College football refers to
American football played by teams of student athletes
fielded by American universities, colleges, and military
academies, or Canadian football played by teams of
student athletes fielded by Canadian universities. It
was through college football play that American football
rules first gained popularity in Canada and the United
States.
The first college football game in the United States
The first game of intercollegiate
"football" between two colleges from the United States was
an unfamiliar ancestor of today's college football, as it
was played under 99-year-old soccer-style Association
rules.The game was played between teams from Rutgers
University and Princeton University, which was called the
College of New Jersey at the time. It took place on November
6, 1869 at College Field, which is now the site of the
College Avenue Gymnasium at Rutgers University in New
Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won by a score of 6 "runs" to
Princeton's 4.The 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton is
important in that it is the first documented game of
intercollegiate football ever played between two American
colleges, and because of this, Rutgers is often referred to
as The Birthplace of College Football.
Are College Football Superconferences Dumb?
The push since the summer of 2010 has been to expand BCS
automatic-qualifier conferences from the 8 to 12 team size
up to a 16 team super-conference. The idea is that a 16 team
super-conference is worth more to a television partner like
ESPN, Comcast or Fox than two 8 team conferences would be
worth separately. The PAC-12 (formerly PAC-10) put the ball
in motion by aggressively courting Texas and Oklahoma, while
ultimately settling for Colorado and Utah; the Big Ten
around the same time added Nebraska. Shortly thereafter, the
PAC-12 signed a $3 billion 12 year TV contract with Fox and
ESPN and this seemed to give some credence to the conference
expansion idea. However, there is a feeling that the TV
deals were simply undervalued in recent years and that even
had the PAC-12 not expanded, they would have received a rich
deal. Utah had previously earned less than $2 million per
year as part of the Mountain West Conference and Colorado
earned about $9 million per year in the Big XII. They were
now going to make about $21 million a year. Had adding these
schools netted the PAC-12 Conference that much more money?
Probably not.
Twelve schools is the ideal football conference size. It
allows schools to play all 5 other teams in their division
and 3-4 crossover teams in the other division. This
guarantees that you will play every school in your
conference at least every other year. If you go to 16 teams,
you will have 7 division opponents and a maximum of 2
crossover games. There will be teams that you only see once
every 4 years. That is ridiculous. How are the teams in the
same conference if you never play them? The WAC in 1996 was
the original superconference with Utah, BYU, Colorado State,
Air Force, Wyoming, Hawaii, San Diego State, UTEP, UNLV, TCU,
SMU, Rice, Tulsa, Fresno State, San Jose State, and New
Mexico. It was a failure and resulted in 8 of the older
members leaving to form the Mountain West. They cited the
excessive travel costs, the diminishment of traditional
rivalries and history, as well as having 16 teams to spread
revenue around with.
The PAC-12 is probably the potential superconference to have
the most disjointed structure. The PAC-12 looks down upon
the Mountain West schools which make the most geographic
since in their existing footprint and is more likely to
target Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech,
Missouri, or Kansas from the Big XII. This will result in
bringing upon schools that are very different geographically
and perhaps culturally than their existing member-schools.
This will also move Arizona and Arizona State into an
Eastern Division and separate them from the schools they
have played against since 1978.
[Contributing Editor - Donald Plunkett]
College Football Betting Line - Start Early in
Betting
College football betting line is now
becoming more and more famous. Football is one of the most
loved sports of Americans. Sure, it may seem like they hurt
themselves and each other when they tackle but isn't it the
main charm of the game? Football, as tough of a sport as it
is, continues to be one of the most fascinating sports in
the world today. That is why even in non-professional
football, people are starting to bet. The more popular ones
are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and
the National Football League (NFL) football leagues.
Basically, a college football betting line is a betting
process wherein bettors or handicappers place the odds on
specific teams in football. This is said to make the betting
more fun because it makes the results unpredictable.
One of the successful individuals who have been betting in
college football said that he used to go with his guts and
his feelings since he really did not understand how it
works. He started to lose at first and he was ready to just
move on with his life but then he came across someone who
knows the betting process more than he does. He found the
reason why he kept on losing and this was because he was
uninformed.
College football betting line is a great place to start if
you are really not ready to bet for the professional
football games. Just remember to keep yourself educated with
the teams, their players and each one's statistics and you
will be good to go. Like in anything in life, being prepared
for something is much safer than going with your emotions or
your instincts. Betting is fun and could be a great source
of income but is you lose tons of money because of it, it
will never be fun. It will just be a vice that will drown
you into a pit hole where you can never get yourself out.
