Coldstream
08-15-2006, 04:28 PM
Passion, tradition elevate college football over NFL
http://espn-att.starwave.com/i/columnists/Maisel_Ivan_30.jpg (http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=ivan_maisel&name=SEARCH_m_arch ive&srvc=sz) By Ivan Maisel
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(http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=ivan_maisel&name=SEARCH_m_arch ive&srvc=sz)
(http://log.go.com/log?srvc=sz&guid=3656644B-BF45-44E3-BEC9-5873541A90CF&drop=0&addata=1332:245:245133:65&a=1& goto=http://mobile.espn.go.com/?campaign=mobile&source=ESPN_ROS_146x46_Football_S witch_30Day150Signing) The request to provide 20 reasons college football is better than the NFL is not a fair one. How can anyone defend the humdrum nature of 110,000 screaming fashion-forward (orange, I hear, is hot) Tennessee fans against parity (NFL motto: Excellence just gets in the way)?
How can anyone justify the depth of antipathy that Ohio State and Michigan fans have for each other when compared to the thrills of a Houston-Jacksonville game in October (or the rematch three weeks later)?
College FB Rules!! (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2549750&campaign=rs s&source=ESPNHeadlines)
http://espn-att.starwave.com/i/columnists/Maisel_Ivan_30.jpg (http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=ivan_maisel&name=SEARCH_m_arch ive&srvc=sz) By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com
(http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=ivan_maisel&name=SEARCH_m_arch ive&srvc=sz)
(http://log.go.com/log?srvc=sz&guid=3656644B-BF45-44E3-BEC9-5873541A90CF&drop=0&addata=1332:245:245133:65&a=1& goto=http://mobile.espn.go.com/?campaign=mobile&source=ESPN_ROS_146x46_Football_S witch_30Day150Signing) The request to provide 20 reasons college football is better than the NFL is not a fair one. How can anyone defend the humdrum nature of 110,000 screaming fashion-forward (orange, I hear, is hot) Tennessee fans against parity (NFL motto: Excellence just gets in the way)?
How can anyone justify the depth of antipathy that Ohio State and Michigan fans have for each other when compared to the thrills of a Houston-Jacksonville game in October (or the rematch three weeks later)?
College FB Rules!! (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview06/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2549750&campaign=rs s&source=ESPNHeadlines)
