I've been a member of my school's paid Rivals.com forum for over 20 years. It's great. Generally localized to my area with people who went to my university. The

I've been a member of my school's paid Rivals.com forum for over 20 years. It's great. Generally localized to my area with people who went to my university. The fact that it's paid keeps out bots and spam traffic too. Over the years it's been great for local events, national, sports talk (of course), contractor recommendation, general life advice, people going through tough times getting support. Even saved one member's life who was deeply depressed after a divorce. Highly recommend it. People these days seem to really take for granted to community bonds that collegiate sports create.