Quotes about College Football

It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me. Votes: 7

I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite. Votes: 5

Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back. Votes: 5

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. Votes: 5

If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. Votes: 5

It's something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It's the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it'd definitely be a dream come true. Votes: 5

The energy of college football rivals that of a live performance for me. I am an extremely analytical guy and predicting these games is right up my alley, especially with a little luck thrown in. It is even more fun when I am winning and I have to say, I have fared quite well in my predictions. Votes: 5

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. Votes: 3

Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country. Votes: 3

Is this college football's version of Arena Football? These guys need to grow some hair on their peaches. Votes: 3

A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball. Votes: 3

When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football. Votes: 3

I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players. Votes: 3

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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 Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism. Votes: 3

I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year. Votes: 3

I played with a left hamstring injury since playing college football at Washington University. I went to doctors all over the country to find out what was wrong, and none of them could figure out the problem in my hamstring. I went to Drs. Baker and they found a huge knot in my hamstring. They were able to release it and fix my hamstring problem. Votes: 3

I'm in love with college football. I have such a blast with it. Votes: 2

More people are watching college football on Snapchat than they are on television. Votes: 2

College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game. Votes: 2

I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting. Votes: 2

I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football? Votes: 2

More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players. Votes: 2

They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football. Votes: 2

My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life. Votes: 2

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation. Votes: 2

In college football, fans wallow in a culture of failure. Unless you root for Miami, you sadly wait for disaster to strike your team in a manner not seen outside of Fenway Park. Votes: 2

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics. Votes: 2

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player. Votes: 2

There are many reasons why I hate college football. The 4-hour games drone on longer than Steve Lyons during the American League playoffs. The ever-expanding season threatens to creep into early July. Boise, Idaho, hosts a bowl game. And it's played on blue artificial turf. Votes: 2

I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Giants fan, but my son who's turning 12 has really gotten into football, and he likes the Jets, so I totally jumped ships so we can root for the same team. Votes: 2

A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world. Votes: 2

I'm an avid University of Miami Hurricanes fan. I hope to come to the day where I can still do some stuff for NBC and somehow integrate it with an RV tour of the South for college football. Luckily, my wife, she's a Florida State alum, so I wouldn't have to talk her into it. I think our kids would think we're weird. Votes: 2

College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night. Votes: 0

I wanted to go to college and play football. Votes: 0

Football is violence and cold weather and college rye. Votes: 0

I went to college to play football, not to study it. Votes: 0

Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye. Votes: 0

You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college. Votes: 0

Tate University - a large football stadium with a college attached. Votes: 0

Best scene in college football is at LSU on a Saturday night. Votes: 0

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football. Votes: 0

No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves. Votes: 0

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. Votes: 0

I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker. Votes: 0

I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college. Votes: 0

College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy. Votes: 0

I played football for a huge portion of my life, all the way through college actually. Votes: 0

If I had stayed with football in college, I probably would have been a first-round pick. Votes: 0

When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive. Votes: 0

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football) Votes: 0

I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game. Votes: 0

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America. Votes: 0

I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church. Votes: 0

The Dodgers. My favorite hockey team is the Kings. I like the Clippers in basketball. And I like USC college. Football, the Giants. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education. Votes: 0

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football. Votes: 0

But I don't know how I really felt about Johnny Manziel, but I feel like now everyone hates him. He's quickly becoming my favorite player in college football. Votes: 0

I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night Football.' Booked! Football is first, then basketball and then everything else. Votes: 0

I like college football a lot, because it's the dream that you're chasing. The dream of one day possibly making it, with the harsh reality that only one percent make it. Votes: 0

You’ll never have a 16-team playoff in college football. The most that could happen would be four teams in the next century. But after that, I’m dead, so who cares? Votes: 0

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics. Votes: 0

Congratulations to Ohio State, your new college football champions. Coach Urban Meyer may be the greatest football coach of all time. Don't confuse him with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. That's urban quagmire. Votes: 0