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Today is the start of the college football season and Thursday night the NFL will kick-off. Both games are flat out great, the NFL has more of a national following, but the college game has deep roots in so many areas of anywhere USA. Lets take a look at which game is better :
Tailgating: When it comes to getting ready for the game, the College game is at the pro level and the NFL is amateur hour. Many NFL fans say that it’s just college kids getting to the game at 8am for a 6pm start – that’s not true. Grown men and women flock to their favorite campus on Thursday’s many times parking their Winnebago’s or truck outside the stadium preparing for a long tailgate weekend, not just a few hours before kick-off like their NFL counter-parts. Advantage – College
Atmosphere : The NFL stadiums are getting bigger and the concourses may be better, but inside the stadium, the noise at a college game can’t be matched. While the NFL has 65,000 seat stadium, college stadiums can hold sometimes anywhere from 90,000 to 110,000. The band, the students, the mascots – Advantage – College
...or pro fans, which would you rather watch the game with ?
Day, Saturday vs. Sunday : College plays it’s games on Saturday, while the NFL is a Sunday tradition. Think about it, if you wanna have a few with your fellow alum, having a day to recover is definitely an advantage. Advantage – College
Game Play: The NFL has the best players in the world and the speed of the game just can’t be matched at the college level. While I like some of the college gimmick playbooks, the NFL is the best game on the planet. Advantage – NFL
Fans : Both have unique fans, the college kids come up with face-paint and beautiful co-eds, the NFL has grown men painting their face, wearing shoulder pads and football jerseys. Advantage – College
Regular Season : The college regular season may be the most important in all of sport. You lose one game and that can knock you out of title consideration. In the NFL, a 9-7 regular season puts you in position for a Super Bowl. Advantage – College
Post-Season : The NFL playoffs are four great weeks leading up to Super Bowl, its football at its very best. While I love the bowl games, they are so meaningless and the whole system just needs to go. The BCS is a joke and the NFL playoffs are some of sports biggest drama. Advantage – NFL
Traditions : The College kids come up with some pretty crazy things, while the NFL seems to give its tickets to white collar fans these days. In these days of cooperate sponsorships and corperate fans, the NFL traditions are out the window. The college game is like New Years Day every Saturday, the NFL seems like something your forced to be at sometimes. Advantage – College
Overall : If you offered me tickets to either a college game or a NFL game today, I am taking the college game. There is nothing like going to a college football Saturday game, its just an experience that the NFL can’t match. That said, I still like a Sunday of knowing that the game is either at 1pm or 4pm, college you never know when your team is scheduled to play. I love the college noon start and midnight finishes, all filled with big games weekly. The NFL, I can watch the Raiders and the Titans and a lot of times it doesnt fell much different from a Steelers – Browns game. The game is much better at the NFL level and thats something you cant discount. When it comes down to it, I will go to the College game every Saturday and watch the NFL on TV.
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