Have you ever noticed when you watch college football how exciting it is? It seems like the players are always running and throwing hard, there are marching bands, mascots, rival colors, and loud and rowdy fans. The playoffs are also more intense in college football/NCAA because they have just four playoff spots for 130 teams. The NFL has 12 playoff spots and 32 teams. This makes it harder to get in the playoffs in the NCAA. That’s why I think college football is more fun to watch than the NFL.
There are more college teams than the NFL. I’m interested in the sport of football, especially college and the NFL. I have learned that college football has 130 teams, that’s a lot more than the NFL’s 32. I have seen amazing college football games but one of the biggest rowdiest college games I have seen was Clemson versus LSU this winter. The stadium was packed with orange and purple shirts. The fans even painted their faces in their teams’ colors.
Some college teams are in places where there is no NFL team, so lots of people from surrounding areas come and support the college team. If the college is not in a big city, the games might be some of the biggest entertainment events happening nearby. That’s why I think college football has more exciting rivalries than the NFL.
There are only 4 playoff spots in NCAA. I think College football is more competitive than the NFL because the NFL has 12 playoff spots and college football only has four. The college teams have to work harder to get the top spot because there aren’t as many chances. This creates more team energy and fan excitement. I know that it creates fan and team excitement because I play on a football team and when you’re in the playoffs everybody screams in excitement and fear.
College players are trying to get into the NFL. I think college players are on their best and try to stay on their best so NFL teams draft them into the NFL. NFL players usually play on multi-year contracts and may not always have to play their best. I have seen some of the Bangles, an NFL team, not play their hardest because a lot of them are already getting paid.
You might think when football ends that college players think it is a vacation and NFL players feel like it’s training time but college players are working hard because they want to get to the NFL. They run hard, throw hard, and play hard so that they’ll get noticed by NFL scouts.
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