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College football is broken. Here's how it can be fixed.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:31 am
Posted on 12/30/20 at 1:31 am
Posted on 12/30/20 at 2:32 am to CalTiger53
It will never happen, but I’d like to see them eliminate any pre-season rankings. It just becomes self fulfilling prophecy. Wait a few weeks, get into conference play, then evaluate the body of work.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 2:37 am to CalTiger53
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It is all about recruiting.
bullshite. It's all about scheduling. For Alabama, Ohio State, and Clemson, year in and year out they waltz in playing weak in-conference schedules and out-of -conference rent a wins. Notre Dame seems willing to occasionally take on the tougher opponents and should get credit for that, but they rarely have a good enough record to make the playoffs.
LSU's 2019 season was spectacular by virtue of playing every school of significance and beating them soundly. For the few years that Clemson has been significant their schedule is the weakest in the power 5. OSU has been a habitual offender with a one game opponent of respectability and lately that one opponent doesn't even show up. Bama has a 2 game schedule (LSU and Auburn) and an SEC EAST schedule built on avoiding Florida, complements of the office in Birmingham.
This can't be a mystery to the selection committee it is obvious to reveryone interested in college sports that NCAA football has become non competitive. In- conference schedules should be round robin in every 4 year span. Rent a wins against the usual cast of directional schools in Ala.,Tenn, Ky., Tx, La., and Oh. Should count as losses at playoff time.
I remember some bullshite from Skip over the last 25 or so years about keeping the money circulating in the state In the old days, LSU scheduled out of conference games against the better teams of the PAC10, the Big10 (rip), ACC, Big 8 (old SWC) and the occasional respectable independents. Most of those programs now believe that it is better financially to avoid scheduling competitive games. As the rash of fake bowls shut down over the next few years college football will pay the price and more programs will also fail. We were fortunate the last couple years in scheduling a couple of more respectable (but weaker than usual) programs in Miami and Texas, and in the prior couple years, Wisconin and Oregon. Still our schedule had the usual patsies, and we should have been penalized for them, as should every major program guilty of similar scheduling. How long will people continue to pay premium prices to see
rent a wins because they are a mandatory part of the season ticket package? Some programs are now having difficulty selling season tickets and even student tickets.
tl;dr: learn to read.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 3:06 am to CalTiger53
Just lower the scholarship cap and force the top talent to be spread around more schools. It’s that simple. You can’t allow Alabama, Clemson, OSU, etc to continue to stockpile 5 stars to the detriment of everyone else if you truly want a semblance of parity.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 3:48 am to CalTiger53
It can be fixed by having universal admission standards and getting rid of all the special perks that benefit athletes from real students.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 4:00 am to CajunPhil
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tl;dr: learn to read.
Learn to use the return key.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 5:39 am to Decisions
It has really gone down the last 5–10 years. You can’t have this much Bama Clemson Ohio State repetition. That’s essentially 3 guaranteed spots each with a pocket loss. Pocket loss meaning they can lose to anyone on their schedules where it’s nearly impossible for them to lose two games. Bama plays a schedule where two losses is possible but that happens once in a decade if you are lucky.
Look at how many big time programs are dying. You have essentially about 93 percent of the country disinterested before we ever play a game.
You have the decline in interest of the bowl games. The playoff has helped cause that which brings the bowl game quitting. We are at a point where we need to add a spot or two to the playoff just to help keep it interesting.
We have key rivalry games where big time programs have no chance to get within 4 TDs of their rival.
Examples:
Clemson - FSU
Ohio State - Michigan
Look at the programs that have declined massively over the years. It’s not as fun as it used to be. You had some different challengers and surprise teams at seasons end. The parity just isn’t there anymore.
Bama is stacking rosters and they are 3-5 deep at every position. The kids go there then transfer out of conference. It’s killing the league. Georgia has managed to do well but everyone else has suffered with the small exception being LSU but the gap is still pretty wide between Alabama and LSU.
Look at how many big time programs are dying. You have essentially about 93 percent of the country disinterested before we ever play a game.
You have the decline in interest of the bowl games. The playoff has helped cause that which brings the bowl game quitting. We are at a point where we need to add a spot or two to the playoff just to help keep it interesting.
We have key rivalry games where big time programs have no chance to get within 4 TDs of their rival.
Examples:
Clemson - FSU
Ohio State - Michigan
Look at the programs that have declined massively over the years. It’s not as fun as it used to be. You had some different challengers and surprise teams at seasons end. The parity just isn’t there anymore.
Bama is stacking rosters and they are 3-5 deep at every position. The kids go there then transfer out of conference. It’s killing the league. Georgia has managed to do well but everyone else has suffered with the small exception being LSU but the gap is still pretty wide between Alabama and LSU.
This post was edited on 12/30/20 at 5:48 am
Posted on 12/30/20 at 7:58 am to CalTiger53
The reason the game is broken is that the NCAA is no longer enforcing rules preventing the payment of recruits to sign and players to stay in school instead of entering the draft. So what we have is 8 or 10 schools that have monitized the game while the other 120+ schools still believe it's an amateur sport with rules against paying players. The results are obvious.
Either continue watching the decline of college football or grasp reality and go to an NFL-type of selection and retention process with a hard salary cap. Retain the rule against players going to the NFL before three years since high school graduation. Yes, it will be an NFL-light sport but we will have parity.
Either continue watching the decline of college football or grasp reality and go to an NFL-type of selection and retention process with a hard salary cap. Retain the rule against players going to the NFL before three years since high school graduation. Yes, it will be an NFL-light sport but we will have parity.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:02 am to Coeur du Tigre
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The reason the game is broken is that the NCAA is no longer enforcing rules preventing the payment of recruits to sign and players to stay in school instead of entering the draft. So what we have is 8 or 10 schools that have monitized the game while the other 120+ schools still believe it's an amateur sport with rules against paying players. The results are obvious.
Correct, this plus the different standards for playoff participation for the media darlings, and you have it.
I LOLed when Herby cried about the sport. He's part of the problem.
Two days later, his alma mater gets in the playoff while playing 6 games. LOLOLOLOLOL
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:05 am to Decisions
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Just lower the scholarship cap and force the top talent to be spread around more schools. It’s that simple.
Word!
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:05 am to CajunPhil
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tl;dr: learn to read.
Learn to write something worth reading
Posted on 12/30/20 at 8:38 am to CalTiger53
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College football
has been broken since they stopped making the NCAA Football video game. Kids don't get to know all the different programs anymore.
Really though, the only way CFB would be fixed is if the NFL ever starts a minor league. These high-end prospects only have a halfass commitment to their college programs and it gets worse every year. They understandably just want to get paid. And once they put together 5-6 good games in college, continuing to play more college games isn't worth the risk (purely from a financial perspective).
If those players are allowed to begin making money right out of HS, then CFB will get back to 4-year players who play simply for the experience that CFB is. The players would be more committed to the school, and the fans would be more committed to the program.
The problem with this is a mNFL is likely not financially viable. CFB could become a de facto mNFL by allowing full payment of players by schools. But that could open up unforeseen problems and result in a more broken system than we have now.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:41 am to CalTiger53
quote:maybe from your perspective and that writer's naive perspective. College football is a business. It's a highly successful business. Parity doesn't make more money. dynasties make money.
College football is broken
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:43 am to CajunPhil
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For Alabama, Ohio State, and Clemson, year in and year out they waltz in playing weak in-conference schedules
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LSU's 2019 season was spectacular by virtue of playing every school of significance
How is Alabama waltzing in with weak conference schedules but LSU didn’t?
Those three programs are clearly head and shoulders above the rest of the pack and that’s why it looks like their schedules are “weak”.
The CFP broke CFB.
The BCS was great for the sport. You had a championship game but the other BCS Bowls were highly coveted spots and didn’t even really seem to trivialize the non BCS bowls the way they seem to be now.
ESPN and their money hungry grab for a “playoff” was always going to create a monopoly for the top few programs because they can lose a game and still be almost certain to get in. Losses mattered until 2011, and they broke CFB when the fix was put in for Alabama.
The stakes were actually lowered and that not only took away the drama and intensity of the regular season, but the postseason as well.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:52 am to CalTiger53
99% of problems and evil in the football world come from the NFL. The NFL has had the same commissioner for a long time and every Saints fan knows he's the devil. Get the NFL some real leadership its contamination of College Football will diminish.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 9:54 am to CalTiger53
Maybe the “one and done” racket, like in college basketball, will be the answer? Top HS and JUCO talent don’t have time to sit on Alabama’s and Clemson’s bench to play. Those kids will then go to other schools to make them more competitive.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:16 am to GirthBrooks62
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hat’s essentially 3 guaranteed spots each with a pocket loss. Pocket loss meaning they can lose to anyone on their schedules where it’s nearly impossible for them to lose two games.
This is one of my biggest gripes. Becuaes these teams are though of so highly in pre-season and in crushing lesser opponents. They are still seen as being one the best despite losing a game they shouldn't.
Media: "even with that loss you can't tell me bama/osu/clem isn't one of the best teams in the country"
When a team who isn't viewed as being one of the top 4 before the season starts loses a game its game over. The games have to mean something for the top teams. Expanding the playoff solves this problem and gets more teams and more fans interested.
This post was edited on 12/30/20 at 10:17 am
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:29 am to OldNo.7
quote:That's what they already do with the CFP, which is the only ranking that matters.
It will never happen, but I’d like to see them eliminate any pre-season rankings. It just becomes self fulfilling prophecy. Wait a few weeks, get into conference play, then evaluate the body of work.
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:30 am to Woodreaux
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99% of problems and evil in the football world come from the NFL.
I tend to agree with this. IF the NFL cared about it’s free farm system they would work with College Football to promote better practices and habits. IF there were simple rules that said stay and play as well as you can’t quit this would be simple. No consequences no change in behavior.
Of course I just want LSU to win so I’m part of the problem lol
Posted on 12/30/20 at 10:40 am to CalTiger53
Pay the players.
There, I fixed college football.
There, I fixed college football.
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