# Explain the popularity of College Sports in the US to me

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 3, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923 "2011-12-03T03:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-popularity-of-college-sports-in-the-us-to-me/604923/61 "2011-12-07T21:06:49Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> I honestly wonder if LSU’s football team this year could take out some of the lower ranked NFL teams.

LSU this year barely beat the _#2 ranked college_ team. Let alone a team made up of some of the best of the best of college players from the past 10 years. Remember every college starter was one of the best players on his high school team and every NFL player was one of the best on his college team. That is why they are at the level the are.

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