lost some of their talent, but it is nice to see their face once more.

We may have a team with only half (or fewer) former Orangemen, but I'll watch a Trailblazer's game to see only one Jerami Grant. So this would be more players...

Rak, Andrew, BJ, Chris, Jimmy, Paschal, Malachi...welcome back. Great to see you again.

It is a mid-summer Orange fix, and that is more than fine with me.
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