If that bothers you, come to Alabama where everyone speaks of "The University", where they A) Never went and B) couldnt even name 5 starters.
That is so true. We real fans sweat the small stuff for the rest of em. One of my tricks when I can't sleep at night is to recite the starting line up of the offense and defense.
I got kinda the same situation with my brother. in his 40's and drives around town blasting the LSU fight song. Has flags up on his vehicles and his house, has an LSU themed room, loves to tailgate, but he is so bad with names, it's crazy. He can spot players by numbers, but if you ask him the name of #3, he doesn't know. He doesn't know the fight song either. That is my mission this season, teach him the damn fight song!
Haha! I've done something similar. Only I start at #1 and see how many numbers I can match with names.
Remember also that most fans do not frequent the internet because of one reason or another (no time). It makes it a lot easier to remain atop information when you're on the internet 8 hrs a day.