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Is College Football better now than it was 10 years ago?

Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:09 pm
Posted by FlyingTigerBo
Member since Dec 2025
122 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:09 pm
10 years ago it seems only Alabama, Clemson, and Georgia could only win it all.

Now, it seems like there's 10-12 teams that can win it at all.

More parity = better football right?
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
125809 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:11 pm to
It’s better than ever look at the ratings
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
59683 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:12 pm to
Nah it ended after the GOAT 2019 LSU team.
Posted by ColonelAngus
Huntsville,AL
Member since Aug 2023
1051 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:14 pm to
Of course.
Posted by cardswinagain
Member since Jun 2013
13572 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:17 pm to
Yes. NIL and the portal have completely changed the game
Posted by RohanGonzales
Pronoun: Whatever
Member since Apr 2024
13061 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:20 pm to
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It’s better than ever look at the ratings


true, all it is now is programming and ad dollars, cannot argue with that
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
42127 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:26 pm to
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Nah it ended after the GOAT 2019 LSU team.


And began in 2000, right?
Posted by lsutiger2011
Georgia
Member since Jan 2009
1537 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:35 pm to
10 years ago UGA wasn’t even relevant in the grand scheme of things.
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
72870 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:40 pm to
I don’t really consider more teams being able to win a national championship a better product overall week in and out. There is no more weekly living in the moment like there was in the past.

The sport now orbits around an ever expanding soulless playoff system which just kinda makes it like every other sport.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69721 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:52 pm to
10 years ago the playoffs were Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma what felt like every fricking year.

CFB now is much better.
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
9488 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 8:56 pm to
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10 years ago the playoffs were Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma what felt like every fricking year.

Yep, after the Army Navy Game, there were only three more games between those four teams. No other high profile matchups on NYD. CFB is now just worse NFL.
Posted by SaintLSU
Gretna
Member since Apr 2007
4678 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 9:07 pm to
Absolutely it is. Now if they can just fix the transfer rules
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
19895 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 9:13 pm to
It’s minor league football. Better players on more teams no salary cap. It’s just way harder to give a FUK.
Posted by Payne Avis Stewart
Member since Jul 2026
123 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 9:46 pm to
99% of actual college football fans since the 70's 80's 90's and early 2000's think the sport is so much worse since 2020.



More people watching = more people having access to televisions and the college football product. Over 4.7 million people graduate from college every year. So that means over the course of 10 years that's an extra 50 million more eyes on college football. Common sense.
Posted by thejuiceisloose
Member since Nov 2018
6557 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 9:54 pm to
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More parity = better football right?



Personally I long for the days of no playoffs or even the 4 team playoff
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
5916 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 9:57 pm to
The parity is good.

What's worse is everything else
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71418 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 10:27 pm to
It’s not just worse, it’s way worse.
Posted by cascadia
Georgia
Member since Jan 2014
2678 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 11:03 pm to
sec fans are livid they’re not the only ones allowed to pay players now. Who knows when the next sec championship will be as they all fall apart
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
55604 posts
Posted on 8/2/26 at 11:48 pm to
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Is College Football better now than it was 10 years ago?


Legally I don’t think they should be able to call it “college” football anymore in the P4 conferences
Posted by Partha
Member since Jan 2022
7884 posts
Posted on 8/3/26 at 12:01 am to
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Is College Football better now than it was 10 years ago?
In some ways it's better, in others it's worse.

I don't mind the portal or NIL, but the expanded playoffs has taken a lot of luster off the regular season, particularly rivalry week.

Overall, that alone has made me a lot less interested in watching CFB.
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