Give up College Football or the NFL?

Post #1 » by **bleu** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 3:56 am

I feel like I may have an idea how this thread will turn out, since this is the NFL board. But if you had to give up one of either College Football or the NFL, which would you give up?

For me, it's very very close. I can't imagine living without either. There's nothing like the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl. But a Saturday in the fall without college football just wouldn't be right. Plus I love the emotion that college players play with and the importance of literally every single game. So by just a hair, and I hate even thinking about it, I'd choose to give up the NFL.

Post #2 » by **Cactus Jack** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:50 am

The NFL is tops. I enjoy college football. But, not to the level of the NFL. Only a handful of college teams dominant every year anyway. Unless your a fan of a big school like an Alabama, Ohio State, LSU, etc. There's less incentive to watch every week. The NFL= Any given Sunday.

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #3 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:05 am

College, IDGAF(since I'm Canadian, it's different). I don't follow it at all, whatsoever.

Post #4 » by **Cactus Jack** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:19 am

GoRapstheoriginal wrote:College, IDGAF(since I'm Canadian, it's different). I don't follow it at all, whatsoever.

Do you follow the CFL?

RavenMad31 · Post #5 » by **RavenMad31** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:14 pm

I've worked in catering for almost five years now. I barely know anything about college football anymore.

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #6 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:57 pm

Cactus Jack wrote:
GoRapstheoriginal wrote:College, IDGAF(since I'm Canadian, it's different). I don't follow it at all, whatsoever.

Do you follow the CFL?

Barely, if the Toronto Argos make the playoffs, I *might* follow a bit.
Different strokes, for different folks.

Post #7 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:05 pm

I give up college in a heartbeat. With no real legit playoff system, the whole college setup is a joke. A team loses a couple of games early in the season they are pretty much out of it and it turns so many seasons into meaningless seasons. If they had a 16 team playoff field I'd like college MUCH better. Even 8 would help. I mean it's a little better than it used to be but it still comes down to voting and stupid things like how high you were ranked to begin with and the longer ago you had a loss if you get into the playoff with a loss.

Basketball is closer for me.

Post #8 » by **JaxMagic** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:09 pm

Easily would give up college.

DirtybirdGA · Post #9 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:01 pm

I'd give up college as well, so many teams, players going in and out, at least in the pro's you hope to have a unit play together for a while,(like Sapp, Brooks and Lynch and so forth with TB) I usually like the pageantry of NCAA, and having usually the same weekend to face rivals. I kinda like having college games on all day, even though I'm not really locked in for the noon games, and the games on the west coast is on til 1am, and I just doze off to them, lol

Still would take the NFL no layoff after conference championships and the bowl games.

Post #10 » by **Latrell** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:56 pm

I'd give up the NFL.

I have family that works for a big time college program (care to guess which one?

) so I get tickets to games like the Iron Bowl.
Rivalry college games are better than anything the NFL has especially in person.

Post #11 » by **Cactus Jack** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:28 pm

Latrell wrote:I'd give up the NFL.

I have family that works for a big time college program (care to guess which one? ) so I get tickets to games like the Iron Bowl.
Rivalry college games are better than anything the NFL has especially in person.

Fair enough. If I supported a large football program (Alabama) as well, I'd likely feel the same way. Give up my Seahawks tho? Not a chance. :wink:

Post #12 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:27 pm

Latrell wrote:I'd give up the NFL.

I have family that works for a big time college program (care to guess which one? ) so I get tickets to games like the Iron Bowl.
Rivalry college games are better than anything the NFL has especially in person.

I imagine most anyone growing up in and living in a place centered around a school with a storied football program without an in town pro team would feel this way. In Austin ALL they talk about on sports radio ALL the time is UT Football, and obviously Bama would be even more amplified than here. They talk a little bit about the Cowboys during the season but that's about it.

I imagine same goes for college basketball over nba in Kentucky and Kansas. Tucson too actually. Probably even Carolina despite having a pro team, especially since there are a few there.

Post #13 » by **bondom34** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:13 am

I'd give up NFL too.

OnceUponADime · Post #14 » by **OnceUponADime** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 9:45 am

I'm giving up college football. I don't know what it is but college football has just never really entertained me much. Even when they show the scores for college football games on the little ESPN or CBS ticker at the bottom, their always such high scoring games that make me wonder if there is an defense being played in college.

I also find it weird how so many Heisman winners get drafted so very late in the draft and how do many of them amount to absolutely nothing in the NFL. Considering how prestigious an award the Heisman is (or at least that's the way I've always seen it perceived), I'd think that they would be almost sure first round pick locks and that many of them would turn out successful in the pros.

NYCLaker · Post #15 » by **NYCLaker** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:54 pm

Depends, if you actually attended a D-1 school.