Post by dustdevil28 on Sept 21, 2005 9:39:08 GMT -8
I'm feeling a bit lazy, oh hell, I just don't feel like doing much at all so I'll pull a Mario and C and P this one.
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In honor of Super Bowl XL we give you XL reasons -- Roman numerals, of course -- why the National Football League is better than college football ...
I: No Bowl Championship Series. How is it a series if only one game counts?
II: No Meineke Car Care Bowl or MPC Computers Bowl. Do you get a free muffler or mouse if you score a touchdown?
III: NFL cheerleaders. Enough said.
IV: The NFL has no male cheerleaders.
V: John Madden can beat the crap out of Lee Corso. And Kirk Herbstreit, for that matter.
VI: The voice of John Facenda. "The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you 'round and upside down. And laugh when he's conquered and won." I just got chills.
VII: The Black Hole in Oakland.
VIII: Fantasy football. You try putting together a fantasy team using only WAC and Mountain West players.
IX: Ricky Williams and Terrell Owens are allowed to be Ricky Williams and Terrell Owens.
X: You want wholesome guys who play hard? Try the New England Patriots.
XI: Teams can move away and new ones can replace them in the NFL. In college, your community is stuck with the same team. Forever and ever.
XII: It takes more than athletic ability -- listening, Michael Vick? -- to be great in the NFL.
XIII: A Maurice Clarett can be a star in college and can't find a job in the NFL.
XIV: College games would start at 3 a.m. on Tuesday if ESPN needed to fill the time slot.
XV: Super Bowl commercials.
XVI: Of course, the college game appears more exciting. T-ball, after all, is way more exciting than the major leagues.
Did we mention NFL cheerleaders?
XVII: Super Bowl heroes. Name one big play -- or player -- in a BCS title game.
XVIII: NFL teams can't handpick their own schedules. No Buffalos or Sac States to rob the home crowd of their money.
XIX: True upsets happen once every presidential term in major college football.
XX: The NFL clock doesn't stop after every first down.
XXI: You need both feet in bounds to make a legal NFL catch.
XXII: No annoying marching bands. How many CDs in your collection feature a tuba blaring?
XXIII: You can win a championship in the NFL even if you lose your season opener.
XXIV: There are no independent teams in the NFL.
XXV: There is no bogus award (the Dave Rimington Award?) for every position in the NFL.
XXVI: NFL teams don't take a month off after the regular season and before the playoffs.
XXVII: The NFL is not regulated by the NCAA.
XXVIII: Every other final score in the NFL is not 63-7.
XXIX: NFL rivalries are based on how good you are and not because you share the same governor.
XXX: The NFL doesn't try to hide the fact that it is all about the money.
XXXI: College overtime games go on and on and on and on and on.
XXXII: Old, washed up coaches in the NFL get fired.
XXXIII: NFL Sundays -- every single one of them -- are the best days of the year.
XXXIV: Al Davis.
XXXV: The Heidi Game, the Colts and Giants in 1958, the Colts and Jets in 1969, Joe Montana to Dwight Clark.
XXXVI: New-fangled, gimmick offenses just don't work in the NFL.
XXXVII: Steve Spurrier was a flop in the NFL. As a player and a coach.
XXXVIII: Monday Night Football. The best show on TV. Ever.
XXXIX: Three-fourths of the teams in the NFL are not eliminated from championship consideration even before the season starts.
XL: Did we mention the cheerleaders?
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news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050918/COL21/509180384/1124
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In honor of Super Bowl XL we give you XL reasons -- Roman numerals, of course -- why the National Football League is better than college football ...
I: No Bowl Championship Series. How is it a series if only one game counts?
II: No Meineke Car Care Bowl or MPC Computers Bowl. Do you get a free muffler or mouse if you score a touchdown?
III: NFL cheerleaders. Enough said.
IV: The NFL has no male cheerleaders.
V: John Madden can beat the crap out of Lee Corso. And Kirk Herbstreit, for that matter.
VI: The voice of John Facenda. "The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you 'round and upside down. And laugh when he's conquered and won." I just got chills.
VII: The Black Hole in Oakland.
VIII: Fantasy football. You try putting together a fantasy team using only WAC and Mountain West players.
IX: Ricky Williams and Terrell Owens are allowed to be Ricky Williams and Terrell Owens.
X: You want wholesome guys who play hard? Try the New England Patriots.
XI: Teams can move away and new ones can replace them in the NFL. In college, your community is stuck with the same team. Forever and ever.
XII: It takes more than athletic ability -- listening, Michael Vick? -- to be great in the NFL.
XIII: A Maurice Clarett can be a star in college and can't find a job in the NFL.
XIV: College games would start at 3 a.m. on Tuesday if ESPN needed to fill the time slot.
XV: Super Bowl commercials.
XVI: Of course, the college game appears more exciting. T-ball, after all, is way more exciting than the major leagues.
Did we mention NFL cheerleaders?
XVII: Super Bowl heroes. Name one big play -- or player -- in a BCS title game.
XVIII: NFL teams can't handpick their own schedules. No Buffalos or Sac States to rob the home crowd of their money.
XIX: True upsets happen once every presidential term in major college football.
XX: The NFL clock doesn't stop after every first down.
XXI: You need both feet in bounds to make a legal NFL catch.
XXII: No annoying marching bands. How many CDs in your collection feature a tuba blaring?
XXIII: You can win a championship in the NFL even if you lose your season opener.
XXIV: There are no independent teams in the NFL.
XXV: There is no bogus award (the Dave Rimington Award?) for every position in the NFL.
XXVI: NFL teams don't take a month off after the regular season and before the playoffs.
XXVII: The NFL is not regulated by the NCAA.
XXVIII: Every other final score in the NFL is not 63-7.
XXIX: NFL rivalries are based on how good you are and not because you share the same governor.
XXX: The NFL doesn't try to hide the fact that it is all about the money.
XXXI: College overtime games go on and on and on and on and on.
XXXII: Old, washed up coaches in the NFL get fired.
XXXIII: NFL Sundays -- every single one of them -- are the best days of the year.
XXXIV: Al Davis.
XXXV: The Heidi Game, the Colts and Giants in 1958, the Colts and Jets in 1969, Joe Montana to Dwight Clark.
XXXVI: New-fangled, gimmick offenses just don't work in the NFL.
XXXVII: Steve Spurrier was a flop in the NFL. As a player and a coach.
XXXVIII: Monday Night Football. The best show on TV. Ever.
XXXIX: Three-fourths of the teams in the NFL are not eliminated from championship consideration even before the season starts.
XL: Did we mention the cheerleaders?
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