2008 College Football Season kick starts on August 28th
August is here and it is time to cheer your favorite football team as the 2008 College Football Season commences. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) brings one of the most sought after events in United States, The College Football. 2008 College Football season that begins with Florida Gators at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL, is all set to provide a season of sensation for its followers. The season will progress through the regular season from August 28th to December 6th, followed by the Bowl Games that would begin in December and conclude on January 8th, 2009 at Miami Gardens, Florida. The National Championship Game in Florida will feature the #1 and #2 teams, determined by BCS Ranking.
The religious fan following and the craze that College Football draws can be easily equaled to the exuberance of the Europeans Soccer fans. Fans from all over the US come to venues dressed or painted from head to toe in their team colors. Fantastic atmosphere is created by various school bands that play victory tunes with every touchdown and also by the school songs or cheering songs sung by fans, that resonate through the entire stadium, to cheer-on their favorite teams.
The NCAA, the largest collegiate athletic organization in the world, governs College Football that emerged in 1869 from a Rugby-style football game between Rutgers University and Princeton University. However, the first game that directly resembles the present day American Football, was played in 1874 between Harvard University and Tuft’s University. Since then, every year the College Football season is held towards the end of August and begins two or three weeks earlier than the NFL. Recent changes in the NCAA rules have resulted in the omission of Pre-season games such as Kickoff Classic, Eddie Robinson Classic and the Pigskin Classic. Now the regular season which consists of 12 games is played through December before the Bowl games begin in post-season series that showcases top 64 college teams. Bowl Championship Series are played in order to determine the two teams that would play National Championship Game. The National Championship Game is played at a site that rotates every year between the four BCS Bowls, viz, Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona, Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, and Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana.
College Football Trivia:
- The First BCS Championship Game was held on January 8, 2007, in the University of Phoenix Stadium.
Overtime was introduced in 1996, to eliminate ties. - NCAA has banned the form of tackle referred to as ’spearing’ due to concerns over head and neck injuries.
- College Athletes unlike professionals are not permitted by NCAA to be paid salaries, however many receive scholarships and financial assistance from the university.
- The Oklahoma Sooners has the longer winning streak in history with 47 consecutive wins from 1954 to 1957
- The longest running rivalry is between Lafayette College and Lehigh University.
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Ohio Buckeyes
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Florida Gators
- Missouri Tigers
- USC Trojans
- Texas Longhorns
- LSU Tigers
- Clemson Tigers
- Arizona Sun Devils
Top 10 Teams to watch out for during the 2008 College Football Season:
College Football season is no less than the Professional Football in its popularity and even competes with NBA and MLB for record-breaking attendance. Support and cheer for your favorite team and help them achieve success in the battle for supremacy in the American Muscle game!
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