“I really enjoyed high-school football, but I didn't really enjoy college football. I liked to play the games, but I didn't like the practice. In baseball, I enjoy the practice almost as much as the games.” PlaySchoolGamesEnjoyPracticeFootballCollegeHigh SchoolBaseballEnjoyedCollege FootballHigh School Football Author:Todd Helton
“If I had stayed with football in college, I probably would have been a first-round pick.” IfsFirstsHas BeensFootballCollegePicksRounds Author:Antonio Gates
“A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball.” PeoplePlayWantedFootballCollegeBaseballCollege Football Author:Matt Holliday
“I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.” KnowsPlayWantedFootballCollegeProjectsToughFanaticsSidelinesCollege FootballFootball Fan Author:Chad Pennington
“My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.” TwoBigsWould BeAbleActorsFootballCollegeDadMy DadAthleteCoachesAthleticCollege FootballFootball Coach Author:Matt Barr
“Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.” NeedsFootballCollegeCollege FootballVanderbilt Author:Roy Blount, Jr.
“If every university president said, 'The revenue producing sports: basketball, football - potentially revenue producing at most universities - maybe in a few cases women's basketball, if every one of them had a monitor that reported directly to the university president and no 'student-athlete' ever gets into this college or university who could not plausibly be admitted if we did not have a football or basketball team, end of problem. It won't happen because it's like unilaterally disarming. You know your opponent won't do it and then you'll get crushed in every game, but it's a simple thing.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsProblemHappensGamesSportsPresidentSimpleCasesTeamStudentsFootballCollegeBasketballUniversityAthleteOpponentsRevenueCrushedSimple ThingsBasketball TeamDisarmingStudent Athlete Author:Bob Costas
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“In college football brad, you know, when you make a first down, first downs that you have possession of aren't really that important because if you make a first down it stops the clock” IfsKnowsFirstsImportantFootballCollegePossessionClockBradCollege Football Author:Bob Griese
“The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.” KnowsTryingPlayRealizingAbilityLevelsPlayerTalentFootballCollegeSpeedGiantsLeapDistractionCaliber Author:Marv Levy
“Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.” PeopleSaidTwoBigsGuyUniverseGamesNumbersCasesTroubleFootballCollegeBasketballBaseballFaultsClockPaceBig Guys Author:Dolph Schayes
“Games were moved to New Year's Eve as part of a plan by college football executives where they want to create a tradition of watching football on New Year's Eve.” WantYearsGamesPlansFootballCollegeTraditionMovedExecutivesNew YearNew Years EveCollege FootballWatching Football Author:Audie Cornish
“Earning my college degree. It was a promise I made to my parents. I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football. I was so proud of that, and the amount of work I put into it.” WellsMadeHelpingPastCertainParentFootballCollegeAmountProudPromiseDegreesHelp MeEarningCollege Degree Author:Marcus Mariota
“You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college or professional ranks. I'm a firm believer in that.” MatterPlayRunningSchoolLevelsFootballCollegeHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatBelieverFirm Author:Chip Kelly
“I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.” ThinkingLevelsFootballCollegeBowlsCollege Football Author:Dabo Swinney
“When I was playing college football, they would take the football team to a ballet school. We would learn to do tour jete's to prepare us when you are running in pursuit to tackle a ball carrier and you get hit, or somebody comes from another angle. This way you can spin away from the hit and your foot is out so you can go right into your run - basically, it pushed us toward the tackle. There's a good tweet: "Take ballet - it will push you towards the tackle."” WayRunningSchoolTeamFeetFootballCollegeBallsPursuitBalletAngleTweetFootball TeamCarrierCollege Football Author:Gary Busey
“I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides.” YearsFeltChancePlayerFootballCollegeWindowSeasonsImprovementStrideFootball PlayerFreshmanCollege FootballPro FootballSophomoreRookiesFreshman YearSophomore YearCollege Freshmen Author:Jim Harbaugh