Players on Big 5 conference teams spend the night before games in an secure hotel, both at home and on the road. That equals at least 24 hours and in the case of night games perhaps 30 hours devoted to football on game weekends every week during the season.

Add to that travel time to distant cities for road games plus practice and you're closer to averaging 60 hours/week.

Many players practice together unofficially as well both in and out of season.