Why I Love College Football, But Hate College Football Fans

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If you’re reading this, you're already walking a path similar to mine—you absolutely love college ball. The emotion, the stadiums, the bands, the rivalries, and the atmosphere. But then there are the meatball fans that you run into at the stadium or online that make this sport practically unbearable, and there are several key things that almost all of them do.

Now, when reading this list, know we are all guilty of some of these, but if you are giving yourself a big old check on each and every one of these, please take a long look at your fandom.

The College Football Transitive Property

We've all done it. Team A beat Team B and lost to Team C, therefore Team C is better than Team B. It is a favorite when fans are trying to show how much better their conference is better than another by either building up their own team or discrediting another one.

Now, can you make some conclusions based on these scenarios? Sure, for example, this year Miami beat Florida State, who then went on to beat down BYU, a good team. I can conclude that FSU is actually a pretty good team and therefore can give Miami some more credit for beating them.

I cannot make any real, definitive statements about Miami vs. BYU or FSU vs. Oklahoma and claim any sort of credibility or objectiveness based on this interaction, though.

If you believe a definitive statement can be made based on that, I can make one. Middle Tennessee State was better than the Florida Gators last season. That is right! The MTS Blue Raiders beat Maryland, who then went on to beat Wake Forest. Wake Forrest beat Ole Miss, and Ole Miss handed the Gators their lone loss in the 2008 season. If you follow that logical path, Middle Tennessee State could beat the Gators.

I think we can all agree that is crap, and here is why: The Gators were a better team than Ole Miss.

In sports, especially college sports, teams can lose a game to a team they are just better than. I was a college athlete and I can say with certainty that I lost to guys a lot worse than me and beat guys a lot better than me. It happens! And when it happens, you can't make broad judgments about every team that team has played based on one game!

Your Out-of-Conference Schedule Sucks! So You Suck!

Since when did OOC become the highlight of the season? It seems unless your team has a top 10 team every week for the first three weeks of the college football season, you catch hell.

Now this, like everything I point out, is acceptable to a certain level; some teams deserve to catch hell for their OOC, like Penn State. When they made the schedule 10 years ago, they knew they were giving themselves cream puffs. We know it and Penn State fans for the most part will admit they have not really had much to watch these past few weeks.

Part of it is how far ahead these games are scheduled because a lot changes in 10 years; take Ohio State's past few years.

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