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re: College football is an awful product...
Posted on 10/28/20 at 7:00 am to themetalreb
Posted on 10/28/20 at 7:00 am to themetalreb
I get the sentiment. I still think the 2000s were the best when you had teams from all over the country play at elite levels (USC, OSU, LSU, Texas, Bama in the late 2000s, OU).
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Posted on 10/28/20 at 7:02 am to themetalreb
You right. College football, like NASCAR, was a lot better decades ago when there was less money involved.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 7:05 am to themetalreb
4 different SEC teams have played for the national championship in the past 7 years. Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 7:48 am to themetalreb
With scholarship limits. 3% of CFB teams do not get 98% of the talent. CFB is a far better product than the NFL. Anyway I simply disagree
Posted on 10/28/20 at 8:20 am to themetalreb
I feel like most people understand that, but they watch anyway because of some emotional/sentimental connection to the team or school or state. College football fandom is just a different thing than watching a pro team, even one from your area. The fact that the odds are you'll never see your team win a title really doesn't bother most people. They just want the team to play well, make a decent bowl game and share in some fun experiences. The college game day experience IMO is way better than the NFLs.
Fwiw the real reason (at least to me) to not like the college game is the massive level of corruption. The bag men, the boosters giving the kids no show jobs, the tutors doing all the players academic work, the entire recruiting process, the fans who obsess over teenagers social media accounts, etc. Those are all way better reasons to feel disgust than the fact that the football itself is sub par and there's no parity.
Fwiw the real reason (at least to me) to not like the college game is the massive level of corruption. The bag men, the boosters giving the kids no show jobs, the tutors doing all the players academic work, the entire recruiting process, the fans who obsess over teenagers social media accounts, etc. Those are all way better reasons to feel disgust than the fact that the football itself is sub par and there's no parity.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 8:22 am to themetalreb
quote:Not for me
It's really all so boring
Posted on 10/28/20 at 8:29 am to themetalreb
So the answer is socialism??
Posted on 10/28/20 at 9:28 am to themetalreb
The 85 rule was supposed to spread the talent out over more teams. By the numbers, it has spread out the talent. Why the power is residing in three teams is a bit of a mystery. Better coaching is my conclusion.
Other programs have fallen and can't get back up - namely Texas, Sou Cal, Mich, Notre Dame, Nebraska and some others.
Other programs have fallen and can't get back up - namely Texas, Sou Cal, Mich, Notre Dame, Nebraska and some others.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 9:45 am to themetalreb
Clemson has only been great for like 5 years. Not like they are a perennial power or something
Posted on 10/28/20 at 9:53 am to themetalreb
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Well it is metal. The amp goes to 11 is all you guys know
Posted on 10/28/20 at 12:07 pm to themetalreb
Regardless of which teams are at the top, I can watch just about any college football game that has two decent, competitive teams playing; especially SEC teams.
I'll be watching pretty much all of the SEC games this weekend until one team begins to blow out another. I'll have multiple TVs going with the different games on. We are lucky to have it this year.
I love to watch college football and I hope that never changes.
I'll be watching pretty much all of the SEC games this weekend until one team begins to blow out another. I'll have multiple TVs going with the different games on. We are lucky to have it this year.
I love to watch college football and I hope that never changes.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 3:09 pm to themetalreb
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it's much like my industry, which is the music business...3% of the artists/bands make 97% of the money..
Where are you getting these numbers on the music industry? The current environment is not a good comparison with touring being curbed due to Covid.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 3:49 pm to themetalreb
OP your post is true. Many people I know barely even follow college due to this. They'll watch the NFL as there is a lot more parity, an example: even at the Pats prime they were still beatable. Currently it is basically pointless to follow the sport if your team isn't one of the contenders or potential contenders every few years.
You know who could beat Bama / Clemson / Ohio State, another top named program. The chances of a lesser opponent upsetting them? Well, even if it happens they'll still win out and be in the playoff so...
You know who could beat Bama / Clemson / Ohio State, another top named program. The chances of a lesser opponent upsetting them? Well, even if it happens they'll still win out and be in the playoff so...
This post was edited on 10/28/20 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 10/28/20 at 3:49 pm to themetalreb
Change your team icon to that fruity Alabama A and boom you're a winner. Right gumps?
Posted on 10/28/20 at 3:55 pm to themetalreb
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College football is an awful product...
As an Ole Miss fan you are getting a better production than any of these teams that you mentioned. Product = production and the Ole Miss games have probably been better tv (or live) viewing than any other team's games. Winning a championship doesn't always mean a good product.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 3:57 pm to themetalreb
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themetalreb
Posted on 10/28/20 at 4:44 pm to themetalreb
Clemson was a running joke just a few years ago. It can happen...ok not anywhere, but almost anywhere in the south at at a few places in the midwest. It's all cyclical.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 5:55 pm to themetalreb
It’s pretty bad. If a non power team becomes good the NCAA comes for you.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 5:55 pm to themetalreb
You are absolutely 100% correct. The push toward super conferences and a full playoff system is destroying college football. It’s great if your team happens to be on top but it leaves the others out.
I’ve always opposed this move and actually wish we were like it was back in the late 80’s. Pre BCS era.
I’ve always opposed this move and actually wish we were like it was back in the late 80’s. Pre BCS era.
Posted on 10/28/20 at 5:57 pm to themetalreb
OP is right. Individual games at every level, specially those not involving the teams that just crockpot everyone, can be fun, but the National race is very boring.
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