re: Has college football just 'felt different' to anyone else?

I just don't get this. Fine, the SEC isn't giving Bama as much of a challenge this year as in years past. But there have always been dangerous games, upsets, and a frick-ton of talent on both sidelines. OM gave Bama a fight, as did LSU and even Arkansas to a lesser degree. And that's just the SEC. Though I'm sure there are plenty of them, only the very stupid Bama fans aren't concerned by OSU or Clemson. Most of the brighter ones should feel a healthy concern for what Petersen might dream up in that game. And there are other teams that could have made a serious run for the title even outside of the CFP field, like Michigan and OU, had things gone even marginally different.

I dunno. It feels a bit like sour grapes to say that CFB seems different because a team you hate is having a historical run. Did it feel "different" when LSU won 2 titles in 5 years and had 11 win teams on two other years in that span while Bama was wallowing in mediocrity? I'm sure it's not fun watching a rival succeed, but it's not the end of CFB as we know it or anything. Things are always changing.