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Anyone else just not into college football?

DC Gmen Fan : 9/14/2019 1:39 pm
My neighbors and friends are so into it, all getting together to watch games and getting very passionate about it.

I just cannot get into it. Maybe because my college didn't have a football team. Maybe because the scores are usually lopsided. Maybe because the NCAA is corrupt. I don't know.

Anyone else in the same boat? I would like to get into it...I just can't.
I find myself liking it more than the NFL  
Jints in Carolina : 9/14/2019 1:44 pm : link
I never though that would be possible.
Nope. Not a fan of CB, at all.  
Route 9 : 9/14/2019 1:45 pm : link
...
I live in the South  
Clintqb17 : 9/14/2019 1:47 pm : link
and it trumps NFL. SEC country is crazy about college ball. It's so much fun to watch.
Not A Fan  
Trainmaster : 9/14/2019 1:48 pm : link
College Football = Minor League Baseball

I'll watch an occasional bowl game or the NCAA championship game.
not a big fan either  
bluepepper : 9/14/2019 1:53 pm : link
on a practical level way too many of the games are non-competitive. On a different level the business model and hypocrisy repulses me more every year.
RE: not a big fan either  
Jints in Carolina : 9/14/2019 1:55 pm : link
In comment 14574988 bluepepper said:
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on a practical level way too many of the games are non-competitive. On a different level the business model and hypocrisy repulses me more every year.


you just described the NFL
I’m not  
mattlawson : 9/14/2019 1:55 pm : link
.
i've been getting into it more the last couple of years  
markky : 9/14/2019 2:02 pm : link
but then again I have a kid at Clemson
I think its hard because you dont have a rooting interest  
Jim in Forest Hills : 9/14/2019 2:03 pm : link
no rivalry games, no sitting in the bleachers with 100,000 students jumping around. But I also enjoy college football to see the development of future nfl players. Watching the best, QBs, RBs, etc. I dont have time like I used to, but still enjoy it.
Just can’t get into it  
ron mexico : 9/14/2019 2:05 pm : link
Without a rooting interest
It's awful to me.  
Dave in Hoboken : 9/14/2019 2:06 pm : link
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What lopsided  
KDubbs : 9/14/2019 2:07 pm : link
Games are we watching today? There are pretty good games on abc, fs1, cbs sports net and espn right now. Nfl is zzzzzz
I like watching players more than I actually like watching the teams  
Anakim : 9/14/2019 2:08 pm : link
And yeah, it's always been the NFL above all else. Hell, I watch the college football players just so I can project them onto the Giants.
I used to be like you  
Vanzetti : 9/14/2019 2:09 pm : link
But now I get into it. What’s good is that I’m not devoted to a specific team so if it is a beautiful day, I’ll just skip the afternoon games

Unlike the Giants who I watch religiously and ruin many Sunday’s

Also, once you follow for a few years you know the players coming into the NFL, which makes the NFL more enjoyable
RE: I used to be like you  
Anakim : 9/14/2019 2:12 pm : link
In comment 14575006 Vanzetti said:
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But now I get into it. What’s good is that I’m not devoted to a specific team so if it is a beautiful day, I’ll just skip the afternoon games

Unlike the Giants who I watch religiously and ruin many Sunday’s

Also, once you follow for a few years you know the players coming into the NFL, which makes the NFL more enjoyable


That's another thing. There's no way I'd miss a Giants game, but I want to have a life during the weekend so I do most of my activities on Saturday.
I love the college game...  
bw in dc : 9/14/2019 2:18 pm : link
Have for 25 years. I watch it for the pageantry, the tradition, the competition, and for prospects.

It's incredible how much better the athletes have gotten at all division levels. There is talent literally everywhere.
It’s difficult for me to wrap my mind around a football fan  
RDJR : 9/14/2019 2:27 pm : link
that doesn’t like college football. These are the young men that will play in the NFL some day, why wouldn’t there be an interest in watching them as youngsters. We attend HS games on Fridays, watch college on Saturdays and the NFL on Sundays. Always been that way. Kind of reminds me of baseball fans that only know the status of their team, if you ask about the rest of the league they’re clueless. Just find it very hard to be a fan that way.
To each their own  
micky : 9/14/2019 2:30 pm : link
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It's been years  
Gman11 : 9/14/2019 2:31 pm : link
since I watched a college game. I don't even watch the major bowl games.
RE: I live in the South  
Jimmy Googs : 9/14/2019 2:33 pm : link
In comment 14574981 Clintqb17 said:
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and it trumps NFL. SEC country is crazy about college ball. It's so much fun to watch.


Similar to me. I enjoyed college ball before I moved to ATL but now I just love watching SEC conference play.

Still like NFL more but its close.

Go dawgs'...
I find college football boring now that I'm older.  
Ryan in Albany : 9/14/2019 2:34 pm : link
And we all know bama will win the championship again.
RE: I find college football boring now that I'm older.  
Jimmy Googs : 9/14/2019 2:39 pm : link
In comment 14575026 Ryan in Albany said:
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And we all know bama will win the championship again.


blasphemy
Well, we're in the northeast  
AcesUp : 9/14/2019 2:41 pm : link
You're not really in the minority. I personally love it. While I follow the NFL a little closer, I would much rather watch a random college game where I had no rooting interest than a random NFL game with no rooting interest. The players and fans are just more passionate, it feels like there's more at stake.
Love college football  
Sonic Youth : 9/14/2019 2:44 pm : link
but since Rutgers has been a dumpster fire and my roommate and I have cut cable, I find it hard to watch.

CFB was way more of a "flip through channels and catch a random game that's close" thing for me as opposed to appointment television (although when Rutgers was good, they were definitely appointment level TV for me).
So much more interested in college football now than ...  
Crispino : 9/14/2019 2:46 pm : link
the NFL. And down South where
I live now, it’s great. You go to a sports bar on Saturday and there are groups gathered around TV’s rooting like crazy for their favorite team. Love it.
Enjoy college football still  
giantsFC : 9/14/2019 3:03 pm : link
But not college basketball at all anymore.

But college football I only still watch my fave team. No I interest in most other games. While NFL I watch any team if in mood.
RE: RE: I used to be like you  
Zeke's Alibi : 9/14/2019 3:05 pm : link
In comment 14575009 Anakim said:
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In comment 14575006 Vanzetti said:


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But now I get into it. What’s good is that I’m not devoted to a specific team so if it is a beautiful day, I’ll just skip the afternoon games

Unlike the Giants who I watch religiously and ruin many Sunday’s

Also, once you follow for a few years you know the players coming into the NFL, which makes the NFL more enjoyable



That's another thing. There's no way I'd miss a Giants game, but I want to have a life during the weekend so I do most of my activities on Saturday.


Lol I run into this problem...I separate my life down here into two seasons, football season and beach season.
I wouldn't say I'm a "fan" of CFB  
JohnG in Albany : 9/14/2019 3:06 pm : link
But if there's a football game on a tv, I'll watch it.

On Saturdays, that's CFB. *grin*
Unfortunately  
Jay on the Island : 9/14/2019 3:08 pm : link
I don't have the time to watch college football.
Im more in to CFB than NFL  
John In CO : 9/14/2019 3:15 pm : link
and thats just watching on TV. Attending the games themselves, its not even in the same stratosphere...CFB rules for me. Kids, Bands, enthusiasm of the fan bases.

However, ill say this: I really think it depends on where you live. Some areas are CFB hotbeds, and some are decidedly not. Growing up, NJ was not. Living in FL for 25 years and it certainly was! Now in CO, much like NJ, Pro Sports dominate the landscape.
division 3 is pretty much my college football. Division 1 is for the  
plato : 9/14/2019 3:22 pm : link
most part NFL minor leagues, with many of the same distasteful traits of the NFL without the higher level of play. Unfortunately much of college sports in the financially profitable sports has become like that.

If truth be told way too many colleges at any level are ripping off students, families, donors, and taxpayers. I’d love to see much of the tax breaks of the non profits, not just colleges, be removed and much more. Perhaps this is a political thread but i think readers can use their judgement.
NCAA suits are a pack of dopes  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 9/14/2019 3:26 pm : link
Kept with an arcane Bowl system that might have made sense during a time before affordable air travel. Its worse than figure skating judges handing out points for artistic flair.

Mara, Roselle, Tagliabue was light years ahead with Super Bowls, sudden death playoffs, wild card, symetrical competetive divisons, etc.,
Over teh past 4 or 5 years I've actually been enjoying college ball  
truebluelarry : 9/14/2019 3:28 pm : link
more than the NFL.

Army is my team, I love the way they play. Their version of the triple option is awesome to watch when they are firing on all cylindars. I said this on another thread this week, but it is old fashioned, smash mouth football and the only other way to enjoy that today is to watch old games from the 1980s on YouTube. Thank goodnedd for the Black Knihgts of the Hudson!
I wouldn't really classify the triple option as smash mouth other  
Zeke's Alibi : 9/14/2019 3:39 pm : link
than the Fullback who needs to be an absolute meat stick. Triple option is for teams that are undersized up front.
Texas LSU was a lot of fun to watch last week  
BSIMatt : 9/14/2019 3:59 pm : link
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Not into it.  
81_Great_Dane : 9/14/2019 4:30 pm : link
But I will put a game on if I’m bored.
I am pretty much Giants only  
Steve in ATL : 9/14/2019 4:30 pm : link
Don't watch other teams in the NFL. I will watch the national championship in college football and maybe some the big SEC games.
Not  
mitch300 : 9/14/2019 4:31 pm : link
Interested at all.
Too gimmicky for me.  
rnargi : 9/14/2019 6:46 pm : link
Don't like it at all, except the Army Navy game.
RE: I find college football boring now that I'm older.  
markky : 9/14/2019 6:46 pm : link
In comment 14575026 Ryan in Albany said:
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And we all know bama will win the championship again.


no way no how. (I'm obliged to root against Bama now).
RE: I find college football boring now that I'm older.  
Toth029 : 9/14/2019 6:57 pm : link
In comment 14575026 Ryan in Albany said:
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And we all know bama will win the championship again.


You mean Clemson?

PS Pats will win the Owl...again.
college football big games are terrific  
gtt350 : 9/14/2019 7:17 pm : link
the refs don't usually ruin the games with flag after flag.
anyone watch Army and Michigan in OT last week, that was an excellent game
RE: college football big games are terrific  
Toth029 : 9/14/2019 7:20 pm : link
In comment 14575212 gtt350 said:
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the refs don't usually ruin the games with flag after flag.
anyone watch Army and Michigan in OT last week, that was an excellent game

Watched VA Tech and Furman and the ref tossed a flag and the replay showed jack. If they weren't flagged, they would have had a chance to win with some time left. So yeah, pretty shitty seeing that.
I’m not into it because it doesn’t have a  
bradshaw44 : 9/14/2019 7:28 pm : link
Real playoff system. And the all the different conferences etc. too much going on.

RE: I’m not into it because it doesn’t have a  
Mendenhall64 : 9/14/2019 8:07 pm : link
In comment 14575223 bradshaw44 said:
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Real playoff system. And the all the different conferences etc. too much going on.


Most hardcore college football fans that live in the big conference areas don't care that much about the National Championship in comparison to winning their conference, especially in the SEC.
Moved to Georgia  
Ned In Atlanta : 9/14/2019 8:32 pm : link
Used to be an anti college guy but I have grown to like it a lot
I love the sport  
Sneakers O'toole : 9/14/2019 8:36 pm : link
I hate the NCAA as a governing body, care little for the subjective rankings, but love the game on the field.

I have similar feelings about the pro game.
I'm a Notre Dame fan  
Sneakers O'toole : 9/14/2019 8:38 pm : link
Very much looking forward to next week and Georgia.
BTW, SEC tailgates are the shit.  
Crispino : 9/14/2019 8:43 pm : link
Phenomenal atmosphere.
Love the Giants. Love the college games.  
SuperRonJohnson : 9/14/2019 8:53 pm : link
Since I coach. I love watching most any college game. I can always pick up some ideas or things I can add to my play list. I root for a lot of college teams. Follow UCF(daughter goes there)and I will always watch Army or Navy, Georgia Tech ( under Paul Johnson)or any team that runs the Flexbone Triple Option type offense. College has so much variety.
Not a huge fan  
Bill in UT : 9/14/2019 9:14 pm : link
but I watch some. Still follow U of U a bit. They seem to have a decent team this year. Zach Moss, excellent RB. Tyler Huntley seems to be coming into his own finally as a senior QB. Nice TE, if a little small at 235. Good LB, Bernard. They seem to always have a good right DE, this one is name Anae. 20 guys on the roster 300 pounds or more. Still trying to get into ASU football. But I watch the top teams when I can.
RE: RE: I’m not into it because it doesn’t have a  
BigBlueShock : 9/14/2019 9:17 pm : link
In comment 14575254 Mendenhall64 said:
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Real playoff system. And the all the different conferences etc. too much going on.




Most hardcore college football fans that live in the big conference areas don't care that much about the National Championship in comparison to winning their conference, especially in the SEC.

That’s just bullshit. So fans of Alabama and Georgia don’t care if they win the National Championship as long as they win the conference? Come on now. Ludicrous.
RE: RE: RE: I’m not into it because it doesn’t have a  
Mendenhall64 : 9/14/2019 9:38 pm : link
In comment 14575288 BigBlueShock said:
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Real playoff system. And the all the different conferences etc. too much going on.




Most hardcore college football fans that live in the big conference areas don't care that much about the National Championship in comparison to winning their conference, especially in the SEC.


That’s just bullshit. So fans of Alabama and Georgia don’t care if they win the National Championship as long as they win the conference? Come on now. Ludicrous.


Have you lived in the area? They put more weight on winning the SEC. The conference is more important to them.
I've never been a fan of college football  
Fishmanjim57 : 9/14/2019 9:44 pm : link
I just don't understand why so many people get so caught up following college sports.
Until I went to some..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 9/14/2019 10:08 pm : link
games when my daughter was looking at schools, I didn't know what i was missing. Going to Syracuse games or Penn state games pale in comparison to going to a Va Tech or Clemson game.

I went to quite a few Clemson games last season and they frankly blow away most every other sporting events I have attended.
RE: I've never been a fan of college football  
Jints in Carolina : 9/14/2019 10:11 pm : link
In comment 14575323 Fishmanjim57 said:
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I just don't understand why so many people get so caught up following college sports.


maybe because it's entertaining?
💯  
trueblueinpw : 9/14/2019 10:23 pm : link
Never watch it. Not really an NYC thing.
RE: RE: RE: RE: I’m not into it because it doesn’t have a  
Jimmy Googs : 9/14/2019 10:25 pm : link
In comment 14575312 Mendenhall64 said:
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Real playoff system. And the all the different conferences etc. too much going on.




Most hardcore college football fans that live in the big conference areas don't care that much about the National Championship in comparison to winning their conference, especially in the SEC.


That’s just bullshit. So fans of Alabama and Georgia don’t care if they win the National Championship as long as they win the conference? Come on now. Ludicrous.



Have you lived in the area? They put more weight on winning the SEC. The conference is more important to them.


Not so much. Especially not now with the playoff system the NCAA set up.

As a Georgia fan I can tell you we want the National Championship...and if that means beating Bama along the way then so be it!
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