College Football

Football is the most popular game in the United States and in Canada. People engage in any sport with different reasons either for pleasure, entertainment, for scholarship, for the love of the game or as a platform for professional playing. For college students, most of them play college football to nurture their talent and attain a prominent opportunity of playing professionally. College football is football that is played by a team of student athletes fielded by colleges, universities and military academies. It is mostly played by American student athletes and Canadian student athletes fielded from American and Canadian universities. It is through college football that football has gained popularity around the world especially in the United States. College football has been around for sometime compared to professional football and it has many people in support of it and who come to watch. College football has become very popular in the United States than professional playing for both the fans and players. This is owing to remarkable marketing over the last 20 years and mainly because professional football players come from college football players.

College football is attended by many students and parents since many students always attend schools that their parents attended and this means there is a family history of supporting the team thus making college football very popular. Many fans get attached to a certain institution after several years of attending that specific school and the sport provides them a chance to show their loyalty by rallying behind their college team. Many students enjoy these games because of their popularity as it is fun to watch a team that has been supported by great grandparents, parents and now chi...

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...ers have been nurtured through college football and this is why it will always remain popular around the globe. College football is attractive and entertaining and most people spend their Saturdays enjoying the game. Moreover, college football has undefeated teams and bitter rivalry games that has attracted people for a very long time thus remaining popular. College football is more than a game.

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