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Is College Football In A Death Spiral?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:54 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:54 am
Is it just me or is this season really boring?
The SEC teams are all either top 15, or atrocious, with the majority of the conference being terrible. The next Alabama game worth watching isn’t until 10/12 when we play the mediocre Aggies. That’s a month from now.
Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi St, are all games that are hardly worth watching whereas not too long ago these games would’ve been somewhat competitive
All over the country this is happening.
OSU plays nobody. Everyone else in the Big 10 is barely worthy of a power 5 conference.
Clemson plays nobody. Everyone else in the ACC is like a non power 5 team.
The Pac 10 is going the way of the Big East. They’re becoming completely irrelevant.
The Big 12 is a 2-team conference.
Outside of OSU, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama, LSU, and Georgia, it seems like everyone else is consistently struggling with non P5 schools.
College football is slowly becoming a joke.
Look for attendance to keep dwindling, and I honestly believe that the programs that are currently dead, will stay that way for the foreseeable future. The marquee programs will continue to keep it alive, but for how much longer if the current trend continues?
The future of college football is looking more and more like it’ll be the top 10 teams, and then a giant trash heap below them
The SEC teams are all either top 15, or atrocious, with the majority of the conference being terrible. The next Alabama game worth watching isn’t until 10/12 when we play the mediocre Aggies. That’s a month from now.
Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi St, are all games that are hardly worth watching whereas not too long ago these games would’ve been somewhat competitive
All over the country this is happening.
OSU plays nobody. Everyone else in the Big 10 is barely worthy of a power 5 conference.
Clemson plays nobody. Everyone else in the ACC is like a non power 5 team.
The Pac 10 is going the way of the Big East. They’re becoming completely irrelevant.
The Big 12 is a 2-team conference.
Outside of OSU, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama, LSU, and Georgia, it seems like everyone else is consistently struggling with non P5 schools.
College football is slowly becoming a joke.
Look for attendance to keep dwindling, and I honestly believe that the programs that are currently dead, will stay that way for the foreseeable future. The marquee programs will continue to keep it alive, but for how much longer if the current trend continues?
The future of college football is looking more and more like it’ll be the top 10 teams, and then a giant trash heap below them
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 4:58 am
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Posted on 9/15/19 at 4:56 am to CAbamafan
The lack of elite programs or even good programs is hurting the sport.
There's a BIG drop off after the top 5'ish, you see all these teams ranked in the teens that re supposed to be still pretty good and none of them really are.
I mean the entire PAC12 is a graveyard. The ACC outside of Clemson might as well be FCS.
There's a BIG drop off after the top 5'ish, you see all these teams ranked in the teens that re supposed to be still pretty good and none of them really are.
I mean the entire PAC12 is a graveyard. The ACC outside of Clemson might as well be FCS.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:14 am to CAbamafan
I love CFB, but I've made arguments that the NFL has been more interesting (in terms of new matchups/teams that are in the championship hunt) in comparison to what we've got now. Sucks, but I don't necessarily disagree with your post.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:14 am to CAbamafan
I think it will get a little bit better once the conference games get going in full swing. You are right about all those teams sucking but the rivalries are still fun to watch.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:16 am to CAbamafan
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The future of college football is looking more and more like it’ll be the top 10 teams, and then a giant trash heap below them
Unfortunately this has become a bigger issue lately. You'll have the occasional team have a good year, and of course the media darlings that they "want" to be good, but the times have changed. It's all about money, facilities, recruiting, and name recognition now. Outside of the one or maybe two schools in the big 12, Clemson, and OSU it's the big 4-5 in the SEC.
The media will always try and pump up Notre Dame, and a PAC12 school, but very rarely can the compete. The bowl games outside of those in the playoff have lost their luster. Kinda sad, but that's how it is now. If your not a playoff team then it doesn't really mean much other then the moral victory.
Hate to say it but Saban, and reasently Dabo have kinda ruined things for everyone else. That being said if it weren't for Saban LSU would be another also ran.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 5:18 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 5:22 am to CAbamafan
You’re just being a beta bitch.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:11 am to CAbamafan
Need to cut out the rent a wins and neutral site games. Maybe play one non conference gimme a year.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:16 am to CAbamafan
I think it is declining. Seems like so many teams are getting worse and not better . This kills fan support.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 6:59 am to CAbamafan
In the past schools like Georgia State would never beat Tennessee and Fla State would never be in a shootout against ULM. Small schools have closed the gap. Recruiting has changed. When Bama, Ohio St, LSU, Georgia, and Clemson get all the elite recruits, everyone else gets the scraps
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:08 am to CAbamafan
Saban has ruined college football.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:34 am to CAbamafan
It’s becoming boring because Clemson is clearly the dominant football school in the country now and I liked it better when Alabama could actually compete in postseason games. Now it’s a foregone conclusion that the soon to be septuagenarian Saban is going to get his arse kicked because the game has passed him and Dabo owns him.
It’s really a shame.
It’s really a shame.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:48 am to CAbamafan
Maybe if we all played each other OOC, the seasons would be more interesting. Props to Auburn, LSU, Georgia... And even Florida.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:50 am to CAbamafan
Western civilization as a whole is in a death spiral. The impending decline and collapse of sports fandom is simply a symptom of a greater problem.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 7:59 am to CAbamafan
Saban has an answer for this . . .
Simply stop playing those schools. Let the big boys go at it and shorten the season a bit.
I’d expand it more . . .
You can lose a game or two and still make the playoffs. You can still have a conference championship (drop the game) and have an extended playoff.
Simply stop playing those schools. Let the big boys go at it and shorten the season a bit.
I’d expand it more . . .
You can lose a game or two and still make the playoffs. You can still have a conference championship (drop the game) and have an extended playoff.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:00 am to CAbamafan
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Is College Football In A Death Spiral?
I can’t connect the dots yet, but I’m 99% sure it has to do with Marty Smith and his ever tightening skinny pants.
Could be the more souls he collects, the tighter his pant legs, and the squeakier his voice?
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:01 am to CAbamafan
I think it’s less of a downward spiral as a whole, and more of the fact that the top 5 or so have REALLY separated themselves from the rest.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:14 am to CAbamafan
What made college football great to begin with? The pageantry. Now, because every game is on TV and there has been a push to make money on every facet of the game day experience, it has gotten stale.
Also, the offenses. We have determined that if a team gets pushed or gets beat by a non-P5 opponent that they must suck and aren’t worth watching. That in turn leaves what we perceive as very few teams worth watching. It may be that teams are more prone to upsets and we need to change our perception of “everybody sucks.” The game is just different than it was 15 years ago, almost a different sport. I watched Northwestern State slice and dice LSU’s defense down the field for 2 drives last night which would have never happened 10 years ago, no matter how many flaws we had in our scheme or whatever. Quarterbacks are better out of high school and all it takes is one getting hot (no matter their race).
Also, the offenses. We have determined that if a team gets pushed or gets beat by a non-P5 opponent that they must suck and aren’t worth watching. That in turn leaves what we perceive as very few teams worth watching. It may be that teams are more prone to upsets and we need to change our perception of “everybody sucks.” The game is just different than it was 15 years ago, almost a different sport. I watched Northwestern State slice and dice LSU’s defense down the field for 2 drives last night which would have never happened 10 years ago, no matter how many flaws we had in our scheme or whatever. Quarterbacks are better out of high school and all it takes is one getting hot (no matter their race).
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:47 am to CAbamafan
All of the recent focus on head/brain injuries in Football is starting to keep parents from letting their kids even start playing football at a young age. Sports like Soccer and Golf are starting to see better athletes than ever because of this trend I believe.
This post was edited on 9/15/19 at 9:24 am
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:47 am to CAbamafan
Not sure it's yet in a death spiral, but interest is wanting a bit. I was kind of shocked to see all the empty seats in Williams-Brice yesterday. Their fans usually show up string, especially for an SEC opponent. This has been a growing issue at every school though, and a lot has to do with changes schools have made to the game day experience. It's no fun to drive 2 hours, park a mile+ from the stadium, sit in the stadium for a 4 hour game because of all the TV timeouts, then fight traffic for 3 hours to get back home.
The TV ratings are still very strong though. Schools have hinted at concerns over attendance, but they've gotten hooked to that TV money and not sure there's a solution that pleases all parties.
The TV ratings are still very strong though. Schools have hinted at concerns over attendance, but they've gotten hooked to that TV money and not sure there's a solution that pleases all parties.
Posted on 9/15/19 at 8:48 am to CAbamafan
Playoff format has made a few super teams and everyone else. The attendance, support, ratings are all down. Those ridiculous "Who's In" commercials should be reduced to 4 mascot because we all already know "who's in".
But everybody wanted to eliminate the one thing that made college football unique...the bowl system.
But everybody wanted to eliminate the one thing that made college football unique...the bowl system.
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