Where is my passion?

So anyone who knows me knows I am a huuuuuuge Nebraska football fan.  The only thing that can get me away from the TV screen on Saturdays in the fall is a little piece of paper gaining me admittance to the greatest place on earth: Memorial Stadium!  I fell for the boys in scarlet and cream in Jr High and have been head over heals for them ever since. ;o)  I love to yell my encouragement from the stands or my couch ~I like to think that my TV has a direct sound linc to the stadium, of course they can hear me yelling from the comfort of my very own living room, I wouldn't do it if it didn't truly make a difference ;o)  I love that this one event can connect an entire state, we are all passionate for this amazing game we call football.
Now on a more serious note.  I had a friend ask me last fall (while I was meticulously scanning craigslist daily... ok hourly, for football tickets) if I would be willing to pay $54 to go to church... Now I know as with all analogies there are certain holes in this one.  I pay tithes and serve weekly in my church body and do devotions at home so Sunday isn't the only day I have  communion with God.  But think about it, if you had to pay every week to come and join others in worshiping our Lord as a body, to gain the "thrill" and experience the passion of worshiping corporately would you find it in your budget to attend every chance you get?  Not to say that I go to church for the experience but you get the gist of what I'm saying right?  I LOOOOOVE Nebraska football, I have a passion for it and a desire to attend every game that my time and budget will allow.  I can talk about it for hours and read a million articles, all saying pretty much the same thing and immerse myself totally in it.  Do I have that same passion for Christ?  Am I willing to go without those shiny new boots or that pretty new shirt or that NE football ticket *gasp* and instead put that money into the ministry at my local body?  Do I long to talk to every person I can about what God is teaching me or the last amazing verse I read in my devotions?  Just a few thoughts...