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the reason why the NFL is not near as popular than college football is EXACTLY what is happening to college football!

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Bingo! I stopped watching the NFL about 10 years ago exactly for this reason and I'm proud to say I haven't missed it one bit.

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College football has lost its greatness. Be thankful for that 2019 team.

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Great point. 2019 will never be duplicated or even come close.

IMO, if all you care about is winning at any cost, you're not a true LSU fan. Do we really want players that don't care about LSU because that also means they don't care about you the fan, the traditions and the history of LSU!

So the next time LSU loses a game or several games and you see the players laughing and high fiving each other as they walk off the field, just remember that's what you wanted. They don't care if LSU wins or loses, because they're getting paid, regardless!

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I’m pretty much there. This model in college football is horrendous, completely unsustainable and will eventually only retain fans that are drama queens. The rest of us will be relaxing by fishing, hunting and spending QT time with family and friends. It’s very close for me personally.

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I think you're spot on. It's just sad to see, especially when LSU has been a big part of myself and my family for decades. It's like going into a business and you can tell the employees don't give a shite and are just there for a check, and before you know, everything falls apart because you can't sustain a good business when your employees don't care about the product.

Kirk Herbstreit said it best when he said teams wins NCs, not chasing 4/5 stars and forking out a lot of money!

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I just don’t see any signs whatsoever that the NIL spending is slowing down

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I agree that the NIL spending hasn't slowed down YET, but boosters are not going to continue throwing money down this bottomless pit and get zero return on their investment.

Several powerful boosters for teams around the country are not fans of the one-year rental player program and thought their money would attract talent and help build long term success. According to CBS sports and SI, boosters are strongly considering pulling back their NIL money because players are simply using them for a quick payday and the following year are off to another program.

According to several boosters, they were thinking NIL would help build success on the football field, and in return, the players would want to stay to be a part of something special. Based on what is happening, NIL money has not improved success on the football field and players have shown absolutely no loyalty and are just chasing the money.

I guess we all knew something had to change, but the problem now is, how do you fix it or is it even fixable?

WW is an embarrassment and that clown needs to stay as far away from LSU as possible!

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I thought the fan base wanted him fired earlier this year

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You are correct about Womack! I live in Alabama and all of my buddies are Bama fans and they can't stand him. What's saving Womack is DeBoer's hiring of his buddy as OC, who was just fired from Seattle, and he's proven to be a complete failure! In last three games, Alabama had -3 rushing yards against Georgia, 28 rushing yards against Oklahoma and only scored 3 points against Indiana and lost by 5 TDs.

Having a complete idiot as an OC is the only reason Womack is not going to be terminated this season, but his seat is still very, very warm!

Davis is horrible. He was the hot OL name in CFB when he came to us, but it didn't take long to realize we got played and wasted a lot of money.

Under the current NIL/transfer portal model, it's only a matter of time before it collapses and fans find different outlets to spend their time and money on.

As an LSU fan living in another state, I take great pride in cheering for my home state, but I have to admit that passion is quickly waning. In years past, wearing that LSU jersey meant something, but knowing that no longer exists and players are only wearing that jersey for a paycheck, I've also lost interest. Up until this year, if LSU was on TV, I would rearrange my schedule to make sure I didn't miss the game. This year there were three or four TV games I didn't watch, and truthfully, it didn't bother me. Up until five years ago, I would go to 2/3 games a year, but I now have zero interest and I'm fine if I never go to another game.

Over the years, the reason college football has been so successful was the connection between the fans and the team. Whether you attended that school or grew up in the state, you took great pride in wearing your team's colors because it meant something.

Moving forward, it will be interesting to see how or if cfb survives. The relationship between cfb and the fans is like a marriage and when one party isn't happy, they move on to greener pastures. For me, cheering for a new group of strangers every year that couldn't care less about LSU isn't something I want to be a part of.

Love the kid, but was hoping he would go to NFL. Nothing against the kid, but ready to just hear about LSU football, not Lane's daughter.

We've been soft for a long, long time, which is one of the reasons I wanted to get rid of Baker. I do give credit to Baker for improving our defense, but we were so bad before he arrived, that anything he did was going to be an improvement.

IMO, Baker is just not an elite DC. Since arriving two years ago, our defense has improved, but we not anywhere near elite. We still can't stop a running QB and teams are still having a lot of success running the ball right up the middle. He also struggles making the right adjustments in a timely manner.