2015 American College Football Season
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Bear Down, Arizona.
And yeah, that Fiesta Bowl... would have been nice if the UA showed up in the 1st quarter. Still made a game out of it. Was back from South America for that, met up with a bunch of friends, drank enough crap watery brew that it was fun anywho. Once Boise took a huge lead, it was just like, "how much worse can it get?" and laughed it off.
And yeah, that Fiesta Bowl... would have been nice if the UA showed up in the 1st quarter. Still made a game out of it. Was back from South America for that, met up with a bunch of friends, drank enough crap watery brew that it was fun anywho. Once Boise took a huge lead, it was just like, "how much worse can it get?" and laughed it off.
Commence Operation Open-Finger Clapping
Commence Operation Open-Finger Clapping
....and grass eating
Fearthainn
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Honest question, why is college football such a big thing? Isn't it like what the U21s are to the senior teams in real football?
Ummm... No. These football teams are the identities of states, or of deeply knit social groups (think Notre Dame for urban Catholics or the military academies). Most states will have two major teams with a derby relationship (Florida/Florida State, Auburn/Alabama, Texas/Texas A&M).
Sometimes it crosses borders (Florida/Georgia, Michigan/Ohio State, Texas/Oklahoma) In much of the country, it is far bigger than professional football, especially true back when many parts of the country weren't anywhere near an NFL team. The college rivalries go back 100 years or more in many cases. The expansion of the NFL to more cities and regions has lessened this a bit, but it is still true in the South.
College ball still rules. People go to the game like people go to church, if people went to church drunk, that is. We have eight college stadiums that seat over 100,000 people. The pregame is about as important as the game, as a social hour.
Texas seats 100,000 - Texas A&M seats 102,000. You have to live it to understand it. Home games are a big deal, because you will only get six a year maximum, and it only happens from September to December. That's the season. It used to all get settled on New Year's Day.
You've got to live it to understand. Come back later and ask us about March Madness. That's amazingly boss.
EvertonNJ
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Because of the whole pride factor in being a student/alum of a school. There is really no comparison to it anywhere else in the world I don't think. I'll be going here for a game in September
It's been way to long since I've been here.
Among American sports, it's probably the closest comparison to English football in terms of culture and identity and fan experience. There's nothing like it among American sports, and it's king in most parts of the country. It's really something that you should experience if you have any reasonable knowledge (and stomach) of American football.
l4toffee
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Watch Friday night lights in Netflix .the series not the film. That's about high school 'football '
It'll give you an idea of how big it all is . And it's a boss TV show
l4toffee
Player Valuation: £40m
whose stadium is that ?It's been way to long since I've been here.
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