re: Group of 5 conferences to unveil their own Top 25 poll in 2024

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With that said, this could also be a signal of the inevitable break with the P4

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It is

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which WILL be the final straw in the demise of college football as we know it.

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It will be the end of college football as we know it. But that may not be ALL bad.

Games between power conf. program and G5 school are unnecessary and largely unentertaining. There nothing more exciting to see an LSU v Georgia St. matchup on the second to last week of the regular season.

Now, replace those with multiple games such as Michigan v Florida St, Texas v. Clemson, Georgia v Ohio St, LSU v Penn St, etc, etc, as opposed to those teams playing multiple games vs. the likes of ULM, Coastal Carolina, Western Kentucky, Akron, Central Michigan, Grambling, etc, etc,

As a season ticket holder I have ZERO desire to waste an entire Saturday to attend a game between LSU and UAB, or Southern, or New Mexico. In fact, I generally don't. But I have to pay for that ticket anyway. Now, if instead of those teams I can see games vs. other power conf. opponents I'm probably more willing to spend more money because I feel I'm getting more value for my dollar. That's going to be the same for those folks watching on TV, which will make the TV contracts more valuable.

People like tradition. I get it. And we are all hesitant to embrace change of something we love. But I think by the end of this season many will see the new 12 playoff is great and will soon find it absurd that we used to rest on pins and needles hoping to see our 8-4 team play another 8-4 in an irrelevant bowl game in Florida, with an ever-changing name, a month after the end of the season.

The less Alabama v. ULM games there are, the better for college football.