re: Would You Trade the CFB Game of Today for the Game of Say 25+ Years Ago?

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College football 25 years ago was the greatest sport on earth.

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I love the 80s and had no bother with ambiguous polls and no forced, calculated #1 vs. #2 bowl games...

#1 could be playing #7...#2 could be playing #4...it led to so much debate and must-see bowl TV because, what if #1 lost? What if #2 lost?...its why the championship is truly mythical...and there's nothing wrong with that. Look how Miami won the MNC as #4 in the polls over Nebraska.

By trying to make it "un-mythical" for TV purposes and revenue the sport has destroyed itself because the powers that be got too greedy.

There's too many schools/teams to try and decide... Oh, these are the best for an "official champion". No, you just let the bowls play out, everyone has traditional matchups and then you get opinions AFTER the fact...not before.