The BCS certainly is flawed, but it makes the season a lot more exciting and a lot more important.
The stadiums also make college football as great as it is. Death Valley, the Rose Bowl, Neyland Stadium, the Big House, the Coliseum, the Swamp, Kyle Field, and many other stadiums tremble from fan noise and intimidate their opponents week in and week out.
Home field advantage in college football is more pivotal than any other sport .
The fans at LSU once recorded a cheer so loud, it registered as a legitimate earthquake on seismographs in the LSU Geology Department. That’s the power of the home crowd in college football.
Another big factor is the game day atmosphere around these massive stadiums. Look me in the eye and tell me that hearing your school fight song as the team comes running out of tunnel and doesn’t give you goose bumps.
Whether it’s tailgating, watching ESPN College Gameday, or going to the campus bookstore to load up on gear, the feeling is amazing. From personal experience, I feel like an eight-year old kid when I’m at a college campus on a Saturday in the fall.
However, what really makes the college football experience so special are you and me. The fans.
Every single week, we come out in droves, ready to give our team unwavering support. Every single season, we defend our team, believing that we are, indeed, the title favorite. When we refer to our beloved school, it’s not them or they.
It’s we. It’s us.
We won. We lost. We’re stacked on offense. Our secondary is suspect. We converted a crucial fourth down. We should have kicked the field goal, taken the easy points.
As fans, we feel great joy, and sometimes relief, in victory and overwhelming despair in defeat, especially the first loss of the season.
So, when I think to myself, “Why am I so crazy about this game?” I know exactly why college football gets my blood pumping.
It’s the storied traditions of the nation’s most prestigious programs. It’s the high stakes of every game, every week. It’s the stadiums—or football cathedrals if you will—that are packed to maximum capacity each football Saturday. It’s the campus atmosphere and the hearty tailgating that takes place around the country every Saturday in the fall.
And most of all, it’s the passion of the fans that keeps me so enthralled with college football. The community of fans that share my obsession and love of the game. Millions of strangers, people I’ve never met, that I can relate to.
No matter our race, religion, social background, or political affiliation, we can all profess our love for the wonder that is college football.
I am addicted to college football and proud of it!
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