re: Death of College Athletics

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of rivalries, it was the age of cupcakes, it was the epoch of television rights, it was the epoch of declining attendance, it was the season of big coaching contracts, it was the season of big buyouts, it was the spring of hope for victories, it was the winter of despair for losses, we had everything before us for a title run, we had nothing before us but minor bowls, we were all going direct to the playoff, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.