Everybody Bitches About the State of College Football

I did not watch the game tonight.

Or last night.

I did keep the scoreboard up for both to see the updates.

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But everyone here tonight was sure into it.

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because there were not any cookie cutter, interchangeable SEC teams involved

At the end of the day, as long as The Game is still The Game, I’ll keep loving it.

Parity is good for the sport. Casual fans not knowing who’s on their roster year to year is not though

You missed some pretty amazing play.

Oregon had a few moments but Indiana was hitting it on almost every play, offense, defense and special teams, the ducks didn't stand a chance.

Didn't have to be a Hoosier to appreciate excellence when I saw it.

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You missed some pretty amazing play.

Oregon had a few moments but Indiana was hitting it on almost every play, offense, defense and special teams, the ducks didn't stand a chance.

Didn't have to be a Hoosier to appreciate excellence when I saw it.

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It's not really about the teams. Highlights will be available.

I try not to give Disney and other companies that hate my guts and want to destroy my lifestyle and/or race a penny of my money. Not to mention what they have done to college football.

I got a 1 day pass for the Oklahoma game, and a 3 day pass for the Indiana game weekend.

I'll watch the ABC games on stream.

Otherwise, not doing it. They can kiss my arse.

I watched Oregon score their first TD and Indiana drive down and score their second TD and about 45 Allstate commercials and turned it off and read an anthology of Charles Portis columns and short stories. The product of CFB has become untenable. 5 years ago I’d have watched every second and been posting on 3-4 message boards during the game. 10 years ago I’d have been at the game in person…it used to be an event in Atlanta. Re-reading one of the best southern writers, certainly under rated, for the 10th time at least, was far more enjoyable. This coming from a season ticket holder of 33 years and someone who has 4 tickets the the SEC CH since it came to Atlanta who has been to almost every SEC stadium and many stadiums across the country….even going to GT games on Thursday nights to watch GT lose and Ga Southern and West Georgia games when UGA wasn’t playing. Some of that is age…but most of it is because the product is not good. I suspect it’ll continue to draw large TV crowds because young people have it on as background noise but they ain’t paying attention.

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At the end of the day, as long as The Game is still The Game, I’ll keep loving it.

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The game ain’t still the game. The interminable commercial breaks and reviews of the last play have rendered the game almost unwatchable. It’s bad on TV….its unbearable in person. Watching the Sugar Bowl this year was not nearly as entertaining as watching a Jefferson Pilot game between Kentucky and Vandy in the 1980s. The Sugar Bowl was a great CFB and had it not been for the constant stoppage of the action to sale insurance and Dr. Pepper it’d been fantastic…as it was there was no ebb and flow.

This has seriously impacted the game as well. They changed the rules to shorten the game but the games are just as long because they did it to allow for more commercials. The clock runs now almost without stopping but man when it does stop it stops for a LLLLLLOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG time. 4 timeouts in each half. Halftime is interminable. It’s so bad the TV audience missed an Alabama TD against Oklahoma. The game is no longer the game.

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Oregon had a few moments but Indiana was hitting it on almost every play, offense, defense and special teams, the ducks didn't stand a chance.

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Well, when your roster is made up of NFL-aged players with 5-6 years of collegiate experience, it makes sense that Indiana was hitting on all cylinders.