Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The thirty reasons college football is better than the NFL


The 2012 college football season starts tomorrow night.  And, in anticipation, I'm again reminded of  the many reasons why the college game is better than the NFL.

1.              The Horseshoe
2.              USC dance team
3.              “Rocky Top”
4.              Oregon’s uniforms
5.              The Rose Bowl, the Granddaddy of all bowl games
6.              Homecoming
7.              Lee Corso and mascot heads
8.              The 12th Man at Texas A&M
9.              Death Valley at LSU
10.          Chief Osceola’s spear at Florida State
11.          "Wabash Cannonball"
12.          Overtime
13.          “The Game”
14.          The Swamp
15.          The Heisman Trophy
16.          Spread offense
17.          UGA
18.          "War Damn Eagle!"
19.          Bevo
20.          “Roll Tide!”
21.          Red River Shootout
22.          Dotting the “i”
23.          The Grove at Ole Miss
24.          “Hail to the Victors”
25.          New Year’s Day
26.          Wisconsin’s Fifth Quarter
27.          The Big House
28.          "Waking up the echoes" at Notre Dame
29.          Tailgating that doesn’t take place in parking lots
30.          The best regular season of any sport

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