2013 College Football Countdown- 1 Day Away!

The 2013 College Football season is now just 1 day away, as the football season kicks off tomorrow with a full slate of games.  Today, I will give you a couple of reasons why I like watching college football more then I like watching the NFL.  It is not meant to be a disrespect to the NFL just a shout out to how good that the college game is.

The first reason why I love the college game is that you know that college kids are going to give it everything they have for the 3 or 4 years that they are playing for their school.  These athletes are representing themselves, their family, their towns, and most importantly their schools.  A lot of these players will not play past college football so they will play hard and give it everything they have.  I am not saying that NFL players don't give it everything that they have, but there are players that decide that they are getting paid a lot of money so they have the right to decide when they give effort and when they don't.  So because of that you see some players take plays off.  That is not only detrimental to themselves but also to the other players on the field because they can possibly get hurt in the process.



Another reason why I love the college game is for all the pregame rituals that are tied to each school.  Everything from singing their school fight songs to the marching bands playing during halftime.  I really enjoy seeing all the different things that schools do to get the fans involved and feel as though they are apart of the team.  Not only that but it gives alumni the ability to constantly follow the schools that they graduated from.  There are many more reasons for why I enjoy the college football game over the NFL and I will go into more detail throughout the season along with many videos to show you how important the college game is to the development of student athletes.

2013-2014 College Football Pump Up Video

Here is a great Pump up video to get you ready for the College Football season which kicks off this Thursday with this slate of games:
6pm- North Carolina at South Carolina ESPN
6pm- Liberty at Kent State
6:30pm- Presbyterian at Wake Forest ESPN3
7pm- Indiana State at Indiana Big Ten Network
7pm- UNLV at Minnesota Big Ten Network
7pm- Tulsa at Bowling Green  ESPNU
7pm- Illinois State at Ball State ESPN3
7pm- Akron at UCF ESPN3
7:30pm- Southern Utah at South Alabama ESPN3
7:30pm- Towson at UCONN ESPN3
7:30pm- Western Carolina at Middle Tennessee
8pm- Utah State at Utah Fox Sports 1
8pm- Jackson State at Tulane
9:15 pm- Ole Miss at Vanderbilt ESPN
10pm- Sacramento State at San Jose State
10:30pm- Rutgers at Fresno State ESPNU
11pm- USC at Hawaii CBS Sports Network
(All times are Eastern Time)

Tomorrow, I will write about why I enjoy watching College Football more then I do NFL football.

Mark's 2013 College Football Top 25 Preseason Poll

Now that you got a look at the 2013 College Football Preseason Coaches Poll, here is my version of the Top 25 Preseason picks along with a few teams that just missed the cut.  Also, I will be showing you some of the new helmets that these teams will be wearing this year.

Mark's 2013 College Football Top 25 Preseason Poll

1.  Alabama

2. Stanford

3. Oregon

4. Georgia

5. Ohio State

6. Clemson

7. Texas A&M

8. South Carolina

9. Louisville

10. Florida

11.  Florida State

12. Notre Dame

13. LSU

14. Michigan

15. Oklahoma State

16. Oklahoma

17. Texas

18. Nebraska

19. UCLA

20. Texas Christian

21. Boise State

22. Wisconsin

23. Northwestern

24. Oregon State

25. Miami

Top 5 Missed the Cut
1. Michigan State

2. Fresno State

3. Baylor

4. Virginia Texh

5. Arizona State

2013 College Football USA Today's Coaches Poll Preseason

Today, is a very special day, not just because it is Friday, but because today is the day that I will roll out my 2013 College Football Preseason Top 25 list.  For comparison sake I will first up up the USA Today Coaches Poll Preseason.  Then the next blog entry will be my version of the top 25 with quite a few differences.

USA Today Coaches Poll

1.  Alabama


2. Ohio State


3. Oregon



4. Stanford


5. Georgia


6. Texas A&M


7. South Carolina


8. Clemson


9. Louisville


10.  Florida


11. Notre Dame


12. Florida State

13. LSU

14. Oklahoma State

15. Texas

16. Oklahoma

17. Michigan

18. Nebraska

19. Boise State

20. TCU

21. UCLA

22. Northwestern

23. Wisconsin

24. USC

25. Oregon State