Many reasons why college football tops the NFL

The list may start and end with the Song Girls, but there's a lot to be thankful for in college football this season, writes Beano Cook.

Originally Published: November 22, 2005
By Beano Cook | ESPN Insider
Thanksgiving is one day that the NFL has on college football.

There aren't many. The pageantry of college football almost every week features something more intriguing than Arizona-St. Louis or Buffalo-Houston or many of the other flip-a-coin matchups the parity-driven NFL offers.

Thanksgiving, maybe the NFL championship Sunday, when you get two games for the price of one (at least until the league goes to pay TV), and the Super Bowl.


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Beano Cook

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Carroll H. "Beano" Cook joined ESPN in March 1986 and served as a college football studio commentator and occasional sideline reporter, in addition to offering college football commentary on ESPN Radio. He died in October 2012.

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