The mornings are cooler. The sun sets earlier every day. Football is around the corner. And as wonderful as the NFL is, for many of us, nothing beats the pageantry, the tradition, and the excitement of college football.
The sport is far from perfect, and it is going through a bit of a transition phase right now. An “Atlantic Coast Conference” that includes teams from Berkeley, Palo Alto, and Dallas makes no geographic sense. No one wants to watch a noon Eastern time Big Ten conference game featuring the UCLA Bruins versus the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. And it’s tough enough following a sport in which players get just four seasons of eligibility, but now, fans have to track player movement in a system in which every player is functionally a free agent at the end of every year, thanks to name, image, and likeness deals.
All those troubles aside, nothing beats a fall afternoon featuring a stadium of over 100,000 people, all on their feet, with a marching band blasting a fight song, watching young men get the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their school and often their state.
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And then, there is the funnier side of college football, which includes the diversity of new names we see every year, hence what has become an annual feature here at the Washington Examiner: the best names of college football. As always, these come courtesy of podcast producer Jim Weber:
QB General Booty (Louisiana-Monroe)
RB Jeremiyah Love (Notre Dame)
WR Phat Watts (Tulane)
WR Squirrel White (Tennessee)
WR Cash Walker (Houston)
TE Rowdy Beers (FIU)
OL King Large (SMU)
OL Jaden Muskrat (Auburn)
OL Tiger Shanks (UNLV)
OL Panda Askew (Charlotte)
OL Hannes Hammer (Virginia Tech)
DL Demon Clowney (Charlotte)
DL Blaise Gunnerson (Nebraska)
DL Thunder Keck (Stanford)
DL Hero Kanu (Ohio State)
LB Memorable Factor (Duke)
LB Power Echols (North Carolina)
LB Chief Borders (Pittsburgh)
DB New Zealand Williams (San Diego State)
DB Major Burns (LSU)
DB Pig Cage (Louisiana Tech)
DB Dude Person (Central Arkansas)