College football has been called a pure game. The players are out there on the field playing for glory and school pride. They dont get paid and many of them are hoping to get a shot at the NFL. College football has no salary cap and theres nothing stopping a school from signing many top recruits in the country. In fact, a recent report showing the top high school possible recruits revealed that a strong majority had USC and Texas on their list of college choices. Good players want to play at a good school. As a result good schools get better and poor schools get worse.
Year in and year out we hear the names of top programs like Ohio State over and over. College football is a freer game than the NFL. Coaches are not afraid to try trick plays and run the option. As a result, the points can really add up. One trap that many college football bettors that also bet the NFL fall into is handicapping the game as if it was the NFL. In the NFL, each and every playerno matter how bad they seemis one of the top players in the entire football world. In college football, there are handfuls of NFL type players with scores of just average players.
In the NFL, you would never see...