Seems like yesterday everything go big. The Notoious B.I.G. was big; our President was big into…sax; young girls were big into boy bands (every generation has to do something embarrassingly stupid); fast-food places had their “biggie” and super-size menus.

College football got big in this decade especially on the stats page. QBs threw more, RBs ran more, receivers caught more. Schools played more, the Big Ten and the SEC grew…while the Big 8 went to the Big XII…and the Eastern schools started the…what else…the Big East.

Some of us die-hards began playing fantasy football, using the college kids. Now we had more reason to stay up late and wait for the Hawaii game. Or, the Nevada game. Or, the Boise State game. Or, the New Mexico State game…..etc etc.

The 1990s continued the trends of the 1980s, and expanded them. Passing and rushing records fell, seemingly, every weekend. Not only game, season, and career stats leaders in the NCAA record books are filled predominantly with players from the 1990s….but also per game, season, and career averages. Watch your head, you may get conked out by one of those falling records.

And, we got more games on TV. If the networks did not put more games on, the enterprising fan found them on satellite or via the internet.

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