Awww...college football

I guess it is that time again folks. I have been out of commission with soccer and broadcasting where I haven't said much about the college football season. Here I am again though, hopefully not annoying you with my love for college football. The problem with my love for college football is the fact that right now, I barely know who is in the top ten. I barely know the heisman candidates. All I know right now is how corrupt college football has become. And who do we blame for that?? Do we blame the media? Do we blame the NCAA? Do we blame the colleges? To be frank, it's hard to blame one person. The media obviously wants the "drama." The NCAA wants the power. The colleges want to win. Is there a way that we can combine all three in a manner that is civilized? Would this mean the teams of yesteryear, like Army and Navy, finally get back into the National Championship scene? Or would this mean we resort to paying these so called college athletes, yet by paying them we make them professional athletes on a much smaller scale? I have heard so many arguments one way or the other, yet I am a purist(except when it comes to the playoffs). I want to see the best athletes coming out of high school, play the game of football and appreciate a free education(a type of payment if you look between the lines...). I guess I would hate to see these specific college athletes getting paid when basketball has yet to be paid and of course no other athlete gets paid in college. I know, I know, you can make the case that college football brings in all the money, but it is just sad that all the money goes to the athletes, yet all the scholars are told they must pay more to the college so "athletes" can make more....


Ok, OK...I am done with that, I just want the games to begin. Who will finish #1? Is Florida State is the real deal? Will Oklahoma actually make it out of the easiest conference and win a BCS bowl game? Will the SEC win again?? Is Auburn really a #3/4 pick in their division? Will the PAC 16 truly be a competitive conference? Legends and Leaders, really?? Does the Big East deserve an automatic bid? Which coaches will get fired? Which coaches will get fired from more NCAA violations? Which athletes will pull a "Terrell Pryor" and leave early because they broke NCAA rules? Will there be a non BCS conference national champion? So many questions, and there may be even more to come, but what excites me most is on September 1st, college football begins. We can put away the drama that all of us hate and we can finally get between the lines and play football. This is the only part the NCAA, the universities, and the media can come together and be at peace.