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

Football players win football games.

For some kids who never even dreamed of going to college, they come to see the games and black football teams and bands from black colleges, and they see what's possible.

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.

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.

I definitely watch college football on Saturdays.