College Football Pet Peeves

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What's your biggest pet peeve about college football these days? Anything Notre Dame ever does is usually high on my list, but I guess one of my biggest pet peeves is when the TV announcers start doing an interview with someone and end up missing three or four plays, especially when there's a big play. It's bad enough when it has something to do with one of the players or teams on the field, but it's really annoying when it's something like a telephone interview with a coach about his game the following week. Then there are the times when they simply stop calling the game because they've become bored with it.

Anyone else?
 






"that's another Golden Gopher.........First Down" after every single first down in the game.
 

JoeDirt said:
"that's another Golden Gopher.........First Down" after every single first down in the game.
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You DON'T like that? Really? I think it's one of the great aspects of the experience of a Gopher game. Plus it keeps the old people from falling asleep.
 


1. The fact that the postseason (bowls) typically amount to home games for southern teams and road games for northern teams.
2. Rankings before week 4.
3. People who say there are too many bowls (there's a simple solution - don't watch them all).
4. Whining from Boise State and Utah.
5. Overtime posessions starting in field goal range - they should move it back 5 yards to the 30.

These are all very nit-picky things that don't really bother me that much. Overall, college football is the greatest spectator sport ever invented!
 






The people who stomp their feet and have tantrums because the move to a playoff is just a matter of time.
 



I do hate it when the announcers get caught up talking about themselves, and neglect what's going on on the field. I hate it when they have these long wipes when going cutting back from showing some graph and going back the the field, they often miss the snap of the ball.

I don't like when they only go back to the game an instant before the ball is snapped, I like to see what the formation is. I hate it when they don't tell you key information, like when it's fourth down, and they don't tell you whether the team is punting or going for it. They should be able to figure that out and tell us based on what players are out there.
 

AhliBobwa said:
You DON'T like that? Really? I think it's one of the great aspects of the experience of a Gopher game. Plus it keeps the old people from falling asleep.
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I can live with it, it's just a little annoying. I kind of seems to me that we're almost relieved to get first downs so we need to celebrate when we get one.
 

Fans that sit on their hands during the entire game and complain when you get up and cheer for big play. I don't have season tickets just so I can keep the bench warm....
 

Gopher fans who sell their tickets to Wisc./Iowa/etc.. fans.
 



- weddings on a fall Saturday
- people who think a proper tailgate constitutes a bag of Doritos and a case of Miller Lite
- anyone who thinks they "know" college football but has yet to attend a game at an opposing teams campus
- anyone who thinks the Little Brown Jug, Paul Bunyan's Axe and Floyd of Rosedale are just trinkets
- Friday night college football games
- the local media's collective knowledge of college football (lack thereof)
- 11am kickoffs
- the midget cheerleaders at the U of M. Seriously, why do all the female cheerleaders at the U of M have to be between 4'10" and 5'2" ? I'd like to see some length added to this group. Think lean and lithe.
- The need to schedule D1-AA schools to fill out non-conference schedules.
- The smugness of Notre Dame. I do however want them in the expansion of the Big 10. I laugh in their general direction in their recent ineptitude of winning games with their high school All American filled rosters.
- Indoor football games except in December. Or January.
- the whole recruiting process. Wake me up on the first Wednesday of February so I can pay attention.
- the comment section on Kent Youngblood's blog on the Star Tribune.
- the lack of hotels in Lafeyette and West Lafayette, Indiana.
 


People who think that the only fans who should come to college football games are people who are willing to stand up and cheer for their team as loudly as possible for as long as possible. Anyone who wants to sit quietly and enjoy the game is not welcome no matter how long they have been a season ticket holder, and no matter much money they have given to support their school and team.
 





BCS refuses to go away because of money.
Competitive inequality because of money.
TV execs only caring about money.
Players leaving early to make money.
Presidents, regents, and commissioners only caring about money.
Stadiums named after banks. (just the name, not the building)

I could go on... but you get it.

Oh, and why the hell is bucky such an ugly skunk??
 

... people who think they will be able to take "and that's another Golden Gopher... FIRST DOWN!" out of my cold, dead hands.
 

Well now...

*Half-full stadiums.
*Or even worse...stadiums that are half-full of opposing fans. Have some pride, people.
*The length between the end of the season and spring football.
*The length between the end of spring football and the fall.
*TV getting the NCAA to change the clock rules every couple years to fit their nice, 3 hour time packages. (Screw you, ESPN. If a team wants to throw 45 incomplete passes, the game's going to take 4 hours.)

There's more, but it's a long offseason, and I'll probably be back to this thread before April.
 


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