High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Homer Goes to College" is the third episode of The Simpsons` fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 14, 1993. In the episode, Homer`s lack of a college degree is revealed and he is sent to Springfield University to pass a nuclear physics class. Homer, who bases his perception of college from bad comedy films, goofs around and is sent to a group of boys for tutoring. The boys, who are stereotypical nerds, try to help Homer, but he instead tries to help them party and decides to pull a prank on another college. They steal Springfield A M`s mascot, but his friends are caught and expelled. Homer invites them to live with him, but his family soon become angered by their new housemates.