Are huge upsets more probable in college football or the NFL?

NFL easy.

If you're asking this question, you probably don't watch either.

Upsets in professional sports are much more common.

NFL, but for that reason they really arent upsets in the way they are in college.....anyone can win on any given Sunday in the NFL

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There is more parody in the NFL

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NFL doesn't really have huge upsets.

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There is more parody in the NFL than in College

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It's kind of a difficult question. The worst NFL team is much closer in talent to the best than the worst college team is to the best, because there are only 32 NFL teams, there's a salary cap, even the worst team has elite talent, etc. So in that sense, it's much more likely that a bad team like the Jaguars would beat the Seahawks than a team like Georgia Southern would beat Florida State.

But if you look at it a different way, I think there are more variables in college football. Players have to deal with classes/tests and less time for practice. They might be having girlfriend problems. Plus, they are more likely to buy into the hype they're getting and are more vulnerable to pressure and mistakes than pros. Additionally, an underdog team in college, I think, is more likely to have an "us against the world" mindset, be impacted (positively) by emotions and really be motivated to pull off an upset. I don't think this is as likely in the NFL, where the preparation and overall lifestyle of the players is more professional and less sporadic. So I think in the NFL, both teams are more likely to play their 'B' games all the time. In college, a great team could play a 'D' game and an underdog could play an 'A' game.

Basically, if a spread in an NFL game is 14 points, and a spread in a college game is 14 points, I think it's much more likely the college game will end with the underdog winning. But of course, 14 is probably close to the largest spread you'll see in an NFL game, while college has games that are much larger.

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The worst NFL team is much closer in talent to the best than the worst college team is to the best, because there are only 32 NFL teams, there's a salary cap, even the worst team has elite talent, etc. So in that sense, it's much more likely that a bad team like the Jaguars would beat the Seahawks than a team like Georgia Southern would beat Florida State.

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Exactly. Even the Jaguars and the Raiders are still professional football teams with nothing but professional football players on their teams. So even if an 0-15 team beat a 15-0 team at the end of the year I think most people would just kind of shrug and then expect that 15-1 team to still do well in the playoffs.

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I don't by upsets in the NFL, everyone is can wake up and best you on Sunday.

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Stroke?