Hi Reg,
Greetings to you my friend and a nice post.
First things first. I am a Cal grad so I hope you are not upset with me that Cal beat Tennessee. Although I am a Cal grad I am not a die hard fan. I only attend a Cal game when they play Stanford, USC, or UCLA. I am not used to them winning so I don't lose any sleep when they lose. The only college team that I really cheer for is Florida State.
Now to the post. At one time I preferred the college game over the pro game. That started to change when the big $$$$$, corporate sponsors, and the BS, I mean BCS, got involved. Also when the traditional conferences started to expand and have championship games to determine the league champion like the SEC and the former Big 8 which is now the Big 12. No longer do we have the Southwest Conference. I am old school and grew up watching the Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Orange Bowl on New Years Day. In other words just four bowl games on New Years Day and NO corporate sponsors. Now we have the NOKIA Sugar Bowl, FED EX Orange Bowl, MOBIL Cotton Bowl, TOSTIDOS (Sp) Fiesta Bowl, and I have forgotten the sponsor of the Rose Bowl. Plus you have 5 or 6, maybe more, games on New Years Day, and the major bowl games are spread out over two or three days. This year the BCS Championship was played on 1/8. Also I was born and raised in Pac-10 country and prefer the days when the Rose Bowl was played between the Big Ten and Pac Ten champion. Watching a Rose Bowl between Nebraska and the University of Miami just does not appeal to me. I am used to those teams playing each other in the Orange Bowl. The only thing that really grabs me now when it comes to the college game is watching College Game Day and hearing Lee Corso's famous words "NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND". Or when they are at the campus of the big game of the day and Lee picks the VISITING team to win. Or when Lee puts the team mascot of the team that he picks to win the big game on his head.
As for the pros I love going to the local Crowne Plaza every Sunday after church and watching 8 to 10 games played at one time on the various screens around the bar. After all of the games have been played I rush home to catch the replays of the games on ESPN with Chris Berman and Tom Jackson. Some people don't care much for Chris "Boomer" Berman but I love the names he gives the players and can't wait to hear him say "HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY". During the off season my TV is usually turned to the NFL Network to catch up on what is taking place around the league. I think I would lose my mind if I did not have the NFL Network. In a few days that will change. Even though the first game of the season is on a Thursday I prefer the energy that the games on Sunday generate.
Coach_J
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