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re: Tim Brando: College football is a colossal bore
Posted on 11/21/19 at 11:53 am to deathlock
Posted on 11/21/19 at 11:53 am to deathlock
I'm not listening to that but I can kind of agree with the overall mindset. This is gonna sound pouty or whatever, but saban really has ruined CFB in a lot of ways at least to the casual fan. The last decade everyone just knows ahead of time that bama is going to be elite and almost surely in the title hunt, if not the outright favorite to win the title. Every year.
And I dont' just have modern glassses on, I know that there have always been spurts of greatness along the way. But hell in the 90s you had a decade of 3 programs having that same elite status in FSU, UF, and Nebraska. ANy year could be one of those guys' years. YOu also had some really great programs behind them even if only for a year or 2 (teams like colorado, washington, etc). My point is, even if you thought FSU/UF/NU were the best team going into the season, you still felt like anyone in the top 10 had a shot at a title. Even if there was a small gap from the mega elites up top, you still had your OSU/Tennessee/etcs of the world that make things interesting. The last decade it feels like going into each season you have maybe 3 or 4 teams MAX that even have a remote chance.
And I dont' just have modern glassses on, I know that there have always been spurts of greatness along the way. But hell in the 90s you had a decade of 3 programs having that same elite status in FSU, UF, and Nebraska. ANy year could be one of those guys' years. YOu also had some really great programs behind them even if only for a year or 2 (teams like colorado, washington, etc). My point is, even if you thought FSU/UF/NU were the best team going into the season, you still felt like anyone in the top 10 had a shot at a title. Even if there was a small gap from the mega elites up top, you still had your OSU/Tennessee/etcs of the world that make things interesting. The last decade it feels like going into each season you have maybe 3 or 4 teams MAX that even have a remote chance.
This post was edited on 11/21/19 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 11/21/19 at 11:57 am to WG_Dawg
Yep, and teams that are in the cellar or also-rans now like Colorado, K-State, UCLA, Miami, UNC, Tennessee, etc. would all make noise from time to time in the 1990s-00s
Posted on 11/21/19 at 12:02 pm to WG_Dawg
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And I dont' just have modern glassses on, I know that there have always been spurts of greatness along the way. But hell in the 90s you had a decade of 3 programs having that same elite status in FSU, UF, and Nebraska. ANy year could be one of those guys' years. YOu also had some really great programs behind them even if only for a year or 2 (teams like colorado, washington, etc). My point is, even if you thought FSU/UF/NU were the best team going into the season, you still felt like anyone in the top 10 had a shot at a title. Even if there was a small gap from the mega elites up top, you still had your OSU/Tennessee/etcs of the world that make things interesting. The last decade it feels like going into each season you have maybe 3 or 4 teams MAX that even have a remote chance.
The AFC has been the same way for the past 20 years with a team quarterbacked by Manning, Brady, and Big Ben representing the AFC in the Super Bowl in 15 out of the past 16 years yet I don't hear anywhere near the level of bitching that we do about Bama and Clemson running CFB.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 12:16 pm to WG_Dawg
CBS booted him because he wasn't the Bama mouthpiece they needed
Posted on 11/21/19 at 12:18 pm to WG_Dawg
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This is gonna sound pouty
You are correct.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 12:19 pm to WG_Dawg
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This is gonna sound pouty or whatever, but saban really has ruined CFB in a lot of ways at least to the casual fan.
If the playoffs were 8 this year, Saban would be in again.
Be careful what you wish for.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 12:59 pm to WG_Dawg
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saban really has ruined CFB
"Quit being good at your job!"
"Why?"
"Because you make the rest of us look bad!"
Literally the same argument.
LSU went out, got a new coach and upgraded the hell out of their assistants. It's not impossible.
Too many schools are just like, "We should get a turn at being good because we want to."
Posted on 11/21/19 at 1:26 pm to WG_Dawg
That's life. Their are elites, bottom dwellers, and various tiers between them.
Posted on 11/21/19 at 1:50 pm to WG_Dawg
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saban really has ruined CFB in a lot of ways at least to the casual fan. The last decade everyone just knows ahead of time that bama is going to be elite and almost surely in the title hunt, if not the outright favorite to win the title. Every year.
This is true. Saban is selfish and he’s always been about himself. He should retire for the good of the game
Posted on 11/21/19 at 2:36 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:Yep. Think about this year
I'm not listening to that but I can kind of agree with the overall mindset. This is gonna sound pouty or whatever, but saban really has ruined CFB in a lot of ways at least to the casual fan. The last decade everyone just knows ahead of time that bama is going to be elite and almost surely in the title hunt, if not the outright favorite to win the title. Every year.
And I dont' just have modern glassses on, I know that there have always been spurts of greatness along the way. But hell in the 90s you had a decade of 3 programs having that same elite status in FSU, UF, and Nebraska. ANy year could be one of those guys' years. YOu also had some really great programs behind them even if only for a year or 2 (teams like colorado, washington, etc). My point is, even if you thought FSU/UF/NU were the best team going into the season, you still felt like anyone in the top 10 had a shot at a title. Even if there was a small gap from the mega elites up top, you still had your OSU/Tennessee/etcs of the world that make things interesting. The last decade it feels like going into each season you have maybe 3 or 4 teams MAX that even have a remote chance.
Bama has 1 loss, no ranked wins, and only two wins over a team with a winning record, and we are still ranking them at 5 with a "shot to make it"
Thats kinda nauseating
Posted on 11/21/19 at 8:26 pm to WG_Dawg
Well luckily it looks as though Bama is at the end of it's dynasty. Clemson beat them down for the natty last year and LSU took it to them at their place. With LSU and Georgia both reaching elite status that'll make it harder for Saban to recruit.
What college football needs is for the PAC-12 to get it's shite together because outside of Ohio State teams from the south are the only teams winning nattys.
What college football needs is for the PAC-12 to get it's shite together because outside of Ohio State teams from the south are the only teams winning nattys.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 12:07 am to WG_Dawg
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I'm not listening to that but I can kind of agree with the overall mindset. This is gonna sound pouty or whatever, but saban really has ruined CFB in a lot of ways at least to the casual fan. The last decade everyone just knows ahead of time that bama is going to be elite and almost surely in the title hunt, if not the outright favorite to win the title. Every year.
So why is it Bama’s fault because they were elite so many years? If people don’t like it they should have put muscle into their own programs.
LSU didn’t let them stop the tigers from wanting more. Georgia certainly got better under Kirby. Hell, in my opinion Ohio State might be the team to beat and despite Clemson’s weak schedule, they have a top notch coach and they are solid. My team sucks right now but it’s life in college football. Eventually new teams rise and elite teams fall. Nothing has changed.
Posted on 11/22/19 at 7:29 am to WG_Dawg
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The last decade everyone just knows ahead of time that bama is going to be elite and almost surely in the title hunt, if not the outright favorite to win the title. Every year.
How has this changed from any other decade outside the 00s? Growing up as a child in the 90s, every year you could count on Florida State being among the elite teams. If the playoff had existed back then, FSU would have made it just about every year from 1987-2000.
In the 1980s, it was Miami. Had there been a playoff in the 80s, they would have made every single year from 1985-1992.
College football has always been dynastic. There has always been a dominant team that ran roughshod over the competition in a given decade. This decade it was Alabama. Next decade....who knows? The 00s were the exception to the rule.
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