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Any one sports fan who is in a serious relationship knows it is tough to always keep up with your favorite teams as much as you'd like to due to other commitments. It gets even tougher if you have kids and even more challenging when you are a fan of several different teams and different sports. Many a person has had to "give up" some or all of their fandom in order to save their personal relationship.

But let's look at this from another angle.

If your doctor told you tomorrow that your life depended on you giving up at least 1 sport that your loved as a fan, what would you choose? You can cast your vote on our sports poll question on the sport page at NBC15.com but you can give me your reasons why you chose what you did right here on my blog comments and this Friday on NBC-15 news at six I'll read the best response on the air.

For me it would have to be, and this is painful, college football. Don't get me wrong, I love the game & atmosphere every Saturday at Stadiums such as Camp Randall. I grew up a Big Ten guy. The competition all across the country is great every Saturday in the fall. But, because I have to pick one, college football is ultimately a sport that leads to nowhere. It's the same reasons I don't watch beauty pageants, figure skating, or the Westminster Dog Show. They are all subjective, no real champion crowned by objective means. Lots of bar room banter that can never be answered because the powers that be don't what you to be able to answer it. Schools hand pick part of their schedules, most everyone goes to bowl games, and there is no such thing as a post season that crowns a true champion. It's like a series of great first dates each week with no hope for better things to come in the future.

Can't say this about the NFL, MLB, NHL (NCAA Hockey) or NCAA Basketball.

I repeat, I love college football & I always will, but if my life depends on giving just one sport up I'll turn my fall Saturday's into Pennant races, time with my family and getting ready for NFL Sunday's.

What would you choose & why?

PS-If they come up with an 8 team playoff with the champs from the Big 10, ACC, Big East,  SEC, Big 12, Pac 10, WAC & Mountain West conferences (sorry Notre Dame got to suck it up and bring your independent cash cow into a conference to join the party unless you take out WAC or Mountain West and make it 1 at large bid). Do that and I'm back on board and I'll kick another sport to the curb. But for now it's you, doctors orders!