re: How many of you are about to give up on college football?

I feel the same way about Las Vegas and New Orleans. Money seems to ruin everything. The greedy just can't leave well enough alone.

Sad, really.

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the harsh reality is that the regular season is no longer important. The Conference Championship games are no longer important.

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You couldn't be more wrong.

More games late in the season actually have meaning now because of the expanded playoff. Conference title games give huge incentive to either get in the playoff or get a bye in the first round.

I’ll always pull for LSU no matter what, but yeah, I’m about done with CFB. Honestly never thought I’d feel this way, but I mean, what’s to follow? I’m surely not investing much of anything in players who may or may not be here next year or thereafter. It’s just not that interesting anymore for me personally.


Again, I’ll always pull for LSU when they’re playing. I’m just not that into CFB anymore. They ruined it.

And you can add legalized gambling and the ease to do so. It can make you wonder sometimes if a game is on the up and up.

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I’ll still watch and pull for LSU. The games are still fun for me, but no question my affection has cooled. I am not nearly as invested.

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I'm still not sure if my decline in interest is due to me getting older or due to the chaotic changes in college football. I remember being so nervous about games when I was a teenager. I would be depressed for a week if we lost a big game. But if we won a big game, I was on cloud 9. That's the part I miss.

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Disagree. DIFFERENT games have meaning, but not more. The SECCG doesn’t mean much this year except to see which team gets to blast someone at home in round 1. The “big” game is SMU-Clemson. B1G title game would be a play-in for the Final 4 in years past…but now, just to see who gets seeded where. That’s not nearly as big of a deal as determining your fate.

More games are not meaningful, just different games.

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It's not really something you can disagree on. It's math. More teams are fighting for more spots in the playoff. That means more regular season games matter late in the season. I could give tons of examples. Look at the Ole Miss - Florida game from 2 weeks ago. That would normally mean absolutely nothing, but this year it effectively knocked Ole Miss out of the playoffs.

Saban knew what he was doing and knew when to get the frick out!

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Saban knew what he was doing and knew when to get the frick out!

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That’s partially true but Saban was doing NIL before it was called NIL. When he was at LSU, he was putting some money out and at Bama he did the same.

College football's viewership won't fall off like NASCAR, but I think the viewers change. The long time rabid fans (like us on this board) will be replaced by more casual fans and people betting on games.

Just like the players and coaches losing loyalty, so will fans.

This will accelerate as the big money programs continue to become more dominant. At the same time, smaller programs will get less and less support. You will see their game attendence drop. People will become weary of watching the same teams play over and over again.

I have better things to do than watching UGA, Texas, Bama and Ohio State play. I mean, who cares.

The end result will be like NASCAR however. Big monied interests will water down the product and the spirit of a great American small market, home grown sport will be ruined. Phuck em.

I’m not racist but NIL is a total Afro - Centric scheme and a way to shake down the system. That being said my give a chit ratio is hovering over 5%