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NFL Week 17: Examples Of What College Football Could Be

 
I consider myself an avid football fan. I often spend weekends in the fall sitting on the couch with a remote control in my hand and a football game on TV. However, while I love to watch football, the college game was the lone object of my affection for the sport. Granted, the NFL is very entertaining and plays host to the best football in the world, but it used to lack intrigue for me. I seldom watched the NFL and only checked scores in passing. However, that has changed in recent years as the past few seasons in both college and professional football have caused me to take a more invested interest in each. College football has been subjected to controversy surrounding the BCS rankings numerous times, especially this season with the chaos in determining the winner of the Big 12 South. If Oklahoma, Texas, or Texas Tech, which were deadlocked in a three-way tie for first in the Big 12 South, were to defeat Missouri in the Big 12 title game, a BCS Championship Game ... (link)

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