re: Is NCAA Football in a decline? What would correct it?

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RPOs aren't the problem. Not enforcing illegal man downfield is the problem. Defenses used to be able to watch offensive linemen to determine if the offense was running or passing. The refs stopped calling illegal man downfield, and those defensive keys went away. Offensive linemen should not be allowed to run block 5 yards downfield on pass plays.

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No, RPOs aren't the problem, it's the rules that make them go. QBs are making one simple read and either handing off, keeping, or throwing to their first option most of the time. Look at the freshman QBs who run this stuff in HS and come straight into college football and dominate? It's simple Simone stuff. The continuous speed and eventual fatigue keep defenses on their heels. If the troops stay fresh and can match up in Nickle and Dime, like the old days, the threat of big chunk, explosive plays diminishes greatly. I'm not discounting the OL down the field as an issue as well. But all this ongoing offensive advantage says one thing, the rules makers got what they want and they aren't going back.