Let's be reasonable here

We look like we're in year 1 of a rebuild in his 4th year. You at least fire the head coach now. Someone will need to take the interim role even if it's someone like Baker or Sloan.

He's Dinardo 2.0.

Brought back the magic in year 1, gave us reason for hope in years 2 and 3, and the wheels came off in year 4.

We looked better in year 1 regressing badly. Losing denbrock was massive.

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maybe we could have a rational discussion about where the state of the college football is right now.

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FIFY


This is where I have been since it became clear how badly they fricked everything up with NIL and the portal (not to mention the ridiculous super conference realignment and hilarious 12 team CFP money grab).


It really is crazy how much different it feels than it did just five years ago, not to mention the heyday of the sport in the 2000s.


I couldn’t even imagine following recruiting like I used to when I knew virtually every recruit on the top 250 and where they going, giving a good understanding of not just our class and state of our program, but most other top contending schools as well.


Without having that knowledge base about the players on campus, knowing that any player (much less a simple commit) can be gone at any point I honestly just don’t care, it’s just random semi-pros in a uniform I recognize. There is absolutely no connection to any of these guys or shared interest in the program and history that used to give the sport a different feel.


Fans can hate on Kelly and this staff but these guys have an absolutely awful lot in life, aside from the money (which is likely unsustainable and will change soon), spending every day trying to herd these cats in a single direction when very few have any interest in anything other than their bank accounts.

I couldn’t imagine dealing with the families and handlers and entourages of these guys on a daily basis while still trying to prepare in a way that worked until NIL and the portal removed any type of organizational structure and stability that used to define success at this level.


It is complete chaos, like most other things these days, and I just have very little interest in investing any time whatsoever in trying to hold on to it because of the great memories I have since the 90s when the entire enterprise was different.


I’m sure kids and students coming up these days will think this is all silly nostalgia and will go on loving the only form of CFB they have known, but their ignorance of what it used to be is truly the only way to find bliss in this format imo, and it’s just a shame I won’t be able to share the same perspective on it with my kids as they grow into fans.

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He's Dinardo 2.0. Brought back the magic in year 1, gave us reason for hope in years 2 and 3, and the wheels came off in year 4.

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Yes! I’ve been saying this for weeks and get downvoted into oblivion. I think they have so much in common that it’s not funny. But Kelly produces the softest product I’ve ever seen. I’m not so sure a Curley Hallman LSU team from the 90’s couldn’t beat this team. Kelly got that flash in a pan with the Alabama game but then it’s been a fizzle.

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Yes! I’ve been saying this for weeks and get downvoted into oblivion.

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Last night was a paradigm shift.

It's one thing to be an incomplete team with hope for the future. It's quite another to regress and get curbstomped at home.