For all its faults, college athletics are what make a university into a community.

I vividly remember being 7 years old when my grandma Mimi and I trekked from her little town of about 6,000 people in south-central Louisiana—Cajun country, for those who know it—to attend my first Louisiana State University game. She dressed me in a fluffy tiger-print skirt and matching jacket with pink trim, accessorized with a gaudy matching hat.

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For all its faults, college athletics are what make a university into a community.

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