"An unhealthy obsession"
Bo Nix has been asked to make comparisons since the day he transferred to Oregon from Auburn.
Last week, the trend continued. The former college quarterback - for both the Tigers and the Ducks - is now preparing for an NFL career, he was asked the difference between being a starter in the SEC and out West.
“In the sense, the hostility and maybe the unhealthy pressure that is added to 18- to 22-year-olds by outside noise and fans,” the Alabama native told The Ryen Russillo Podcast. “Like it’s almost like an unhealthy obsession in the South. I was that way growing up. I thought it was life-or-death football.”
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Bo Nix has been asked to make comparisons since the day he transferred to Oregon from Auburn.
Last week, the trend continued. The former college quarterback - for both the Tigers and the Ducks - is now preparing for an NFL career, he was asked the difference between being a starter in the SEC and out West.
“In the sense, the hostility and maybe the unhealthy pressure that is added to 18- to 22-year-olds by outside noise and fans,” the Alabama native told The Ryen Russillo Podcast. “Like it’s almost like an unhealthy obsession in the South. I was that way growing up. I thought it was life-or-death football.”
Bo Nix: Difference in SEC and Pac-12 is ‘hostility,’ almost like ‘an unhealthy obsession’
Former Auburn and Oregon quarterback opened up about the differences in playing in the two leagues.
