Fourth and Long Quotes

“Whenever a college athletic program got itself in trouble with the law - big trouble - the NCAA usually steered clear, sticking to how many minutes a week student-athletes are allowed to stretch, the distance they can travel in a car with an alumnus, and whether they are allowed to put cream cheese or jam on their free breakfast bagel. (They are not).”
― John U. Bacon, Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football

“Almost every Division I college football team predates the oldest NFL teams by three or four decades. Most schools built their current stadiums before most NFL teams built their first—or second, or third. College football is one of those few passions we have in common with our great-grandparents.”
― John U. Bacon, Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football

“If the NCAA ran local law enforcement, whenever they pulled over a drunk driver, they would impound the car and let the driver hop in another one and drive off.”
― John U. Bacon, Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football