# 2008 College Football thread **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 30, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-college-football-thread/198802 "2008-07-30T21:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-college-football-thread/198802/30 "2008-09-01T21:39:33Z")
> [@Crysis Demo released today](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crysis-demo-released-today/37644/8): > > i think you have it backwards. NFL football is too political, too predictable and too much of a business. College football, while still having all of those components, has a sense of pride, passion and tradition that can not be duplicated in professional football because the players are paid ludicrous amounts of money to perform. it has a sense of gay mascots and making you feel like a fucking poser (go figure…) if you’re rooting for a school that you did not actually attend. Not to mention the roster turnover on yearly basis, the generally much lower level of skill, and the BCS that has become so commercialized it makes me sick (watch for the OC Pool Management Bowl, coming to a stadium near you in 2011), plus seems to do everything it can to make sure that the best two teams are not competing for the championship title. I went to a Maryland v. GA Tech game last year and it was like watching a high school game. Neat thing to go watch when you’re in town and all that, but… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-college-football-thread/198802)._