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College football is so popular because in many places where there is not professional team (usually rural states with small populations) it is the closest thing to NFL and the traditions of rivalries go back longer than the NFL. Some of these teams have been playing against each other for over 100 years and they are in the same states or bordering states. You see this with rivalries like Michigan v Michigan State, or Alabama v Georgia, or Tennessee v Alabama, or Harvard v Yale. It is the history that builds these games into historic events.
Everything he said PLUS there are 130 Division 1 college footballs teams and only 32 NFL teams. To put it another way, 60-ish college games every week versus 16 NFL games. College football gets more viewers based partly on those numbers.
@@paulagardner3218plus who cares about watching millionaires play a game
Oklahoma/Texas. 🤷♀️ the Red River Rivalry lol. It's crazy how touchy they get. I'm from Oklahoma. Crazy ass people lol
Also, college football games are MUCH more emotion driven... you'll see lots more ups and downs during a single game and you'll see more 'miracle' plays. Plus, college players are really good players but they aren't perfect. NFL players are considered the cream of the crop so you expect them to make good plays all the time. In college ball, there's a good chance that someone will make a mistake or not do the optimal thing so you get very exciting plays.
And yeah, there's tradition. The entire state of Alabama pretty much shuts down on Alabama vs Auburn game day. I've gone to the grocery store when the game was on and literally saw 3 people there including a cashier. When I moved to Alabama, the first day on the job as I was meeting coworkers, several of them asked if I was a fan of Alabama or Auburn. It's that big of a deal.
@@dalemoore8582Plus College FB is more fun to watch
4:15 No such thing as a 'free kick' in AF and it's not the only kick of the game. Alabama is attempting a Field Goal to win the game. This is one of the greatest plays in the history of college football. It's a derby between Alabama and Auburn, which located in Alabama also. Alabama's the big dog, Auburn considered a little dog. As long as the ball is in play before the clock hits zero, the play continues until the ball is ruled dead.
There was absolutely nothing “great” about that play.
Here’s an unrelated question. Does anyone know if there’s a medical procedure that can completely remove certain memories?
Asking for a friend
@@tomwolfe6063 that play is something that will never happen again what you mean that was legendary.
@@thewhoda9996 wdym never happen? pretty sure georgia tech blocked a field goal and returned it for a td. against FSU in 2015 on the final play. Also happened in the nfl
@@DeadEye622 109 yards
@@thewhoda9996 he’s joking, he’s clearly a bama fan
That return for auburn was for 109 yards that is the most insane most amazing unbelievable thing i have ever seen happen and Alabama and auburn have a huge rivalry called the iron bowl that is one of the most memorable moments in it’s history
I was at dinner with my parents when that happened, I remember the entire restaurant going crazy lol
My family was going craxy because we hate Alabama 😂
My house hates the tide. I was screaming and cheering that whole night. I still play this clip
@@B1g5t1nk I was driving down the road just south of Tuscaloosa listening to the game on the radio when that happened. I'm more of an Alabama fan but no one can deny the amazingness of that play.
How about this years iron bowl? 4th & Tuscaloosa! Milroe to Bond for the win
RTR
The NFL is bigger financially, but college football is far older and therefore has more traditions surrounding it. Plus there are vastly more colleges with football teams than the 32 NFL teams, more likely a college team is near your hometown than an NFL team. Also the game does not end until the conclusion of the play, as long as they keep the play going, the game will continue with zero time left and any points scored will count.
the NFL is number one on the planet for revenue.
@@hifijohn Doesn't make it better than college football
It doesnt matter if there's no time on the clock. As long as the play is live at the time and the player isn't brought down or pushed out of bounds, the play can continue. Also bonus fact: if there is an "untimed down" which is where the clock is at 0 before the ball is snapped, then the team can still start a play even with time having been run out but this only happens due to a penalty from a previous play on the other team and so on. Its confusing but you'll get it some day 🙏
Clock management is super important in football. Also look into Football playbooks. The offensive coordinator (coach calling plays to score) and defensive coordinator (guy calling plays to stop other team from scoring) are playing some mind numbing 4D chess. It’s insane.
to answer your question at 2:25
TV rating NFL dominates everything else by far, but college does have a large market due to a lot of people being able to identify with the school because they went there. Like there is this sense of "Im actually a part of this team" that you cant really get in most other leagues. Also there are a lot of alums who want where they came from to be the best, so they donate millions and millions of dollars to try and get an edge over other teams.
There is just so much more heart in College Football!
It's also more watched because there are tons of colleges and only a few NFL teams. In a state with no Pro Football teams, I love watching college football.
NFL is a business. College football is tradition. And make no bones about the NFL puts on the best show but college ball brings more together.
It isn’t more watched though. The viewership in the nfl has been higher for quite a long time
@jakebarca1563 the NFL doesn't put on the best show, imo. Sure, the players are more polished and professional, but you don't see plays like this in the NFL, or if you do, they're scarce.
To an outsider, Gridiron seems like a very simple catch/run/smash game, but it is a very complicated, rule-heavy game. Maybe the most intellectual (versus “skill vs. skill”) team game on the planet.
The players are _highly_ specialized in their roles and they are expected to know and execute a complicated game plan that changes with every play. 👍🏈
It’s the most complicated game ever invented. There’s nothing even close,
As an American. You’re 100% right. For as complicated as the rules are, it just one team getting the ball from one end to other end and smash everyone that’s in the way.
College football is big for two reasons. One, there are college towns all over the country not just in a few large cities. So even if you’re from a small town there is a team nearby with a big college program that you can support. Two, college football predates pro football by half a century. Many of the rivalries were already established between colleges well before there was an NFL.
Good points! And also, I think, pro teams often move around and sometimes trade players-some of the changing of cities involves hard feelings about extorting a city to build the pro team a stadium ("Go, Raiders! And Don't Come Back!"). Heck, Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are owned by the same billionaire family. So usually, an NFL team (exception: see Green Bay Packers) cannot generate the same 'patriotic' sentiment as a college. The players at colleges, in contrast, are students, and represent the students on the field (along with the band and spirit squad/cheerleaders/yell leaders, for which the NFL does not really have an equivalent, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders notwithstanding-they do not lead the rooters in cheers). Add in local residents, and alumni spread across the country, and it's not hard to understand the fervor for these games.
By far my favourite American sport - the passion in college football is nuts
My AUBURN TIGERS! Love 'em. The clip from the Georgia game where he catches the ball on 4th and 18 is 2 weeks before the Alabama clip where Alabama tries the fg and Auburn scores. The Georgia game was dubbed "Prayer in Jordan Hare" (pronounced Jerden Hair). The Bama kick was dubbed "Kick 6" (because the TD was worth 6 points). I think I recommended these to you recently.
Warrrrr Eagle!!!!!
War eagle!
college has bigger stadiums and more passionate fans because it’s been around longer and people care a ton about where they went to school. it’s almost like your family has a tradition with where you live/went to school. plus there are 4 times as many teams (130 vs 30 nfl teams)
And that’s only in that division. There’s sooo many more colleges than that.
(It's closer to 270 in D1 for football
Like you said, College football is also where these kids(technically adults) go to make it to the NFL, so it makes them want to play with more intensity, emotion, and heart.
College football is significantly more regional and because the season is shorter and playoffs are smaller (4 teams out of 130ish compared to 14 in the NFL out of 32) each game has a much more significant impact on your postseason chances. And because you're dealing with kids there's a big level of unpredictability involved. You'll have major upsets that can entirely change the landscape of your season. But as someone pointed out, if you wanna see how big these kids can get check out Jordan Davis from UGA. 6'6" and 341 lbs (198cm and 154kg/24 stone) and runs as fast as a lot of quarterbacks.
The passion and tradition of your school and state is why college football is amazing
I remember eating mediocre soup in my dorm cafeteria at Nebraska watching the NEB/VT game. Good times.
Georgia fan here. Glad we got redemption on the last play after having 3 other losses represented.
Go Dawgs!
Same! 😂
So something I haven't seen mentioned if you look to the left of some team names you'll see a number ranging from 1-25. In college football judges vote on which schools are the 25 best. This changes week to week on wins and loses. So teams with numbers have a lot to lose since if they lose they will drop in rankings so a lot of miracles are them saving themselves or a worse team has a miracle defeating them. Like number 1 should be the best team and if an unranked team beats them it's an insane upset (these ranking matter because the top 4 face in a playoff and the ranking is big for status so pride is on the line) (there are 130 "division 1" college football teams so being top 25 is a big deal)
In answer to your question, in football during the kick when the receiver wound up running it all the way back for a touchdown on 0.01 minutes left on the clock is because of the fact that once the play is going whatever happens in the play until it is over ( the ball is downed) the game is not done until the play is done in other words somebody made a touchdown somebody wound tackling the guy with the football. Stuff like that is what actually stops the clock even if they've run out of time that can go farther because if the play is in process. It does not stop immediately, it's not like basketball that way.
Yes the Kick Six was the most dramatic win of a football game in NCAA history. The Auburn/Alabama rivalry is probably the most intense in the country. The field goal is attempted at 1 second, but the game is not over until that play is over, so it can technically go a few seconds longer than the game. The ball did not go through the uprights, so the defending team could catch it before it hit the ground and run the ball back.
2:03 I was at this game sitting at almost the exact angle that the camera is sitting at. I legit thought the stadium was going to collapse as it was literally shaking from the crowds eruption. It was one of the most terrifying and surreal moments of my life (in the greatest way possible). Everyone was going crazy around me.
Also crazier to think that this wasn't even the craziest game they played that season as the kick 6 they show later in the video against Alabama was literally the next game they played the following Saturday. Insanity.
To answer your questions:
Touchdowns are worth 6 points and the extra point kick afterwards is 1
Normal field goals are worth 3 points
The game clock can hit 0:00 and the play continues until it ends
What makes them miracles is the improbability of them and some of these are huge underdog wins. (The Penn State one Penn State beat the second best team in the country as an unranked team)
Each team has 52 players
College football isn't more watched than the NFL (although it is better) However the fans of college football are fanatical, some universities have a cult like following.
A touch down is 6 points
A conversion is 1 point for a kick or two points if you run it into the end zone
A field goal is 3 points
A safety is 2 points.
Learning to understand what little box of numbers means will be helpful. What's the score? What quarter is it? Whats the down and distance? All important for the miracle.
Glad you loved that play at 7:25. That was my college that scored the touchdown and that play is known as "The Catch."
College football is watched more than the NFL. Why: College football is EMOTION, tradition, excitement. NFL is a wager.
The play at 13:45 is instructive: the goal is scored when the ball passes the 'plane of the goal line' (if the carrier hasn't hit the ground first), and that's why he held the ball out in front of him. His feet do not have to cross the goal line.
The NFL is much bigger than college football. However, they’re both billion dollar industries annually.
Was proud as a michigan state Spartans fan to hear my man say I like the Spartans
They play harder to get to the pros, and college football atmosphere is 100 times better than pro
@ 2:21 ~ Okay, so, I'll clear this up a little bit. Yes, College Football is more popular than the nfl.
However, the nfl gets higher ratings. Take a couple of things into consideration, though. nfl has 32
teams across the country, so divided into games that is 16 per week. So more viewers per game.
College Football on the other hand, has larger stadiums and bigger fan following per team. Many
of the fan bases are of local Home Town crowds, but also make up people who attended those
universities during their College Days.
As well, when a kid goes to one of these programs, it's a big deal, as he gets a fully paid scholarship
to play, including room and board, plus training and meals. The families of these players are very
enthusiastic for their children/grand children/nephews what have you.
On top of that, you may have High School football followings continuing to support these kids as
they move on to the next level. Imagine watching one of your High School buddies scoring a TD
on national TV.
The NFL is full of players that are traded back and forth and so the fans have allegiance to the name (think Rollerball). In college football, you or someone you know, may have gone to that college. So there is a more visceral connection since the players will be there for at most 5 years (redshirt) then a SMALL percentage go to the NFL.
In ancient Rome, the Games in the colosseum were chariot races before the blood sport became popular. The racers were on one of four teams (reds, whites, greens, blues). Some of the drivers were among the highest-paid athletes in history, if their memorials are to be believed. But they switched teams frequently. In the Romans' case, the fanatic loyalty was still to the team-these early Italians invented the sports riot, taking the fan disputes to the streets if the wrong team won-not the driver. So they would cheer Diocles (a hugely successful driver who drove for the Whites, Greens, and Reds, but not the Blues) one month, and then boo him a couple of months later. Diocles was amazing. He even won races where his role was supposed to be running interference for another team member to win.
I have long suspected that a Roman brought to our world would understand college football and the crowd behavior very well, even if they didn't grasp the rules.
Think of it like this.
The teams in the UCL are the only “pro” teams available. If you’re lucky enough to live in London, Manchester, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, etc you have a team to root for. What about the rest of the continent of Europe?
That’s a big part of why college is so big here. There are 32 NFL teams in 50 states. You can do that math😂 not everybody has a team in their state, and if they do, it’s often not in their city. The closest NFL team in my state is 3 hours away, while I can be at a college stadium of 100,000+ seats in 15 minutes.
I think one of the reasons people are drawn to college football is the pageantry, the traditions, the rivalries, and just the simple fact most folks are loyal to the school they graduated from. I love college and the NFL, honestly.
College football is big but it is not watched more then the NFL, idk who said that but they are lying. NFL is literally the most watch program on TV every year and it's not even close
Also with college, there are 50 states in America, a lot of these colleges have about 95 percent of their kids come from their hometown state. These kids are representing their states similar to if in Europe if you have a college game between England and Germany with the stakes and the magnitude of a World Cup on the line.
Also these colleges are over 100 years old and their alumni donates toward building the best facilities so there is a lot of money on the line here too, billions in total
2:45 or really comes down to school spirit. People went to these schools and went to the games. Also the traditions as well. NFL just ain’t as fun to watch as college football.
Once a play starts before the clock reaches zero until the person with the ball gets tackled or goes out of bounds
You don't realize how large these kids are. Just look at Georgia's football roster last year. They can get paid now, but that only started last year. They don't get paid from the school but from endorsement deals now. College Stadiums are larger than NFL stadiums as well. The SEC is the best college football conference. You should watch the Alabama, Georgia National Championship Highlights from last year.
Is it a little weird to call them kids when they’re technically adults?
As long as the ball is not dead (meaning a play is still running), the game is not over even when the clock hits zero
The NFL is more popular than college.
In the NFL you can only have a roster of 53 players. 11 offensive starters and 11 defensive starts plus the backups. In college most teams will have about 80-100 players, most of who wont ever get to play unless injuries happen. College players used to not be allowed to get payed but recently the supreme court ruled it was illegal to do that so now players can use likeness and image for sponsorships and etc. The schools can't pay them directly so its usually local businesses that pay guys to post on IG/Twitter or whatever. At the the big time schools like Alabama, Ohio State or USC some of the best players who are pretty much locks to make the NFL are making millions a year off their sponsorships. Some guys even get Bentleys, G Wagons and etc just for being on the team. Local car dealerships make deals with them where they give them a car and the player just post that x dealership gave them it and etc.
College football isn’t more viewed than the nfl, there’s just more of an atmosphere and tradition
Another reason college football is watched more is because when they get to the NFL, so much of it becomes all about the money. In college, it's about the game, the team, and the heart you put into it.
Your comment at about 3:50 is spot on. Context is incredibly important in all of these clips. Without that, it doesnt have the same impact.
Because major colleges have thousands of students enrolled and everyone whoever went to that college is a fan alumni, Plus they see the football players around campus and have classes with them so it’s like supporting your friends because most colleges you interact with players I went to the University of Hawaii and I had football players in half my classes at least
College football has a better atmosphere.
You should watch "Ninh Explains - Rules of American Football"
It' a short video that will help these clips make sense, and the sport itself
ill get to this 100%. thanks man
even if time hits 0:00 the game continues until the play ends, think of it as stoppage time
America is a big place, and most people live within driving distance of a college team, but most people don't live that close to a pro team. Plus, a lot of college football teams have been around longer than most pro teams, so they have deeper ties to the culture/traditions/identity of the area.
Tennessee wins on HAIL MARY: no reaction whatsoever
Florida wins on Hail Mary against Tennessee: Holy Shit bro!! What a throw!!
You could fit in over here as an analyst for ESPN or CBS with that kind of bias 😂😂😂
Tennessee Hail Mary was more impressive because they were losing. Florida game was tied. That pass wasn’t going to lose the game for Florida. If Tennessee doesn’t catch that ball against Georgia, it’s game over…and they had just given up a long pass for a TD themselves. Just sayin
College Football is HUGE in the, and in certain places (like Texas) High School Football is not far behind. In Indiana it is Basketball and not Football that rules, but this is less prevalent since 1998. At that time the Powers that Be ruined Hoosier Hysteria. In 1997 and before, ALL High Schools, regardless of size, played in a unified tournament. This led to some monumental upsets. (Look up the Milan Miracle.) BTW, do you notice anything about this particular list? Some of these gyms held more than the town's population when they were built... Illinois is adjacent to Indiana and shares a log of cultural heritage with Indiana, including High School Basketball. There's only one outsider on this list...
Sorry I can't format it better
State City Venue Capacity Year Built
1 Indiana New Castle New Castle Fieldhouse 8,424[2] 1959
2 Indiana Seymour Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium 8,228[1] 1970
3 Indiana East Chicago John A. Baratto Athletic Center 8,054[1] 1988
4 Indiana Muncie Muncie Fieldhouse 7,635 [3] 1928
5 Indiana Marion Bill Green Athletic Arena 7,560 [4] 1970
6 Texas Dallas Alfred J. Loos Fieldhouse 7,500[5] 1965
7 Indiana Elkhart North Side Gymnasium 7,373[5] 1954
8 Indiana Michigan City "The Wolves' Den" Gym 7,304[5] 1971
9 Illinois Moline Wharton Field House 7,250[5] 1928
10 Indiana Gary West Side High School Gym 7,217[5] 1969
11 Indiana Lafayette Jefferson High School Gym 7,200[4] 1975
12 Indiana Southport Southport High School Gym 7,124[4] 1958
Couple of things: College Football isn’t watched more than the NFL. College Football fans continue to believe this misconception but the NFL reigns supreme in ratings. College games are UNMATCHED in their fervor because Colleges are not only a point of regional pride but Alumni pride. As much as Europeans LOVE to say Americans are dumb, there are more college educated adults in the U.S. than that of the entire EU (look it up). So in that, we take MASSIVE pride in our University.
College football has 18-22 year olds playing it, so the level of play is comparable to the NFL. You barely notice the difference. In the EPL 18-22 year olds are playing for the best clubs in the world already. They don't go to college. That's he difference. In order to get drafted into the NFL you HAVE to play 2 years of college football first. There are exceptions but that's the general rule. So, many of these 18 year old kids are good enough to play in the NFL at 18, but they can't. Then, its big because the school aspect. People root for their alma matters. And american colleges often have 30k people on campus and the students get discounted or even free tickets. So, the student sections are HUGE. Every Saturday a big party happens on campus before the games, during the games and after the games. It's amazing.
TD = 6 pt.
Point after attempt (pat) = 1pt.
2pt conversion (after a td) = 2 pt.
Feild Goal (usually a kick on 4th down but can be done on other downs if needed)= 3 pt.
Saftey (A tackle of the offensive teams player in their own end zone.) =2 pt AND the team who was tackled in the end zone must kick off to the tackling team that received 2 pts.
Drop kick (Rarey used today. A punt kick without a holder through the uprights.) = 2 pt.
I think that covers the way pts are scored. My luck I overlooked something obscure like a Drop kick.
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Touchdown: 6 pts
Extra Point after Touchdown (kick): 1 pt
Extra Point after Touchdown (run): 2 pts
Field Goal: 3 pts
Drop Kick (good luck ever seeing one of these once in your life): 3 pts
Defense:
Run back of an interception/fumble): the number of points the offensive team would have scored (6 points normal offense, 3 points field goal/drop kick, 1 point extra point kick, 2 points extra point run)
@L3WG Reacts in some states such as Alabama , Mississippi, Kentucky , Rhode Island , you don’t have professional sports tams
Think of how many colleges there are in the US. 31 NFL teams with 53 players each, so 1696 players. There are over 81000 college football players
Too bad Brits don't know the rules. They even think soccer is football. ROUNDERS!
NCAA Football [College Football] is more about school tradition, camaraderie, cross-state rivalries! As you English lads say, "Let's go fucking mental!" But times a million!!!!!!" These university students and alumni go absolutely nuts [mad]!
You should watch the 2019 Florida Kentucky game
College football has a NIL (Name, Image & Likeness) system so that players can make money from endorsements, video games, etc. For the 24/25 season the NCAA will implement a payroll system, but details have not been announced.
Once you learn college foltball you would understand some plays and how amazing some are bc usually its against teams that shouldn't loose. Mostly bc there are certain teams that you always see in playoffs the power house teams. Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Auburn, Clemson, Texas, Texas tech, Florida, Georgia etc.
My home town is small and around 800km from the nearest NFL team. But, we have a college team. The town has a population of around 75k, and the stadium seats 30k. It's often full.
Lewis, you asked about whether or not college players get paid. No they most certainly DO NOT. Remember they are students first and athletes second. Some schools will even bench a player if their GPA (grade point average) falls below a certain level; I suppose it's an incentive to do well. Keep in mind, IF they make it to the NFL, careers will go about 20 years. After that, you have to rely on what your major was in college for the rest of your adult life. Some of the former players become commentators, but really that's a small number.
Touchdown is 6 points, kick after touchdown is 1, field goal (no touchdown scored) is 3 points, safety is 2 points
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College football is near and dear to us because they aren't professionals! Us Americans (we call ourselves this because we can't call ourselves United States-iens.. It's just weird)... We love underdogs and we love our college teams because they aren't professionals! Someone getting paid millions of dollars to do something isn't as exciting!! It's just dull!! We know the professionals are great but college teams vary each year!!!
At 1:52 mark there is a scoreboard in the lower right corner. Across the top NC (North Carolina) State is the team; their record is 4 wins, 1 loss. Moving to the orange colored box, Clemson is the team who are 5 wins and no losses up to this game. The 3 to the left of Clemson means the team is ranked 3rd (ranking is an educated guess from a variety of people) and it can mean #3 in the conference or #3 nationally. Usually nationally.
White part of it. 4th means fourth down. They are kicking it (from 33 yards away to the goal posts) trying to score 3 points to break the tie. The Play clock says 22 (seconds) left for them to get the play off or they suffer a 5 yard penalty. The :02 is the GAME clock, meaning there is only two seconds left in the game. That clock isn't changing, it's stopped either by a time out from either team or the ball went out of bounds, or a pass was incomplete and the ball hit the ground without being caught. As soon as the ball is hiked from the center to the holder (kneeling on the ground to hold the ball), the play clock doesn't matter and the Game Clock is going to tick down those final two seconds. Play continues past the :00 time on the clock until the play is over. If the kick goes between the goal posts and over the cross bar, it's a field goal (3 points) and counts. If there is a penalty on the part of the defense, the game isn't over, one untimed play is allowed the offense. Naturally, if the field goal missed, they move the ball according to the penalty and the kicking team tries again. If the kick worked, I believe the fouled team can decline the penalty, the 3 points puts them ahead and the game ends.
It would help a lot if you would listen to the commentators...they're literally explaining everything....
18-22 year olds who've been playing before they could read. It's amazing.
A few reasons why people watch college more.
1. Pro gets paid to play, college plays for love of game.
2. Pro gets involved in politics and loses 50% of their viewer base regardless of which side they choose. College, none of that is allowed. Again, its for game and tradition only.
3. 1 is young men with a bright future and every opportunity. With no promise of reward. The other is grown men who often whine, complain, and whoever pays the most.
Probably been said but College Football is not more watched than the NFL. It has a more passionate fan base, bigger stadiums and louder crowds but not more watched on TV.
I love college football waaayyyy more than NFL
College players are between 18 & 22 or 23 and no they don't get paid.... the kickers are usually smaller because that's all they do... some of them are also soccer players, which is why they can kick so far.... and yes, in the US college football is a religion, especially in the south!!!! We love our football ( even high school football (14-18 yr olds)
Generally, in U.S. College Football, the play isn't over until the ball is no longer live, as it were. In that kick-off return, the clock hit zero, but the ball was caught, and it was a live play. If he had been tackled, the game would have ended there.
College football is very exciting, but the NFL is bigger. The Super Bowl is the biggest thing in America then any sport
College football, they play to win, and use risky exciting plays more often. Pro football they just play for a paycheck.
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I don’t watch NFL, but I’ve watched College my whole life. You have to understand the history and tradition of college football. It really doesn’t exist in the NFL. These kids aren’t little kids, they are giants. And yes the a small percent get to go to the NFL, but the pride and pageantry of College Football is unmatched by anything else in the USA. You have to come and experience to know what I mean.
College football is not more watched. There is just a lot more games 134 Division 1 teams. And even more D2 and D3 schools.
Actually pro is more popular than college. Pro games average about 20 million on tv each game.
Then more for the playoffs.
And 200+ million for the Super Bowl.
Gjteat college games average about 8 mil.
Think of most of these as a Johnny Wilkinson Drop Goal. “ He kicks for World Cup Glory “ type situations. That’s about the equivalent.
NFL games have a bigger audience per game, BUT there are WAYYYYYY more college football games, so in total the audience size ends up bigger. There are over 200 teams in the college football leagues and there are only about 30 in the NFL.
Okay, here's the deal with why college football is "more watched than the NFL". In a way, it's a pretty misleading statistic in that it makes the NCAA (college football) appear to be much bigger than the NFL, it isn't. The NFL has 32 teams, these teams are located in 30 Cities(New York has 2 & Los Angeles has 2), the teams aren't exactly spread out across the country either, with a lot of overlapping media areas(Florida has 3 teams). 32 teams that play each other means, there are 16 NFL games a week on tv, in various media markets around the country.
Meanwhile, there are 250+ NCAA college football games, spread much more evenly throughout the country. most of these games are on tv. sooooo, when saying "college football is more watched than the NFL", what you are really saying is that the pool of people who watched 125+ games is larger than the pool of people who watched 16 games. it's really just math and ratios.
Besides history, tradition, and college allegiances which withstand moving around the globe, college football is heavily regulated by the NCAA (National College Athletic Association) whereas the NFL rules are a joke. The NFL, or as many now refer to it the "National Felons League" is less popular due to quite a few players serious legal problems such as wife beating, dog fighting, drug/alcohol addiction and even murder. Add to that in the last few years NFL players have seriously disrespectanded our flag and our country by kneeling during the National Anthem. It's disgusting to see millionaires babbling about how how downtrodden they are while you see none of that in college football. Go Gators!
College Football are not kids, they're 18 to 22, 23, year olds. And they are every bit as big as NFL players. Maybe not always as muscular, but pretty damn close. Even some High School players are pretty big dudes. I was my full grown height of 6 ft as a high school player, and I wasn't even the tallest or biggest dude on my team. There were several guys that were over 6 ft.
College football is so big because in so many places in America there is no NFL team. States like Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and others. Literally HALF the states don't have an NFL team to route for. So College football fills the gap in many many places across the country. That and the fact that the college game is very high level and so many college players will go on to the NFL latter on.
To answer your question about the popularity of college football here are some factors. Geographically the US is very large so many regions of the country were without a pro football team and still are for hundreds of miles and most of your more densely populated areas existed up north and northeast.
So the larger Universities which were more nearby had the money to build and support programs without the need for ticket sales alone because of alumni and student enrollment.
So in summary, even though I’m from central Texas, Houston and Dallas are still hours away yet The University of Texas was in my backyard and the highest level of football around, not to mention the lure of large stadiums.
To my next point, as I said the US is so large a lot is regional pride. Although it’s changed over the years for the most part college football athletes are from the same region so as much as it’s one team against another it’s our state against yours(not in all cases but partly).
Then of course the alumni aspect were your always going to follow your school team and carry that school pride, bragging rights “my school against yours”.
And then is the popularity of the sport itself. For instance, in Texas and small rule areas. Hi school football was main gathering Place on Friday nights, which added to the popularity so naturally, you’re going to want to follow local players as they progress to the next level.
I don’t know how many people agree with this take, but that’s my explanation .
nfl is more watched, the nfl has more weekly viewers than all 5 major european football leagues combined, college football has bigger stadiums and bigger rivalries/passionate fans
loved seeing BYU back to back! But anyways one of the reasons the NFL isn’t as popular is because the tickets are insanely expensive and college are usually (not always) cheaper and students of the college can get cheaper season tickets or something depending on the college. Anyways the expensive NFL tickets makes the only widely available way to watch without blowing up your wallet on tv which just doesn’t even compare to the experience of live football. Plus people feel deep pride for the schools they went to (like Andy from the office US, people are like that) and that continues into who they support when they are older. It’s a combination of a lot of things, those are just a few.
College players get a free education scholarship to play for that school and colleges compete with each other to get the best players in the country. Players were forbidden to get paid until recently but schools sometimes found ways to entice players, like with free use of expensive cars to them or their families. Sometimes "other arrangements" were made but
now players can also endorse products and get money legally.
REMEMBER, colleges make MILLIONS of dollars from television contracts to show their games and sport team merchandise makes a fortune too. Years ago the University of Michigan was making about 8 million dollars a year from their football program and good teams from good schools also recruit more students to attend their school.
These are college players but they are only "a signature away" from signing a pro contract so there isn't much difference in college and pros. College players don't have to graduate and play 4 years for a college and great players sometimes only play a year or so before going pro. They can always return to school after their pro career is over if they like but they will be young millionaires since the lowest salary for an NFL player id 1 million dollars per year.
College football is about getting to the next level as a top player…. You have to give 110% against other top players to prove you belong in the NFL, making the competition more raw and pure. While the NFL is about money alone.
The traditions. The rivalries. The environments. Same game as NFL but totally different feel when at a college game or watching on tv.
So there’s a couple reasons college ball is bigger. Sorry I’m about a year late 😂
For one, you’re more attached to college teams bc you went to the games, you went to that school. Another is that nfl teams aren’t in every city or state. So for a lot of people especially in Alabama a state that doesn’t have a nfl team or any pro sports team, or a state like South Carolina, etc, this is THE team. Another is that nfl games individually are more watched when factoring in TV but there are WAY more games to watch in college ball. So while one college game isn’t as watched as one nfl game (generally not always) there are probably like 10 college games for every nfl game. Also bc of scheduling there’s more days with college games. Saturdays are most notable for college football bc there’s no nfl on Saturday. Saturdays are for the boys.
And then there’s the history and the rivalries and also most rivalries are regional and most games are regional. Meanwhile in the nfl you’re traveling across the country for half your games.
College football is the greatest sport experience on the planet. Many of these monster stadiums with over 100,000 seating capacity are in towns with a population of 50,000.
As of 2 years ago and after a law suit that went to the US Supreme Court, the players are now being paid. Not by the Universities though. The universities give them a full scholarship, and room and board . Players are allowed to sign endorsement deals. The university of Alabama's quarterback had $3 million in endorsements before he even played a single play at18 years old.
If the play is in progress, the game is not officially over (regardless of the time on the clock) until the play is stopped or the person is tackled in the field of play. This was legit.....I saw this game live and it was unbelievable. Just an amazing ending to the game.
Also I prefer college football because those young men play with 100% heart. NFL is more about the money imo