The college football season kicks off this week, and I’m stoked to cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame, my beloved alma mater. And more importantly, for myself.

That’s right, this season, and every season, I’m really cheering for me. Because more than any other sport, college football is a proxy for our self-worth. If you fail to grasp that, you’ll never understand why every autumn college football fans across the country sacrifice their hard-earned Saturday afternoons to a game played by kids who can’t buy a raspberry White Claw at 7-11.

I admit, it’s not an easy concept to wrap your head around — maybe an example will help.

Consider Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame’s first-team All-America running back. He’s 6 feet and 214 pounds of marble. He hurdles dudes. I go about 5’8, 150, and I’m still s

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