20 reasons the NCAA is better than the NFL

[Kyle98]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2549750


10. Commercials after kickoff
The worst thing to happen to football since the XFL. Let's go over this. Extra point. Lots of commercials. Kickoff. Lots of commercials. By the time the game starts again, you've got to remind yourself who's playing. That's not a problem in college football.

This is got to be the thing I hate most about NFL on TV. We just had 5 minutes of commercials, then they kickoff, that takes about 30 seconds, then another 5 minutes of commercials. 30 seconds to a minute of football and 10 minutes of commercials. UGH.


15. Traditions
Checkerboard end zones. Aggies kissing their girls after a touchdown. Nittany Lion roars. Boats on Lake Washington anchoring at a Husky game. The flaming spear at midfield. The Sooner Schooner. Touchdown Jesus. Traditions are the imprimatur of every college team and its fans. As long as the NFL is operated out of one office in New York, tradition will be disallowed.

This one is all that's needed, really. The tradition of college football alone is enough to make it better than the NFL.



20. Eternal youth
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, whose name has gotten tossed into every NFL coaching search since he left the Ravens staff in 1998, said he likes the college game because he likes to develop young players. The rhythm and arc of a collegiate career embody the fulfillment of potential. It's the same reason we continue to go back to our alma maters season after season. College football reconnects you with the kid you were, when Monday morning meant only a political science class, not the resumption of the mortgage chase. That's why you go back to campus every fall. That, and the chance to beat your archrival.

AMEN

To be fair, here's the other side of the arguement:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2549313

[CoolaidWade]

Cheerleaders (real ones),

the bands,

real tailgating,

sense of comaradarie since we have all been to the same school and done the same stuff that nobody knows/can understand,

more strategy from a wider variety of offenses/defenses,

bowl games,

SATURDAY,

College GameDay with Herbsreit and Corsco,

and that's just off the top of my head

[whitelightnin_23]

SATURDAY,

College GameDay with Herbsreit and Corsco,

and that's just off the top of my head

My thoughts exactly! I love waking up to a crisp cool fall wind (at least it is crisp & cool in TN) with the sound of College GameDay and the percussion of x-school band...and seeing all those people behind Lee Corso & Herby trying to get on TV...
didn't they extend GameDay to 2 hours this year (I think it was 90 minutes last year)?

[CaliHornia]

I think it's just a better game, period.

The NFL is boring. There's no tension in the regular season games. There's no "big games" you circle on the calendar that you can't miss.

And despite the fact that they're superior athletes, the style of play is just boring.

[jagowar]

yup... agree completly ive always been more of a college fan myself. i really cant understand why people pay 200 bucks to directv just to watch some football games.