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re: Is America finally experiencing football fatigue?
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:45 am to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:45 am to RLDSC FAN
When they started moving the games to the paid viewing is when I checked out... I know people that stopped watching with the kneeling BS and now with the refs throwing flags on BS calls...
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:45 am to RLDSC FAN
I have always been on the "people are exaggerating" train, but the Bills-Ravens game last week is what opened my eyes.
Highly anticipated game that lived up to the hype....and the ratings were down pretty big from same window last year (Bills-Chiefs) and the lowest in past 4 years.
We'll see how the Bills Chiefs game does tonight. They're expecting it to break records, we'll see.
Highly anticipated game that lived up to the hype....and the ratings were down pretty big from same window last year (Bills-Chiefs) and the lowest in past 4 years.
We'll see how the Bills Chiefs game does tonight. They're expecting it to break records, we'll see.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:54 am to BilJ
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Now between TNF, SNF, Monday night double headers, and byes…Sunday afternoons can kind of feel like just filler you can casually watch,
Well yeah, noon Sunday games are B-tier at best… NFL has done a great job of cannibalizing that time slot
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:56 am to BilJ
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College football has a PR issue, many fan bases that were already playing against a stacked deck, the odds got even worse for them with NIL
Teams that either made the playoff or still had a chance/argument in the last week of the season:
Boise State
Arizona State
Indiana
Iowa State
South Carolina
UNLV
SMU
Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:58 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Teams that either made the playoff or still had a chance/argument in the last week of the season:
Boise State
Arizona State
Indiana
Iowa State
South Carolina
UNLV
SMU
No one who actually had a chance to win the whole thing…
Posted on 1/26/25 at 10:00 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Mizzou had a slim chance. All they had to do was beat South Carolina.
This post was edited on 1/26/25 at 10:01 am
Posted on 1/26/25 at 10:06 am to chalmetteowl
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No one who actually had a chance to win the whole thing…
That wasn’t the argument. You can say the regular season doesn’t matter and have 20+ games in the last game of the regular season that could eliminate a potential playoff team
Posted on 1/26/25 at 11:51 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Expanding the playoff, sure made those teams technically relevant but none listed were capable of actually winning a NC. Not even the biggest fans within those bases felt like they had a shot to win the whole thing
There’s the difference in the NFL, you can usually make a case for the teams that get in to get hot and make a run. There’s typically not that huge of a gap in talent disparity there, college doesn’t have that. The expanded playoff makes little sense until you have real parity. The playoff expansion is a tv product and nothing more
There’s the difference in the NFL, you can usually make a case for the teams that get in to get hot and make a run. There’s typically not that huge of a gap in talent disparity there, college doesn’t have that. The expanded playoff makes little sense until you have real parity. The playoff expansion is a tv product and nothing more
Posted on 1/26/25 at 11:58 am to BilJ
I think people bought the line of “who could not want more football”, when I think what it turns into is actually a lot less meaningful football. These regular season games are going to feel so lifeless as they let 2,3,4 loss teams and expand to let even more in the name of “more football”. And the talent is just not deep enough to warrant that many teams in most years, which leads to these lame blowouts in early rounds so you may get an interesting title game if you’re lucky and a handful of other fun playoff games. But the rest stink out loud
NFL is currently gaslighting the world into the same lie. “Week 18 is the natural next step”. No you don’t we don’t need another week of football, further shortening careers and making the overall product worse and diluted, you just want more cash. The logical next step is going back to 6 team playoffs and a 16 game schedule.
NFL is currently gaslighting the world into the same lie. “Week 18 is the natural next step”. No you don’t we don’t need another week of football, further shortening careers and making the overall product worse and diluted, you just want more cash. The logical next step is going back to 6 team playoffs and a 16 game schedule.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 11:58 am to BilJ
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Expanding the playoff, sure made those teams technically relevant but none listed were capable of actually winning a NC.
The team that won wouldn’t have been in. The team they beat may not have been in. Once of the teams in the semi final may not have been in.
The playoff is too long and the seeding definitely needs to be fixed, but the games after the first round (which would mostly be fixed with reseeding) were interesting.
This post was edited on 1/26/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 1/26/25 at 12:03 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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The team that won wouldn’t have been in.
If the season played out exactly the same in a non expanded format I guess, but maybe things don’t shake out exactly the same then
Posted on 1/26/25 at 12:37 pm to AldousSnow26
I wish him well if that's his decision. I went to Penn State for grad school, so I probably care less than other Buckeyes.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 1:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
It does feel like we’ve fully absorbed the last major change in style of play. I’m not going to say that the shift towards “7 on 7 style” football has irreparably damaged the sport but it will damage the game if it’s the last style of play adjustment we see. I don’t necessarily think that will be the case but it seems like we’re on the clock to see something fresh like we saw 12-15 years ago.
Posted on 1/26/25 at 8:36 pm to RLDSC FAN
This Chiefs game is like Lyme disease, tired of the sport and shenanigans.... Maybe its time to give the NFL.... 
Posted on 1/27/25 at 12:01 am to RLDSC FAN
Yep. When Roger Badell writes the script to have the most hated teams every year, people quit watching.
Boycott Stupor Bowel 2025.
Boycott Stupor Bowel 2025.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:34 am to rpg37
I’m links that with all of sports
I only watch and follow my teams and that’s it
A few years ago, I couldn’t wait to wake up in a Saturday, watch GameDay and drink and eat all day watching college football games
I only watch and follow my teams and that’s it
A few years ago, I couldn’t wait to wake up in a Saturday, watch GameDay and drink and eat all day watching college football games
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:54 am to rpg37
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I have reached the point I watch only my team play and could not care less about others.
I've been this way for a long time.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 10:03 am to RLDSC FAN
Hopefully everybody stops watching the NFL
Posted on 1/27/25 at 10:51 am to CollegeFBRules
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How is there only 11 minutes of action in a 60 minute game?
40 seconds run off the clock between each snap. so you have a run play that takes less than 5 seconds followed by 40 second pre-snap clock running off
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