Sidewalk Canuck here since the early 80s by way of an admiration for Cremins (therefore initially basketball followed by football). The interwebs have been a boon — in the early days the only news available was by the (very) occasional bit in Sports Illustrated and the even rarer TV appearances on the Buffalo affiliates of the major US networks. The only really good thing about being so far away and across an international border is that Dwag fans are virtually nonexistent up here.
Only personal connection to Tech academically was a high school classmate of a younger brother who was a CS Prof in Augmented Reality at Tech until very recently (he left for Boston where I think he’s now gone over to the dark side — which is to say banking).
Distance means that I don’t get to many games, but fortunately (or not, given recent years performances
) my Android box gives me access to lots of broadcasts for both football and basketball.
I’m a habitually loyal guy (retaining my CFL, NHL, and NFL allegiances from the early’70s) who is too old to change now, for better or for worse.