There are a number of reasons as to why the NFL is more popular than college football. One is that there is no one person/office in charge of promotion. That leaves all of the programs, conferences and television networks to themselves.
And, as we know, these individuals do only what is in their own best interest. And so we have the current television predicament in which every major game today is being shown at virtually the same time. Gone are the days of important games being played during the day, with a few exceptions, as the networks have finally realized that Saturday night is ripe for viewership. Now the casual interested-in-only-one-program fan will not care but folks like me--and there are plenty of you out there--will have to either choose tonight between FSU-Clemson, Michigan-ND, OU-KSU et al or channel surf and not get a true sense of any one game. It is a ridiculous situation and one that cannot help promote a great sport.
The NFL, meanwhile, had the Giants on Thursday night, has the usual variety of games on Sunday afternoon, and then offers interesting match-ups Sunday and Monday nights. College football cannot even keep folks entertained at noon and then 3:30, which used to be packed, overs a couple of decent contests. So, I guess the answer is to go out and watch games and I'll take the family to the 12:30 Columbia-Fordham battle for the Liberty Cup.
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