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Why I prefer College FB over Pro FB

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BigTex

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I have been in San Antonio Texas since Saturday of last week. I didnt realize the Big12 Champ game was the same weekend. Wife and Daughter and I were walking around downtown San Antonio when we happened into the Buckhorn Saloon and Grill. Part of the OU Band was there along with several Cheerleaders. Wife caught me looking at the Cheerleaders ! She asked " What did I think of them ? " I asked....Cheerleaders ? What Cheerleaders ? And then got an elbow in the side of my ribs !

Next stop was the Riverwalk . A manmade " stream " through downtown San Antonio large enough for a small boat to go through carrying tourists surrounded by restaurants ,shops and a couple of hotels on both sides. We were having dinner watching the boat traffic and saw an OU Fan with a Tiger hanging on a stick and another fan beating the tiger with a stick. Another OU Fan stopped at the hostess desk and grabs a microphone and shouts out " BOOMER SOONER !! ".

I told my wife, this is what Atlanta will be like when Alabama returns to the top !!!

You cant beat the environment of College Football !!
 
Based on your story, it sounds like just a bunch of crazy rednecks. The NFL, hands down, has the craziest fans. I prefer college football for different reasons.
 
For me, there are two reasons:

Tailgating - barely exists in the NFL

Play intensity - college kids are trying to get paid, NFL players are already getting paid, so college kids play with far more intensity (except for playoff football, which is very intense in the NFL)
 
I quit watching all professsional sports years ago and finally gave up on the WWE which, IMO, is actually more entertaining than the NFL or the NBA. Now even college football is beginning to become somewhat boring and predictable. Thank goodness for the Food Channel and the Golf Channel. :PDTC_029:
 
There are over 1000 reasons why I prefer College over NFL, but lets start with the most obvious:

1. Everyone in College doesn't run the same style offense; in the NFL, they look like cookie cutters, with only the execution being the difference;

2. The absence of a run game in the NFL (this is sadly becoming so at high level college schemes as well);

3. The fact that players have nothing committed or invested in the team they play for; in college, once the LOI is signed, the player usually faces the loss of one year eligibility plus most of his academic college credits if he transfers;

4. The on-field QB headset, combined with offense friendly officiating has decreased the ability of a team to dominate defensively; meanwhile, a College game can still be dominated by a defensive unit;

5. Inequalities in talent force more creative schemes, making the strategy of College playcalling more interesting (See, Urban Meyer & UF; Mizzou's offense this year; Arkansas Offense and the "wildcat formations", etc.);

6. Too many divisions and wild card berths in NFL playoff systems leave regular season unimportant. College every game is important, whether your undefeated and looking to get a BCS bid, or 5-5, and trying to end w/ 2 wins to get yourself a solid bowl invite.
 
I don't think a lot of the reasons listed on here are particularly valid.

There are rabid fan bases in the NFL, and to be quite frank there are a lot of them. The Raiders, Chiefs, Broncos, Steelers, Patriots, Browns, etc. all have huge fan bases who are very into the game. Oh sure, some don't -- see Jacksonville, etc. -- but you have a lot of that in big-time college football as well. That's not really a fair criticism. Sure you probably have more rabid fan bases in college football, but that's only because there are more than twice as many BCS conference teams as there are NFL teams. By comparison, probably 35-40 per cent of the NFL has rabid fan bases, can you really say that about Division 1-A college football? I don't think so, there are way too many like Vandy, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Baylor, etc. Say what you will, but truly rabid fan bases are very much the exception to the norm in college football.

Moreover, NFL players do play very hard. If you watch them, they go at it just as hard as the college guys, if not harder. And you actually see a lot of slackers in college football, too. Considering we are all Alabama fans, I would think we would all remember that a lot of our own guys have taken it easy the past few years, taken plays off, etc. That happens in the NFL, too, but it's no different than at any level of the sport.

The running game doesn't play as big of a role there, true, but that's just because coaches have figured out the ideal strategies have changed. As many coaches and analysts have come to realize, you throw the football to get the lead and take control of the game, and then you run the football to protect the lead and secure the victory by running out the clock. We've seen that growing in college football, too, as teams are spreading the field more and increasing passing, and it has worked too. Look at the SEC from the end of the Bryant era to the mid-1990's, when most teams had the three yards and a cloud of dust: one national championship ('Bama in 1992). Since then, teams have really started to spread it out and throw more often, and guess what? Four national championships from the SEC.

And as for the "environment" you were talking about earlier, I agree with the above poster that said it sounded like a bunch of drunk rednecks. I hate when people are acting like idiots like that. It's like I'm in high school all over again or something.

I just don't see why so many people have to love one and hate the other. The games are actually pretty similar, and it's all football. Personally I love watching them both.
 
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IMO, the NFL playoffs are some of the most exciting games you'll watch on tv; right up until the Super Bowl. I don't usually care two rips about the Super Bowl. But, college is my favorite.
 
I did not graduate from any pro football team, nor did the people I met at the U of A and with whom I get to (not often enough) meet in Tuscaloosa and revel in the experience of being there. I DID graduate from the Capstone, and, even with the passing of, uh, more than several years, think of those years as among the best I have had.

It's an emotional bond that the buyer-of-entertainment gig that is the NFL can't match. At least not in my way of seeing it.


Rooooooooooll Tide!
(and I have yet to hear an NFL chant or cheer that even scratches the surface of what those two words mean)
 
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lostinNala said:
There are over 1000 reasons why I prefer College over NFL, but lets start with the most obvious:

1. Everyone in College doesn't run the same style offense; in the NFL, they look like cookie cutters, with only the execution being the difference;

2. The absence of a run game in the NFL (this is sadly becoming so at high level college schemes as well);

3. The fact that players have nothing committed or invested in the team they play for; in college, once the LOI is signed, the player usually faces the loss of one year eligibility plus most of his academic college credits if he transfers;

4. The on-field QB headset, combined with offense friendly officiating has decreased the ability of a team to dominate defensively; meanwhile, a College game can still be dominated by a defensive unit;

5. Inequalities in talent force more creative schemes, making the strategy of College playcalling more interesting (See, Urban Meyer & UF; Mizzou's offense this year; Arkansas Offense and the "wildcat formations", etc.);

6. Too many divisions and wild card berths in NFL playoff systems leave regular season unimportant. College every game is important, whether your undefeated and looking to get a BCS bid, or 5-5, and trying to end w/ 2 wins to get yourself a solid bowl invite.
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Could not have stated the obvious better myself! Several reasons given here are what I've read from CPB also.....and was the deciding factor in staying @ Bama versus going to Dolphins....:biggrin2:
 
I grew up in Georgia, born in Atlanta, so I had the opportunity to gravitate towards Pro or College. The allure of Alabama in the late 70's onward was way stronger than that of Professional Ball. When Atlanta morphed into the "Dirty Birds" I left them behind for good.
 
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