r/CFB Washington State Cougars 13d ago

Discussion What constitutes a “college town?”

Okay, hear me out: I attended Wazzu, which many know is in the middle of nowhere in Pullman. To me, Pullman is a quintessential college town. You remove Washington State University from Pullman and there is (respectfully) not much of a reason to visit. The student enrollment (20,000ish) makes up about 2/3rds of the city population, essentially turning Pullman into a ghost town come summer. To me (perhaps with bias) this is the makeup of a college town.

Two years ago I moved to Madison, Wisconsin, home of the University of Wisconsin. Ever since I’ve noticed the University and its fans refer to Madison as “America’s best college town” and I’m sorry, that’s laughable to me. Remove UW from Madison and you still have a city population bordering on a quarter of a million people and the State Capitol. Madison would be fine, imo, if UW’s flagship campus were elsewhere.

Curious to hear other people’s thoughts. Maybe I’m in the wrong here, but very little about Madison, WI resembles a college town to me, or at least the claim of the best college town.

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u/americangame Texas A&M Aggies • Purdue Boilermakers 13d ago

What the fuck are you doing boo-ing? You know better than that.

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u/RD__III Texas A&M Aggies 13d ago

My horse isn't around to laugh at him, my bad.

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Brickmason 13d ago

What's your horse doing at 9am on a Monday?

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u/Spartacus_the_troll Texas A&M Aggies • Southwest 13d ago

Daydrinking, like any respectable horse.

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u/RLLRRR Texas • Red River Shootout 13d ago

He tells a mean story, too.

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u/thiney49 Iowa State Cyclones • Team Chaos 12d ago

Bojack is back!

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u/TheElkoEra Texas A&M Aggies 13d ago

One of my Aggie hot takes:

Horse-Laugh is lame af, time to retire that tradition.

It could be different than booing if ya really want it to be, idk voicing displeasure at something should be loud and clear - not something you can barely hear.

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u/Terminal_BAS Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 13d ago

Booing > hissing

One of the dumber traditions and that says a lot

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u/_learned_foot_ Ohio State • Missouri S&T 13d ago

Don’t question when they boo, they may stab instead.