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re: College sports blow now
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:39 pm to grizzlylongcut
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:39 pm to grizzlylongcut
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What made CFB great was the regionality of it.
Did it though? Do you truly care if LSU plays Oregon or Washington as an SEC game and not OOC?
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This corporatism will make the sport boatloads of money. But it will happen at the expense of the true fans and the ones that made it better than the NFL to begin with.
Hate to say it but this has been happening for decades now
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Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:42 pm to NIH
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I’ve always wanted to see USC play Rutgers or Georgia Tech battle with Minnesota
are we really going to act like Vandy doesn't play Kentucky?
i mean we have shitty games in every conference.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:47 pm to grizzlylongcut
quote:people have been saying this for years. Maybe they are finally right, but I doubt it
Except now it'll be stale as frick like the NFL
The pros heavily outweigh the cons for the sport
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:49 pm to WestCoastAg
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its about as interesting as USC against oregon state
Jaquizz Rodgers 2008 on a Thursday night GOAT
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:51 pm to jlovel7
Not too often this happens for me, especially on this board, but I 1000% agree with the OP. Give me pre-2019 college football please. Not this AAA version of the NFL.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:52 pm to grizzlylongcut
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Except now it'll be stale as frick like the NFL.
I think it will be stale like the NFL in the sense that we're just going to have a couple mega conferences with a 16 team playoff that will probably have some 9-3 teams. The critical nature of certain regular season games simply won't be there. Why will OSU/Michigan or Auburn/Alabama care much if they are both headed to the playoffs?
I really thought COVID would pop the college sports bubble and stop expansion. But, everything has gone into overdrive (TV deals, coaches salaries, conference expansion).
Posted on 7/7/22 at 4:07 pm to jlovel7
It's all about the money
Posted on 7/7/22 at 4:20 pm to jlovel7
the SEC will still reign supreme because their expansion and expansion options have only fueled inter-conference hatred.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 4:50 pm to Bumble Bee
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Today's generation doesn't care about traditions. That is why everything has to be changed in society.
You are a fricking idiot.
You think anyone below the age of 50 is ultimately responsible for these things?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 4:53 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I think it will be stale like the NFL in the sense that we're just going to have a couple mega conferences with a 16 team playoff that will probably have some 9-3 teams. The critical nature of certain regular season games simply won't be there. Why will OSU/Michigan or Auburn/Alabama care much if they are both headed to the playoffs?
I certainly agree with this.
I fricking hate the CFP.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:04 pm to Alt26
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building luxury suites, paying multi-million coaching salaries, constantly building/rebuilding facilities in a never-ending "arms race"
The facilities arms race is the biggest joke. The second a school reaches the goal of the big capitol campaign, they just extend it. The second all the new football complex facilities are completed, the Board of Regents is voting to build new-new indoor practice facilities. All on the advice of coaches who are getting fired after 4-5 years and need their buyouts covered.
They pretend it's all about recruiting, as if the new Hall of Mirrors in the Player Development Center would have landed Sagitariat Jefferspin instead of the cash and cars he got somewhere else.
The facilities arms race is really about college administrators and regents getting wined and dined, rolling around in cash with the construction and architecture firms - most of which have ties to alumni and state politicians.
This post was edited on 7/7/22 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:05 pm to Bunk Moreland
quote:and on the other hand, more people will be given a reason to watch
The critical nature of certain regular season games simply won't be there
I couldnt care less about A&Ms season when we have 3 losses in october and are battling arkansas for the who gives a shite bowl in depressionville, mississppi. Now, you still have a reason to watch and follow
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:14 pm to jlovel7
Was just telling a friend that I am more interested in NFL this season than college. And I don't know, at least in recent memory, if I've felt that way before.
Even as a fan of a Big Ten school, there was just something so greedy and gross about the Big Ten taking USC and UCLA, it really is a turnoff to watch. I don't think any team, whether it be Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, etc. give a crap about playing USC or UCLA. I think the Big Ten schools want to play each other!
And, I don't watch minor league baseball or basketball, and I don't want to watch minor league football. And if this is the way it's going to be, I think more and more fans are going to tune out.
Even as a fan of a Big Ten school, there was just something so greedy and gross about the Big Ten taking USC and UCLA, it really is a turnoff to watch. I don't think any team, whether it be Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, etc. give a crap about playing USC or UCLA. I think the Big Ten schools want to play each other!
And, I don't watch minor league baseball or basketball, and I don't want to watch minor league football. And if this is the way it's going to be, I think more and more fans are going to tune out.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:23 pm to WestCoastAg
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and on the other hand, more people will be given a reason to watch
This is like an SEC school going ape shite over getting into the First Four of the NCAA Tourney. It’s cool if you make a 16 team CFP and you have Kentucky across your jersey. Anybody else is just going to have their insignificant game in the playoff, just like the Semis are now.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:24 pm to TexasTiger08
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Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:25 pm to WestCoastAg
Dynamite contribution to the thread
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:26 pm to TexasTiger08
Melt
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:30 pm to WestCoastAg
Indeed, my response has made you melt. Either that or you are on the spectrum. Can’t tell.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:32 pm to TexasTiger08
:(
Posted on 7/7/22 at 5:34 pm to pelicansfan123
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Even as a fan of a Big Ten school, there was just something so greedy and gross about the Big Ten taking USC and UCLA, it really is a turnoff to watch. I don't think any team, whether it be Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, etc. give a crap about playing USC or UCLA.
Most sports thrive off of playoffs and a single champion. College football always had the bigger crowds, and maintained massive ratings without those things. College fans want to go back to the alma mater, check out the campus, reminisce with old friends, tailgate, and see State U kick the shite out of rival Tech.
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