I keep seeing two types of threads…

1. Many are saying today’s CFB is better because of parity. There’s a debate on if the sport is falling apart or improving.

2. The discussion about the best team ever

I didn’t watch much football this season (first time ever). I’m losing interest and I suspect others are as well while the sport is gaining new followers.

1. You probably enjoy more parity if you’re just a football fan. You care more about good competitive football than state or school pride. You don’t care about following recruits careers from HS and watching their career develop through your depth chart. You don’t care that you don’t know who is on your team year to year. This is more like the NFL type of fan.

2. I really don’t care who the media says is the GOAT team. I obviously think it’s LSU. If you look at Indiana‘s team roster, it is assembled from players all over the country. Few are from the same place, and I didn’t see any starters from Indiana. It’s not really an Indiana team if you know what I mean.

If you go look at the rosters of 2019 LSU, they are mostly Louisiana recruits supplemented with a few out of state guys. This was always the model.

Bama in 2011 was full of Alabama dudes supplemented with some out of state guys.

Why is no one talking about this?

So in modern CFB:

1. We don’t know who are teams are year to year due to turnover
2. Our teams no longer represent our state and region. In my opinion, this always set apart CFB from NFL

But we have more parity…..

I don’t see how this new game is fun unless you just like to watch random football. I’m too tribal.

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Posted by Warfarer

Dothan, AL

Member since May 2010

12375 posts

Posted on 1/10/26 at 8:27 am to JCPegasus

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2. The discussion about the best team ever

It is hard to compare but I don't think they are. Miami will give them hell for what I saw if Miami's defense shows up. Indiana has struggled on teams that keep them in check and grind them on offense. Ohio State by 3, Iowa by 5. But Oregon, who is fast paced, current Alabama (also face paced) get blown out because Indiana is able to throw their offense out of tempo.

I think several of Saban's earlier teams would have beaten Indiana by multiple touchdowns. LSU in 2011 beats them. Even OSU a few years ago.

I love the parity in today's football but I hate the NIL and portal. I think they should reapply the transfer rules that you get a transfer with no penalty if a coaching change occurs but otherwise you have to petition a waiver to play the next year.

I think there should be roster caps on the amount per roster. TT and Texas shouldn't be able to drop 80 million a year driving the prices through the roof.

I think they should sign to multiple year contracts out of high school and if they transfer before the contract is out, the transfer school has to pay a buyout. You want to treat them like pros, then treat them like pros.

What is happening with college football now is that high school recruiting means jack shite except a handful of positions that the kid can come in and contribute immediately. If I were a 3 star kid, with the expansion of scholarships, I would go to the biggest school I can go to out of high school with the best training programs and stay there 1 or 2 years until I got to a level of demand and then enter the portal for a big pay check.

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