College vs NFL

In my opinion college football is a better sport to take part in and watch. The NFL will no doubt have the better players and the Super Bowl is better than any college championship. However in college football there is so much more passion and authenticity. Tailgate and attend one college football game and you will see how exciting the atmosphere. The pregame atmosphere is pretty quiet up until about 45 minutes before the game. At an Iowa game you will hear a couple "Go Hawks", maybe some chants, and even heckling from bold opposing fans. On the walk from the tailgate to the stadium there are waves of people each popping out of different side streets on to the main street, where waves of people funnel into the stadium.

During the game you can participate in team cheers and the crowd just feels like they are one. I don't think there are many NFL games where every fan is standing up and cheering for their team as loud as they can. Whereas that is a very popular sight at college football games. I think what separates the NFL from college would be the student section. The student section always brings it and always looks ecstatic. I think both high school and college fans are generally more connected to their team through the fact that a lot of the fans went to that school. There is no school for the Green Bay Packers or New England Patriots. An NFL fan simply chooses which team they like best. 

There are way more college teams, which means more games, which means more madness. More one handed catches, more big hits, more hurdles, more everything. In my opinion the NFL just seems more formal than college football. Everything from ESPN College Gameday, to the marching band, and to the fact that the players don't get paid, shows the informal nature of college football. There seems to be a formula that pro teams follow, they usually don't score over 40 points, rarely over 50. There aren't many upsets, the team that is supposed to win almost always does. There is just something appealing about a bad team somehow beating a good team. Which reminds me that there are never any times when the fans rush the field in the NFL. 

Bottom line, if you want to watch the best players and teams in the world play football watch the NFL. If you really care about where you went to college or want to watch a emotional, unpredictable, and exciting game of football watch college football.