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I don't think this is going to work out how they expect it to. I don't think diehard fans will continue to watch after being shite on for 10 years by TV networks. I know I've definitely consumed far less college football over the last 5 years or so than I ever expected to.

I'd rather watch a big time rivalry game than two big brands who are decent teams but have no history against each other. Give me Pitt/WVU all day over something like USC/Florida. Rivalries and traditions are what make college football different than the NFL. Without that, it becomes NFL lite. If I want to watch pro football, I'll watch it on Sunday. The actual on field product is far inferior.

And no, new rivalries won't just develop overnight. That's not how it works. Georgia/Ohio State, for example, would never be a real rivalry game. Georgia fans don't interact with Ohio State fans much in real life.

I understand what you're saying. I think the ideal would have been less disruption of the system in existence, and changing scheduling practice. No one was ever able to get that done. We couldn't get Saban to give up his November FCS pointless exercise, or get Florida to leave the state, or get the rest of the SEC to agree to play more conference games (or even change scheduling because MAH BOWLZ for the poors in the conference). The PAC increased its conference games and the Big 12 did too, and the SEC ripped the Big 12 apart and the BIG 10 did the same to the PAC 12.

Completely decimating the power 5 to get less BS matchups that no one wants is a pretty good example of swatting a fly with a bazooka.

This post was edited on 8/10/23 at 2:42 pm