The new era of college football can be tiring

You aren’t alone in that. It was nice when college ball meant you recruited players and most of them stayed 3-4 years. Felt like there was genuine investment from the players in who they were playing for

It’s really just the junior nfl now.

I’m seeing myself off y’all’s lawn now

I feel ya. I used to follow recruiting religiously but now I just can't find it in me to follow it too much because there's too many moving parts and nothing is guaranteed going forward. Used to be when you got a recruit he was with you for 3 years unless he just didn't pan out and then they'd transfer to a lower school or maybe another P5 if they graduate and still buried on the depth chart. Now recruits can come in and transfer to conference rivals after just one year for any reason whatsoever.

So now I just wait til the rosters are finalized and we ride with whoever we got

I hear ya but things(new era) have not yet begun to shake themselves out. Its still in flux. What I know for sure is...its not going back only forward.

Not as tiring as all these Nuss bus threads

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The new era of college football can be tiring

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I've had much, much less emotional attachment to college football the last 2 years.

It's sad, because for decades, when Saturday arrived, I could feel the electricity. Now, it's just not there.

The game is much different, with NIL and the transfer portal.

I still watch, but with much less excitement and emotion.

There was a time when pro boxing was huge. Giant prize purses, people bought tickets to go watch big championship fights in the Super Dome not live but shown on a screen(!). That sport is dead now. I can’t even name the current heavyweight champion.

Free agency in the NFL at least involves 1/2/3 year contracts and there are salary caps to ensure parity. This unregulated college free agency and NIL dynamic will kill the sport that drives the advertising dollars. Like other people, with ZERO connection to the players I will stop watching. I ain’t just gonna watch 11 yellow hats run around. Might as well stick to pro ball at that point.