College football has it’s own cult-like following. Sure the rules and basics are pretty much the same as the NFL but the atmosphere and fanaticism surrounding the game is completely different. These fans are straight up CRAZY. Check out any game on a Saturday in the fall and you will be shocked to see the stadium. Ohio State’s stadium holds well over 100,000 people and they are sold out almost every game. And the fans are all dressed head to toe in red.

But why should YOU become a college football fan? Here are some things to get your motivated!

1. It’s like a sneak peek at next year’s haute couture fashion lines! Think of it like this: The top college players get drafted in the NFL and make their professional debuts next August. So if you watch them play this fall, you are totally getting a sneak peek at next year’s newest crop of hotties to watch for! Too bad they don’t have a catalog with home delivery to order from….

2. The Ultimate Harvesting Ground of Hot Young College Guys They are in amazing physical condition, wearing skintight pants and their muscles are bulging all over the field. And they are educated! What more can you ask for? I don’t care how many years out of college you may be, indulge in your Mrs. Robinson fantasy then!

3. Insane rivalries that make the Yankees and Red Sox look like BFFs. Some of these bitter feuds go back to the Civil War and time has not made there hearts grow fonder, that’s for sure!

4. The Rose Bowl. I am convinced that this is a ploy to convince women to watch football. Why else would they call it the Rose Bowl and center it around a Rose Parade & Festival of Roses? It’s all part of college football’s post-season play and it is always played on New Year’s Day. Sure-fire cure for a hangover!

5. It’s like Friday Night Lights (TV & movie), but even more hardcore.

6. Variety is the spice of college football. There are hundreds of colleges all over the country so it’s easy to pick a team to root for. And lots of hot hunky college men to watch…

7. Marching Bands (& Fight Songs/War Cries) They aren’t for geeks anymore. Ever seen Drumline? Picture that at a college level. It’s intense.

8. The games are mostly on Saturdays. At least the high profile ones are. Until you become a obsessed with a team, you really don’t have to worry about the mid-week games. (Avid fans will disagree with me here but don’t listen to them!)

9. If you head to B-Dubbz on a college football Saturday, it’s straight up cr-razy! What’s a B-Dubbz? Buffalo Wild Wings! YUM! No B-Dubbz near you? No problem! Any sports bar on a Saturday during football season, especially from November-January will be running some fun specials and be packed with hot guys. I mean, hot fans.

10. “Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Ru-dy!”Rudy. The quintessential underdog film about a young man whose only dream in live was to play Notre Dame football. Yes, it’s a football movie but it’s badass. It makes you realize how much heart and desire these kids are playing with and will have you cheering “Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Ru-dy!” during any game.

11. Ain’t no party like a college town party Except a college town party with a winning college football team! Tailgating before a college football game is like a religion in some towns.

12. School teams have seriously funny names like….The Hawaii Rainbow and the Maryland Terrapins (aka turtles)? I’m sure that strikes fear into the hearts of their opponents! Some just made up stuff: Ohio State Buckeyes. Oklahoma Sooners. Illinois Fighting Illini. ( How do you even say that! Ill-inny? Ill-eye-ni?) And of course, my personal favorite, the Southern Illinois Salukis. Which, after a painfully boring article about why on earth these people thought it would be a good name, I discovered is some ancient purebred, highly emaciated looking dog from Egypt.

13. You get to scream, yell, curse, punch others, and throw things without being labeled as a psycho. In fact, the louder, more obnoxious you are, the better! Shows your passion for your team!

About the author: Jennifer Taglione is the owner of this fabulous website Stiletto Sports. Despite writing well over 500 posts, she still maintains that she is not a sports writer! She is however a huge fan of Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Mark Sanchez, the Celtics, and totally kicks butt on March Madness brackets! Connect with her by following her on Twitter @StilettoSportsJ and subscribing to her weekly newsletter. For more info check out the About the Editor page!

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