Matt Campbell Feeling The Heat at Penn State-The Rush With Travis and Ross-Monday, October 5, 2026

Well, I wasn't even going to bring this up today because I never got full access.

Because, you know, these damn newspapers put paywalls on all their stories, right? They're

trying to

make money.

They're trying to make money.

Get paid for

their work.

That's what the advertisements in the stories are for.

Those are, you know...

So the New York Times, and I think they teamed with somebody, interviewed like 50,000 Americans, over 50,000 Americans, about their fandom and their political beliefs, right?

Okay.

And they found that it didn't matter.

It's like 50-50, you know, that Democrats are rabid sports fans and Republicans are rabid sports fans.

It's almost like where the two can actually get together and agree, right? But here was an interesting stat before it got to the paywall.

Because

you didn't pay for the paywall.

You just read the free part of the article.

Yeah, I

read the free part of the article.

I'm like, I'm not subscribing to the New York Times.

But for you to know it, I'll be on this monthly thing and I don't know how to cancel it.

Yeah, right.

Now, this is just going off memory, but I believe this is what it said.

Of the 50,000 that were... of the males in that group, 76% of them said their fandom was a major part of their identity.

Look at Doug right there.

Well, I wasn't even going to bring this up today because I never got full access.

Because, you know, these damn newspapers put paywalls on all their stories, right? They're

trying to

make money.

They're trying to make money.

Get paid for

their work.

That's what the advertisements in the stories are for.

Those are, you know...

So the New York Times, and I think they teamed with somebody, interviewed like 50,000 Americans, over 50,000 Americans, about their fandom and their political beliefs, right?

Okay.

And they found that it didn't matter.

It's like 50-50, you know, that Democrats are rabid sports fans and Republicans are rabid sports fans.

It's almost like where the two can actually get together and agree, right? But here was an interesting stat before it got to the paywall.

Because

you didn't pay for the paywall.

You just read the free part of the article.

Yeah, I

read the free part of the article.

I'm like, I'm not subscribing to the New York Times.

But for you to know it, I'll be on this monthly thing and I don't know how to cancel it.

Yeah, right.

Now, this is just going off memory, but I believe this is what it said.

Of the 50,000 that were... of the males in that group, 76% of them said their fandom was a major part of their identity.

Look at Doug right there.