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re: List of things that would kill college football
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:06 am to RunningJacket
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:06 am to RunningJacket
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Do people not pay big ticket prices to go to regular season MLB and NBA games? Of course they do. I went to a Braves game last week and I dropped about $240 for 4 tix and parking. And I knew going in the game was essentially meaningless.
You chose to pay that price. The get-in-the-door price for MLB games is relatively cheap, and they rarely sell out. Your premier SEC and B1G games will always sell out, and even the cheapest of seats will be exponentially more expensive than MLB.
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For some unknown stupidity, a lot of college fans somehow believe their regular is more important than other sports. It’s not
Can’t even debate with someone who drops hot takes like this. For a hundred years, championship hopes took huge hits with a single loss. Then you needed two losses to be out, and now…who knows?
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If I were a UGA or Bama fan there is no way I’d go to a regular season
You argue about the regular season being a warmup for the playoffs, THEN you say the stadiums will still be full, and now you say you wouldn’t go to a game?
By your logic…fans not attending regular season games and saving up for the playoffs indicates a healthy sport?
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Posted on 5/9/26 at 2:29 am to 33inNC
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The group of 5 should do their own thing, maybe that'll be more interesting
If this happens I would hope that no Group team ever agrees to play a Power team in the regular season
Posted on 5/9/26 at 7:01 am to bstaceyau19
If you’d never seen college football before and started watching today, not know any of the history, you’d love it.
It’s changed, therefore, it’s not the same to us, so we don’t like it.
It’s changed, therefore, it’s not the same to us, so we don’t like it.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 7:26 am to SoFlaGuy
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If you’d never seen college football before and started watching today, not know any of the history, you’d love it.
It’s changed, therefore, it’s not the same to us, so we don’t like it.
Or this:
New person gets introduced to college football. You tell them, before 1992 you played the season, then a bunch of rich people organized one more week of games based on no criteria except a few conference tie-ins, and then the media decided who the champion was. What would they say to that?
Posted on 5/9/26 at 7:32 am to bstaceyau19
People will watch the playoff because there is nothing else to do in December and January. But, regular season interest is going to drop off at some point.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 8:13 am to bstaceyau19
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They think big change is sign of death when in reality, college football has been changing constantly since they invented the wishbone in the late 60s.
The sport has been changing constantly since that first intercollegiate football game back in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers. The flying wedge formation, the forward pass, the single wing, the box, integration, etc. All of these things have changed the sport on the field. However, what hasn't changed all that much throughout history is the nature of college football. Just 13 years ago the nature of the sport was closer to what it had been in 1970 then what it is today.
This post was edited on 5/9/26 at 8:14 am
Posted on 5/9/26 at 8:37 am to bstaceyau19
Nothing is going to kill it. What it really does is kill interest of long time fans that value tradition and generally like the status quo. There will always be younger fans that will embrace it and become the new hardcore fans.
The pushback by the traditional fans will be seen and felt. They will just raise hot dogs to $12, beer to $20, require higher donations to secure better seats, jack up seat prices, continue scheduling shitty teams to have bigger home game paydays, put logos on shoes, jerseys, pants and helmets, put more commercials on the jumbo tron and have more timeouts during the game for a few more commercials. More games will be televised on subscription channels, etc... Visiting bands will become a thing of the past as they spend time honoring sponsors on the field for much of the half.
The in-person football game experience at games in the 70s, 80s, 90s and even the 2000s is unrecognizable today. It is quickly becoming a TV only sport. Someone will like it. Those that know no difference will like it.
The CPAs of college football, TV networks, and members of the NCAA will certainly love it.
The pushback by the traditional fans will be seen and felt. They will just raise hot dogs to $12, beer to $20, require higher donations to secure better seats, jack up seat prices, continue scheduling shitty teams to have bigger home game paydays, put logos on shoes, jerseys, pants and helmets, put more commercials on the jumbo tron and have more timeouts during the game for a few more commercials. More games will be televised on subscription channels, etc... Visiting bands will become a thing of the past as they spend time honoring sponsors on the field for much of the half.
The in-person football game experience at games in the 70s, 80s, 90s and even the 2000s is unrecognizable today. It is quickly becoming a TV only sport. Someone will like it. Those that know no difference will like it.
The CPAs of college football, TV networks, and members of the NCAA will certainly love it.
This post was edited on 5/9/26 at 8:39 am
Posted on 5/9/26 at 9:51 am to Tridentds
You aren’t wrong. I think it will still be a net negative. You saw empty seats all over the Orange Bowl. It’s pricing out most fans, and corporate big wigs don’t give a shite about some quarterfinal game.
College football thrived because fans had a connection to the team other than a jersey or hat. You rooted for guys from your state or area. You rooted for guys that sat in the same lecture halls as you.
CFB won’t die. It won’t go the way of boxing. But…I think you’ll see ticket prices drop for big regular season games. As tradition dies, CFB morphs into NFL minor league.
I don’t think it’s healthy. Being different was a good thing.
College football thrived because fans had a connection to the team other than a jersey or hat. You rooted for guys from your state or area. You rooted for guys that sat in the same lecture halls as you.
CFB won’t die. It won’t go the way of boxing. But…I think you’ll see ticket prices drop for big regular season games. As tradition dies, CFB morphs into NFL minor league.
I don’t think it’s healthy. Being different was a good thing.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 10:15 am to RunningJacket
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Why should a loss keep a team from the playoffs, No other sport operates that way. Why are you D1 football fans so worried about teams with losses making a playoff?
Its a 12 game regular season and if you fancy yourself a title contender, there’s maybe 4-6 games on that schedule that, on paper, should be tough games. A 24 team playoff lets you go 1-4 against quality opponents and still get in the playoffs because you blew out a few teams that were double digit underdogs in half of their own games.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 10:26 am to Tiger Prawn
I absolutely would not spend big bucks for a regular season game and would absolutely save money for the playoffs. That’s what I would do, but we all know you SEC types will go to every game no matter the cost or if the game really doesn’t matter. The sport is healthy and won’t die because people are stupid when it comes to spending money,
My Braves game example was a purely entertainment waste of money that I chose to spend for a 4 hour experience with family. But going in I knew it was a meaningless regular season game and I sure was trying to claim that the loser of that game should have no chance at a World Series title.
That’s what you guys are missing - losses shouldn’t kill your season. And has been pointed out teams that start about ranked could lose 3 out of 4 big game ps and still get in the playoff. That’s an issue witht the selection process and easily fixed. Simply don’t take as many teams from some conferences, Simply take the top 2 from each conference. Of course, then you guys would scream that then 2nd Sunbelt team doesn’t deserve it over the 5th SEC team, With 130 D1 teams there is no way to play similar schedules.
My Braves game example was a purely entertainment waste of money that I chose to spend for a 4 hour experience with family. But going in I knew it was a meaningless regular season game and I sure was trying to claim that the loser of that game should have no chance at a World Series title.
That’s what you guys are missing - losses shouldn’t kill your season. And has been pointed out teams that start about ranked could lose 3 out of 4 big game ps and still get in the playoff. That’s an issue witht the selection process and easily fixed. Simply don’t take as many teams from some conferences, Simply take the top 2 from each conference. Of course, then you guys would scream that then 2nd Sunbelt team doesn’t deserve it over the 5th SEC team, With 130 D1 teams there is no way to play similar schedules.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 10:38 am to Bunk Moreland
Bunk,
You say the regular season will lose interest. Ok. We’ve been hearing that since they started the BCS. Please show me the evidence that this is true?
It may be true in the pros but there is a vast difference in pro fans and college fans. Arkansas and South Carolina have proved they will spend their money for garbage teams year after year. Not a shot at them but it shows college fans attend for more than the game,
Heck, a week before the playoffs started we saw sold out games that were meaniningless. Both the BIG and SEC champ game were meaningless and yet fans forked over huge bucks to attend.
This mantra that the regular season will be devalued is just false and has been proven to be false. And will be proven to be false again this year. We all know that UGA and Ohio St will make the playoffs this coming season. That’s a given witht their rosters. Yet, all their home games will be sold out.
You say the regular season will lose interest. Ok. We’ve been hearing that since they started the BCS. Please show me the evidence that this is true?
It may be true in the pros but there is a vast difference in pro fans and college fans. Arkansas and South Carolina have proved they will spend their money for garbage teams year after year. Not a shot at them but it shows college fans attend for more than the game,
Heck, a week before the playoffs started we saw sold out games that were meaniningless. Both the BIG and SEC champ game were meaningless and yet fans forked over huge bucks to attend.
This mantra that the regular season will be devalued is just false and has been proven to be false. And will be proven to be false again this year. We all know that UGA and Ohio St will make the playoffs this coming season. That’s a given witht their rosters. Yet, all their home games will be sold out.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:10 am to RunningJacket
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I absolutely would not spend big bucks for a regular season game and would absolutely save money for the playoffs. That’s what I would do
Sounds like a healthy sport when this is what your fans resort to
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The sport is healthy and won’t die because people are stupid when it comes to spending money,
What if I told you the mass amounts of money will contribute to its downfall?
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losses shouldn’t kill your season
Participation trophies for all!
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Simply take the top 2 from each conference. Of course, then you guys would scream that then 2nd Sunbelt team doesn’t deserve it over the 5th SEC team, With 130 D1 teams there is no way to play similar schedules.
You just created an argument and defeated it in three sentences. You can do this in pro sports because leagues have 30-32 teams. You can’t do it in CFB with no salary cap and no balance to schedules.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:19 pm to bstaceyau19
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AP writers deciding national championships
We could go back to Schools retroactively naming themselves National Champions circa pre-1936? 2004 Auburn has already adopted this approach and Alabama would certainly approve.
The earliest AP controversy was 1947 when the AP named Notre Dame National Champions at the end of the regular season after they beat #3 USC 38-7 on Dec. 6th.
Undefeated Michigan then beat USC in the Rose Bowl 49-0 a month later.
AP didn't change to naming the Champion until after the Bowl season until 1968...which is when the Poll gained national credibility and universal acceptance.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 12:35 pm to TexasTiger08
You can absolutely draw a line for college and take 3 teams from each conference and let the conference decide which teams go. Why are we still relying on polls in 2026. Duke won the ACC last year and didn’t get in because of an opinion poll when they won a major conference fair and square?
No one is forcing teams to sign these conference affiliation contracts.
I see the day coming when that is what happens. Once each conference is given a set number of teams then they can figure it out and polls will finally be relegated to the archives of perverted history.
No one is forcing teams to sign these conference affiliation contracts.
I see the day coming when that is what happens. Once each conference is given a set number of teams then they can figure it out and polls will finally be relegated to the archives of perverted history.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 2:56 pm to bstaceyau19
College football and NBA each have the same number of championship contenders, and they're going to overload the market with MORE college football? There's a sizeable gap between #1 and #10, let alone #1 and #24.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 3:58 pm to Translator
Did you not just watch the #10 seed run thru higher seeds and get within a couple of plays of winning the Natty? I guess you didn’t watch.
It’s a total myth that there is a big difference between #1 and #10. A total myth. The playoff data is proving that but so many of you go by “beliefs” and “opinion” instead of looking at the history of the playoff.
Ohio St was ranked #1 all darn season and got bounced early by the #10 seed.
Many of you just get over the invited era where your teams had a free invite to the Natty or Semis. Now you have to earn your way through you act as if the world is over. All your teams have to do is win games in December.
It’s a total myth that there is a big difference between #1 and #10. A total myth. The playoff data is proving that but so many of you go by “beliefs” and “opinion” instead of looking at the history of the playoff.
Ohio St was ranked #1 all darn season and got bounced early by the #10 seed.
Many of you just get over the invited era where your teams had a free invite to the Natty or Semis. Now you have to earn your way through you act as if the world is over. All your teams have to do is win games in December.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 4:25 pm to bstaceyau19
College football IS dead. You just don't know it yet.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 8:59 pm to bstaceyau19
NIL and transfer portal already killed college football. This is just the dead cat bounce.
Posted on 5/9/26 at 9:28 pm to STLDawg
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NIL and transfer portal already killed college football. This is just the dead cat bounce.
Unfortunately I think you’re right. I’m not yet 40, but I feel like the old man in CFB discussions. The sport was always different. That’s what made it unique. You don’t like it? Fine, watch the NFL. There’s this obsession with everything being streamlined now, life in general. It kind of sucks. But hey, if random GT poster insists we are stupid and she be all about playoffs, whatever.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:52 am to TexasTiger08
You know what made college football different?
Corruption and fraud.
Players were bought decades before NIL. Post season matchups were paired by bowl committees well before the season was completed.
The NCAA punished some teams and let others off.
It’s just shocking to me that so many SEC fans of the have not teams follow Bama and UGA fans in lockstep when they are the ones who have kept you down by buying up all your good players.
The regular season means more now because you have more teams vying for more spots. If this were the 4 team or BCS era this season there would be no reason for 85% of the teams to even play because they have zero chance. But, now if a South Carolina, Miss St type has a good year and pulls an upset or two they could get in. That only happens in an expanded system. Otherwise it would just be another wasted season of watching Ohio State, UGA, Bama, Michigan, and a couple others play the media game to get an invite.
I can’t wait to see the threads in a few years when we have playoff games on campus all over the country that are sold out. You guys will still be saying the sport is dying even while 70K are packed in Neyland or Bloomington, or Dallas, etc. Just funny stuff.
Corruption and fraud.
Players were bought decades before NIL. Post season matchups were paired by bowl committees well before the season was completed.
The NCAA punished some teams and let others off.
It’s just shocking to me that so many SEC fans of the have not teams follow Bama and UGA fans in lockstep when they are the ones who have kept you down by buying up all your good players.
The regular season means more now because you have more teams vying for more spots. If this were the 4 team or BCS era this season there would be no reason for 85% of the teams to even play because they have zero chance. But, now if a South Carolina, Miss St type has a good year and pulls an upset or two they could get in. That only happens in an expanded system. Otherwise it would just be another wasted season of watching Ohio State, UGA, Bama, Michigan, and a couple others play the media game to get an invite.
I can’t wait to see the threads in a few years when we have playoff games on campus all over the country that are sold out. You guys will still be saying the sport is dying even while 70K are packed in Neyland or Bloomington, or Dallas, etc. Just funny stuff.
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