I've had my eye to the Internet lately and have seen words arranged in a most troubling manner. People have wrinkled their fingers and punched keys in specific sequences to create words discrediting the quality of the NFL. And they have done this in favor of college football!

I do not appreciate these disparaging remarks being made against my National Football League.

As far as I'm concerned, college football might as well be played on another planet. The language is foreign, the population is of a strange breed, and the game re-defines the concept of boring.

College football is an exercise in futility, and a practical joke played by Lucifer on all true, red-blooded NFL followers.

8. The ESPN Ticker
It takes way too long to get to important news on a college gameday. And don't get me started on when NCAA basketball starts, with both women and men's games getting in the way of what real sports fans care about.

7. The Ranking System
I'm a fairly intelligent guy and have even deciphered a Fibonacci once. Yet, I still can't figure out college football's ranking system. Do the numbers next to the school's name really mean anything?

6. Too Many Teams
The collegiate battle for supremacy is a moot point when there are multiple championship trophies being rewarded at the end of the season. In the NFL, there is one winner at the end of the season. 

One ring to rule them all, so to speak.

There's no way to tell if your favorite team is truly the best. The winner of the Orange Bowl might be a lot worse than the winner of the Sugar Bowl. But because of these ridiculous conferences, it's impossible to ever know.

5. School Spirit?
Drunken frat boys, scantily-clad women, and an excuse to be loud and obnoxious seem to be the incentive for students attending games.

Live football always provides an exciting environment. But what are the intentions of those in attendance? Are they there because they want to represent their school, or because it's Saturday afternoon and everyone else is going to be there?

School spirit is an illusion; a fabrication of loyalty by people that are gracious for a school's acceptance. My ex-girlfriend attended Penn State football games because it was something to do, not because she loved the game.

The entire event is an afternoon of pretend. They're more Sean Astin than they are Rudy Ruettiger.

4. The Misconception of Heart
When NCAA Football fans attempt to support their love for the amateur ranks, they typically point to the proverbial heart collegiate athletes exhibit. That argument is paper-thin.

If it's really heart and desire they're looking for, one has to wonder why no one is lining up to watch local semi-pro teams play. You know—the leagues where the players pay to play.

To believe that college football players aren't going out every week for themselves and to prove what they can do for a shot at a lucrative contract and longer playing career is absurd.

Just because these athletes don't have endorsement deals, movie offers, and multi-million dollar contracts doesn't mean they don't benefit from the perks of their status. In fact, it can be argued that they've been benefiting from it all since High School.

As a society we enjoy laughing at the dumb athletes as we wonder how they got through college to begin with. Look no further than their scholarships. Athletes being pushed through school simply to make it to the next level isn't a foreign concept to anyone.

NFL players look to cement their names in the history books at the top level. Collegiate records are fine and dandy, but to say NFL players have no incentive to strive for glory only serves to prove one's bias.

3. The Greed
The NFL isn't exactly a shining beacon of generosity, but that can't be held against them as it's understood that the game is a business. The league does explore new methods to improve the game, but profit margins are always a focus.

However, the money-first example that these schools have established sets a terrible precedent for those whose minds they seek to enrich. Is the school primarily an institution for higher learning, or a cash cow for the board to wet their beaks?

It's a cruel hypocrisy when a school seeks financial gain off the legs of student-athletes, whose eligibility and character is assassinated the second they receive a birthday card from grandma with $100 inside.

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