I like to visit sports bars sometimes and just hang out with fans. It gives me sense of what the fans are interested in at that particular time.

Living in a vacation town (Panama City Beach, Florida), we get visitors from all over the United States so I get a little bigger sampling than most towns.

Lately the big discussions have been over conferences, conference rivalries and the clout they each have and the fairness of the BCS when it comes to bowl games and championships.

Northerners usually feel that the SEC too much power over the BCS and that a one or two loss SEC champion shouldn't have priority over ANY unbeaten school, or any one loss member of another conference. They think the SEC is way over rated.