not to diminish the miserable level of competition of college athletics, because that point can't be made enough, but generally the HARD CORE fans of any sport are pathetic losers college football fans are THE WORST, because the level of college athletics is something many of them see as reasonably attainable. Living in Oklahoma, there are a lot of people are here who are hardcore college football/basketball fans, and are relatively laid back about the other sports. I think it's because they can't see themselves as a 30-year-old NFL QB, but they see an 18-year-old fumbling the football and they think "man if just a couple things had gone right for me, I coulda..."