You're a great football fan, if...

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All football fans go a little crazy. So how can you tell a real fan? You're a great football fan, if...

You said your wedding vows while watching a football game out of the corner of your eye.

You proposed at a tailgate party.

You asked your wife to have a Caesarian Section, because the baby was due on Super Bowl Sunday.

In preparation for a romantic evening you put on a football helmet.

You did the end zone hustle at your wedding reception.

You dated the team mascot in costume.

Your definition of "getting lucky" is finding a football ticket in your wife's jeans.

Your wife saw your marriage proposal on the stadium scoreboard.

You've ever worn face paint to Sunday church.

You met your wife when she was selling hotdogs at the stadium.

You keep a football playbook in the bathroom.

Your girlfriend used to date most of the players on the team.

Your season tickets cost more than your house.

You have a tattoo of your team logo.

You dream of having sex at half-time... in the stadium.

You have had sex at half-time... in the stadium.

Your children are named Ditka, Heisman and O.J.

Your wedding colors were the same as your team colors.

You've offered to post bail for a football player.

You're definition of "getting lucky" is a seat on the fifty-yard line.

Stadium Food Service catered your wedding.

In preparation for a romantic evening, you ask your wife to wear a cheerleader outfit.

You missed weekend visitation rights because of a football game.

You and your wife stay married for the sake of the bobblehead collection.

You do "the wave" when you're asleep in bed.

In the school yearbook, you're wearing the team uniform on picture day.

Your prenuptial agreement mentions season tickets.

You named your dog Touchdown.

You have three big screen TV's in the living room for Sunday's games.

You've worn the same shirt on Sundays for seven years

Should College Football Athletes Be Paid?

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College football is it work or is it fun? Some would argue both. The athletes have fun running, catching, blocking, and kicking. They don't necessarily enjoy 4 and 5 hour practices, daily film sessions, and weight lifting. Much of what they do is fun. Also much of what they do is work. With that in mind, should they be paid? Also keep in mind they produce millions of dollars for their schools and risk life and limb.

They have fun. They have worked their whole lives to get to the point where they are able to perform at the college level of athletics. They put in long hours of training and perform at high levels to produce wins and put people in seats. There is no doubt that what they do is work. This is why they give scholarships to the best of these athletes and provide housing and meals. Is that enough? Should they be paid?

Many colleges bring in as much as 45 million dollars a year from the football program. Notre Dame brings in 101 million a year from athletics. College football coaches are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and even millions in many cases. The football program provides money for the entire department of athletics. Football players are given scholarships but no money. They produce a great deal but aren't given any money. I think they should be given a monthly per diem of at least $1000.00 per player.

Yes they risk life and limb with no monetary compensation. There have been athletes to receive substantial injuries from playing football from paralysis, to hip injuries, to ankle injuries and sometimes even death. These injuries have ended possible million dollar careers. They play a gladiator sport that involves violence. Athletes should be compensated monetarily for this risk and in many cases this occurrence of injuries.

The NCAA does not allow for the paying of college football players and athletes. They risk life and limb and work extra hard for their schools. They bring in millions of dollars and provide millions of dollars for other athletics at these universities. They should be paid. No doubt!

I am a writer of many things, but presently I am venturing into college football, so some would call me a sportswriter.

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Football Funnies

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NFL, Grid Iron, American Football. Call it what you want, but I'm calling it American Football in this site, so here are a bunch of funny jokes for America's favorite game!

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Q: What's the difference between the Buffalo Bills and a dollar bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar.

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Q: Why is the Oakland football team like a possum?
A: Because they play dead at home and get killed on the road.

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Q: What do Billy Graham and the Buffalo football team have in common? A: They can both make a stadium of 50,000 people say "Oh, Jesus."

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A football coach was asked his secret of evaluating his new recruits. "Well," he said, "I take 'em out in the woods and make 'em run. The ones that run round the trees, I make into running backs. The ones that run straight into the trees, I turn into linemen."

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Q: What's the difference between the Green bay Packers and Cheerios?
A: Cheerios belongs in a bowl.

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Q: What has eight arms and an I.Q. of 60?
A: Four blokes watching a football game.

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The Definition of an optimist: A Buffalo Bills fan waiting at Buffalo Niagara International Airport for the Bills to return from winning the Super Bowl.

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Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. -- George Will.

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The L.A. Rams have a new line of cologne. It's a little different though; you wear it and the other guy scores.

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Q: Why does John Elway eat his cereal from a plate?
A: Because he's lost all three of his bowls.

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After spending all day watching football, Jimmy fell asleep in front of the TV and spent the whole night in the chair. In the morning, his wife woke him up. "Get up dear," she said, "it's 20 to 7" He awoke with a start and said, "In who's favor?"

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Know why the new football stadium they built in Warsaw could'nt be used?
No matter where you sat, you were behind a Pole!

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Q: What is the difference between a sofa and a man watching Monday Night
A: Football? The sofa doesn't keep asking for beer.

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What do you get when you cross a defensive lineman with a prostitute? A quarter-ton pickup.

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Why can't John Elway use the phone anymore? Because he can't find the receiver.

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Oakland Raiders Attempt to Rebuild Franchise in 2009

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What can we say about the Oakland Raiders? After an amazing start to the decade (think back to the dominant days of Gannon, Rice, Brown, Garner, Woodson, and others), the Raiders simply haven't been what they used to be. As a Jets fan myself, I can remember fearing the presence of the almighty Raiders year in and year out. Times have obviously changed.

Even bringing in high caliber players like Randy Moss at wide receiver and LaMont Jordan at running back failed miserably, as the Oakland Raiders have had more consecutive seasons of losing football than I can count at this point. They do have a very talented secondary, but there's not much else to say that's good about the team. Their offense is simply horrible.

The bad finishes to each season have given the Oakland Raiders the benefit of some early draft picks. Take two of their picks in recent years, JaMarcus Russell (quarterback) and Darren McFadden (running back), both very talented football players and arguably tops in the nation at their positions while in college. It looks like both players are finding their ways as they've improved so far this season.

While Russell hasn't been as good as they'd like him to be, he's undoubtedly better this year than last, and he's making less mistakes than he did in 2008.

The Raiders somehow almost beat the Chargers during the first game of the season. In front of the entire nation on Monday night football, they carried a lead into the 4th quarter and would have won if not for the heroics of Philip Rivers on the final drive. In week 2 though, the Oakland Raiders beat the Chiefs.

While a win against the Chiefs is nothing to brag about, I do believe that the Chiefs are better this year than last, thanks to the addition of Matt Cassel at QB. Dwayne Bowe seems to get better by the year too. Despite this, the Raiders came up with a nice win over the Chiefs.

We'll see where things end up at the end of the season, but for now, the Raiders have a sense of hope that they haven't had in years. Raiders nation will gladly take that.

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