Affair Quote by Robert M. Hutchins

College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.

— Noel Gallagher

“In the Midwest, if you show up to a college town on a weekend, you risk running into a football game.”

— Jim Butcher

But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than…

— Anonymous

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do…

— Anonymous

“College football would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There…

— H. L. Mencken

“Football, fraternities, and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn’t be in the university.”

— Robert M. Hutchins

Years ago, the NFL influenced what happened in college. It's the other way around now.

— Troy Aikman

I don't believe it's too far-fetched to think that we as college football players can make a significant, positive difference in the youth culture…

— Kirk Cousins

“Football is violence and cold weather and college rye. ”

— Roger Kahn

I think college football is a reflection of Middle America. You go into a college football town, and you will find three generations of…

— Keith Jackson

“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”

— George Will

“In many U.S. schools, sports instilled leadership and persistence in one group of kids while draining focus and resources from academics for everyone. The…

— Amanda Ripley