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College Football peaked from 2005-2010...
Posted on 2/22/26 at 5:34 am
Posted on 2/22/26 at 5:34 am
And you can't convince me otherwise. So many legendary athletes playing in that singular period in time:
Leinart
Bush
Young
Tebow
McFadden
Peterson
Newton
And more...
Then you also have the sheer parity of the sport during that time. College GameDay and College Football Final on ESPN were premiere events for any college football fan. The Pac 10 and Big 12 were still formidable and, at least in the case of the Pac 10, still in existence. 2007 was probably the wildest and most entertaining college football season of my lifetime. As an Alabama fan, that was also an exciting time as we began to see the rise of the dynasty under Saban.
And then 2011 sapped all of that momentum. In hindsight, I kind of wish Oklahoma State would have made it into the BCS National Championship over Alabama that season. I feel like things might have played out differently. Though perhaps not as Texas helped begin the whole Conference Realignment craze in the summer of 2010.
Leinart
Bush
Young
Tebow
McFadden
Peterson
Newton
And more...
Then you also have the sheer parity of the sport during that time. College GameDay and College Football Final on ESPN were premiere events for any college football fan. The Pac 10 and Big 12 were still formidable and, at least in the case of the Pac 10, still in existence. 2007 was probably the wildest and most entertaining college football season of my lifetime. As an Alabama fan, that was also an exciting time as we began to see the rise of the dynasty under Saban.
And then 2011 sapped all of that momentum. In hindsight, I kind of wish Oklahoma State would have made it into the BCS National Championship over Alabama that season. I feel like things might have played out differently. Though perhaps not as Texas helped begin the whole Conference Realignment craze in the summer of 2010.
This post was edited on 2/22/26 at 5:36 am
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Posted on 2/22/26 at 6:21 am to RollTide1987
This typically depends on when a person was in school.
I graduated undergrad in 2005 and law school in 2008 so my range won't be much different. The demos of this board skew to a similar age, too.
I will say that after 2005-2006 the spread option guys had it pretty dialed in and Leach was getting influence from his first generation of players as coaches (post NFL) and the air raid was starting to advance a bit. By 2011 Holgerson was running RPOs. So it was an era of tons of innovation and refining that innovation.
You did still have regional differences to a degree seen at the conference level.
It that's what you look for it was peak CFB
The USC teams to Vince Young to Tebow to Cam was quite the succession.
The era ends when Bama came back to have possibly the best CFB dynasty ever. If that's what you look for, THAT was peak CFB.
I graduated undergrad in 2005 and law school in 2008 so my range won't be much different. The demos of this board skew to a similar age, too.
I will say that after 2005-2006 the spread option guys had it pretty dialed in and Leach was getting influence from his first generation of players as coaches (post NFL) and the air raid was starting to advance a bit. By 2011 Holgerson was running RPOs. So it was an era of tons of innovation and refining that innovation.
You did still have regional differences to a degree seen at the conference level.
It that's what you look for it was peak CFB
The USC teams to Vince Young to Tebow to Cam was quite the succession.
The era ends when Bama came back to have possibly the best CFB dynasty ever. If that's what you look for, THAT was peak CFB.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:35 am to RollTide1987
I’d say 2005 to 2012. I’d watch from 10AM to 1 AM. Now it’s getting hard to stay interested I can barely keep up with the rosters these days and Gameday is absolutely unwatchable it’s so bad.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:38 am to ronricks
Yep Saturdays in the fall were for CFB
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:57 am to RollTide1987
I say it peaked from 1983-90
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:36 am to RollTide1987
quote:
College Football peaked from 2005-2010..
What qualifies you to dismiss all of cfb prior to 20 years ago ?
I like the era you allude to.
However…
It was mostly a continuum of cfb from the 70s, 80s, 90s….
This post was edited on 2/22/26 at 8:38 am
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:36 am to RollTide1987
frick Auburn
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:50 am to SlowFlowPro
I was in college from 08-13 but those mid 2000s definitely were a good chunk of my weekends in HS 
Posted on 2/22/26 at 9:25 am to RollTide1987
90s were awesome as well and I’m sure the 70s and 80s were too
Posted on 2/22/26 at 9:27 am to S
1998 Tennessee football:
13-0
13-0
Posted on 2/22/26 at 9:53 am to RollTide1987
My favorite era was from 2004-2014. It was just so fun. The most memorable time for me, too.
I agree, OP.
I agree, OP.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 10:18 am to TTsTowel
2019 was the peak- best college football team ever. The COVID and NIL killed it- hopefully not forever
Posted on 2/22/26 at 10:22 am to RollTide1987
Peaked in 2019.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 10:41 am to RollTide1987
2007 GOAT
Posted on 2/22/26 at 10:43 am to RollTide1987
I would say it was the whole decade. CFB really began to change with the expansions of 2010
Posted on 2/22/26 at 11:09 am to SpartyGator
quote:
I was in college from 08-13 but those mid 2000s definitely were a good chunk of my weekends in HS
This period after USC emerging definitely led to the explosion in popularity of CFB, making it a national thing for non-college types and solidly #2 behind the NFL (with nobody close to it at #3). That 05 title game with Vince Young going god mode probably was the turning point for normies.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 11:33 am to RollTide1987
2000-2010 with the peak being 2007
Posted on 2/22/26 at 11:39 am to RollTide1987
quote:
And you can't convince me otherwise.
Would not even try...been watching CFB since the early 80s.
2000-2010 IS the Golden Decade of CFB....Stars galore, controversy, great players, great games, great storylines, every Conference, every section of the Country was represented for the most part during that Decade.
The next Decade almost ruined CFB.
This post was edited on 2/22/26 at 11:40 am
Posted on 2/22/26 at 11:42 am to RollTide1987
Hard to stay emotionally invested when players have no loyalty to schools anymore.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 12:01 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:Possibly?
The era ends when Bama came back to have possibly the best CFB dynasty ever.
Also, are those stars listed in OP not a product of a select few schools willing to go above and beyond in pay for play schemes?
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