At Big Ten Media Days last week, Fitzgerald went on a rant about cell phone addiction, which he believes is not only affecting the sport of college football, but society in general.
“I think phones, I think technology has been the decline in attendance, number one,” Fitzgerald said. “I think watching young people today live like this instead of like that. You know, Stacy and I were out on a date last night and there was two couples, two groups of couples sitting next to us and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh I’m old.’ Not one of the four couples were talking to each other.