College football playoff debate

Who was the inventor of football you might ask? It was Walter Camp. He was born on April 17, 1859, in new haven, Connecticut. He attended a school named Yale from 1876 through 1882 .Walter camp was also very known as the father of American football. The first game of the sport was in Nov.6, 1869. He died on March 14, 1925. The creator of basketball was the one who introduced the helmets to American football. The sport is still really famous and the crowd goes…

The Super Bowl this year sure was an interesting one! The falcons sure thought that they were going to win! Most of us watch the Super Bowl for the game right? Well some of us watch I just for the halftime show. During the actual game the Patriots sure made an outstanding comeback! For those of us who watch it just for the halftime show, that was a great one! The wait was worth it. The halftime show could have inspired the Patriots to comeback for the win! Lady Gaga began her show on the roof of…

reason college football is better that the fans are more hard core than NFL fans. The NFL players are mostly all old who ever starts. The best thing to watch is the rose bowl when it comes on it is usually the rivalries again Like Iowa and Iowa State. All the college players work hard to try and make it to the NFL for their goals. But if they don’t do well they could make it to the NFL or maybe not. NFL guys these days are all old but they play good games, I'm just saying. But college people…

Henry, and Bernice Wuethrich. Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002. Print. Scholarly This book delves into the detrimental effects of binge drinking, and how to minimize the act itself. By charging students erroneously high amounts for alcohol they will still buy some, but will not abuse it. I will incorporate this book presenting the case that by selling alcohol at college sporting events, students will not exploit the rule, mainly because…

College Football’s bowl season is underway and with 36 games left to play in the next three weeks, it’s difficult not to feel the excitement. Bowl season kicked off Saturday in a day that showcased five games, albeit some more exciting than others. • In the opening bowl of college football’s postseason, the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, the Utah Utes defeated the BYU Cougars in a game that ended a lot closer than expected after Utah jumped out to a 35-0 lead in the first quarter. The bowl…

studying and many sleepless nights, I have successfully been able to maintain a 4.0 grade point average since the letter grading system was introduced in the seventh grade. Along with grades, I was deeply involved in athletics as well; competing in football and basketball throughout my time at Jenks High School. I know first hand how challenging it can be…

Should College Athletes Be Paid? College sports have become one of the largest spectacles in our country. Hundreds of thousands of people come to watch the heat of competition, and the universities bring in millions of dollars from the sporting events. There are even video games of the sports that are made that can bring in equal amounts of money. There has been continued debate about if the athletes should be paid to play, or if the money from their scholarships is enough. There are many…

won his second chip at 29. And LeBron isn’t just younger, he’s also more accomplished. The King has led his teams to nineteen playoff series wins, at the time of Jordan’s second ring, he had only won thirteen series. LeBron has a career playoff win percentage of .638%. At the time of his second ring, MJ had a playoff win percentage of .587%. And it’s not just the playoffs where James stands out, LeBron has already won 4 MVP awards, that’s one more than Jordan had when he won his second title.…

American Football American football is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and it is continuing to grow in popularity. Whether it is pop warner/ little league, to high school and college football, to the pro level, or the NFL, it is very clear that the sport of football is very popular and will continue to grow in popularity. Because the of the average amount of people watching and playing, how versatile the players of the sport are, and its recognition and endless amounts of…

In recent years there has been a debate inside college athletics that centers around the true value of college athletes and whether or not a scholarship is truly enough to keep the athletes in school and ensure they get their degrees. Many athletes in Division I sports, primarily basketball and Football Bowl Subdivision college football see college as a stepping stone to either the NFL or the NBA. The NCAA tracks the graduation rates in these sports via the GSR, or Graduation Success Rate,…