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re: Are "College Football is so broken" threads the new melts for teams that can't compete?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:24 am to VolSquatch
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:24 am to VolSquatch
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I think when these high profile kids get agents, actual recruiting is less effective. I know for UGA part of the pitch is that "we will get you to the NFL", but you know these agents are telling them that they will get there no matter where they go.
Post of the day.
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:32 am to Go_Dawgs
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Imagine what it would be like if the AP still decided the National Champion.
Melts would be epic
When the AP decided the narional champion, nobody really cared about national championships. Conference titles and bowl championships were what teams played for, the AP poll was like a post-season wrap-up award.
This sport is broken, mostly because it is transition from a collection of regional leagues that all award their own titles, to a single league with a single title everyone competes for. But there are still too many vestiges of the old system that haven't been left behind yet.
Once the top teams all get themselves into the Power 2 conferences, and the Power 2 conference merge like the AFL/NFL, and relegate everyone else to another lower level of competition, things will run smoother. Just have to wait for that to play out.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:37 am to CleverUserName
Who did they knock out that was deserving?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:50 am to theballguy
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This is what everyone wanted. The hot takes on ESPN (don't think Herbie wasn't a hot take artist at times) would often say after one of them beating a lousy P4 team: "... and these guys have shown they can compete with P4 teams!"
Well to prove these bunch of Nostradamus wannabes wrong. I hope that game is both a disaster on the field and in the ratings.
They are not wrong with them “competing” with P4 teams. That is technically factual. They didn’t get totally blown out by Louisville. They lost respectfully I guess.
But if any of them ever claim they are able to any way compete with the teams who will be in the semifinals are either morons or sellouts to the narrative the networks wanna push. Which would be head scratching, because surely ESPN doesn’t want a JMU and Oregon matchup.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:01 am to Dawgs2122
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Who did they knock out that was deserving?
Over JMU? Uhh.. roughly half of the P4.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:04 am to Yaboylsu63
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It’s only a matter of time where 3 teams dominate because they can buy super teams year in and out and the landscape is so fricked on top of that.
Anyone with half a brain saw it coming the moment NIL happened
Hopefully the Kiffin situation and players getting more to flip just accelerates the whole thing to the point where actual rules and limits are put in place
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:38 am to CleverUserName
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ESPN doesn’t want a JMU and Oregon matchup.
They shouldn't but they think they do. "Equality" even if it screws everything up.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:47 am to CleverUserName
If your team wasn't in the top 4 and left it in the hands of the committee, that's on them. Do better
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:48 am to GurleyGirl
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Georgia is still competing at a high level but I don't know for how long.
Oh no! Then what will you identify with?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:57 am to Dawgs2122
No, it’s broken in 1000 different ways. Always has been. And everyone knows it.
How are you going to sit here & claim it isn’t broken when
1. the NCAA stuck its head in the sand and fought NIL to the death, instead of planning for it…
2. Offseason calendar is completely batshit… 3. transfer portal is free agency with almost zero rules…
4. no one understands why we are still playing conference championships…
5. Tulane vs Ole Miss
6. the SEC is trying to expand to like 30 teams…
7. Defining Targeting or what constitutes a “catch” still requires some sort of mystic bullshite
I could probably come up with 10 more things if I spent any amount of time thinking about it.
No sour grapes here. We’ve been beneficiaries of its brokenness before & no dog in the fight this year.
No way you really believe what you posted.
How are you going to sit here & claim it isn’t broken when
1. the NCAA stuck its head in the sand and fought NIL to the death, instead of planning for it…
2. Offseason calendar is completely batshit… 3. transfer portal is free agency with almost zero rules…
4. no one understands why we are still playing conference championships…
5. Tulane vs Ole Miss
6. the SEC is trying to expand to like 30 teams…
7. Defining Targeting or what constitutes a “catch” still requires some sort of mystic bullshite
I could probably come up with 10 more things if I spent any amount of time thinking about it.
No sour grapes here. We’ve been beneficiaries of its brokenness before & no dog in the fight this year.
No way you really believe what you posted.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 10:59 am
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:03 am to DeathByTossDive225
Seems to be mostly the teams that were competitive, but no longer really are screaming the loudest though. Kind of telling
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:16 am to Dawgs2122
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Seems to be mostly the teams that were competitive, but no longer really are screaming the loudest though. Kind of telling
Seems like the majority of people across all fanbases, including your own + the other SEC playoff teams, disagree with you.
We have all been beneficiaries of CFB’s stupidity at one point or another. So again… no sour grapes here. It’s just objectively the most retarded league in all of sports.
At this point, I’m starting to think that might be the appeal lol.
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 11:20 am
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:30 am to Dawgs2122
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"College Football is so broken" threads the new melts for teams that can't compete
These takes are mostly just boomers moaning about a fictional "good ole days."
Nostalgia is killing this country.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:10 pm to Dawgs2122
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If your team wasn't in the top 4 and left it in the hands of the committee, that's on them. Do better
This is just if the rules as laid out are followed. I’m talking also about the stupidity of the current rules.
The point of the playoff is to pit the 12 best teams, or as close as possible, against each other.
JMU and Tulane have no business among these 12. Anyone here betting on either of these teams to even make it to the championship against long odds? Of course not. You may as well burn that money. Everyone knows Oregon is going to dismantle JMU. Everyone. It’s a sure thing unless the entire team has the stomach flu.
There should be zero allocations for the 12. You pick 12 and then go.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:52 pm to NaturalStateReb
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Nostalgia is killing this country.
Yep
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:55 pm to DeathByTossDive225
That's OK. The majority has been wrong before. Funny though, everyone can pay now and Bama is mid almost overnight while Vandy is no longer a doormat. Things that make you go hmm.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:12 pm to bluestem75
Then how do you fix it?
They don’t want advantages nor do they want everybody the same.
They don’t want advantages nor do they want everybody the same.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:47 pm to Dawgs2122
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That's OK. The majority has been wrong before. Funny though, everyone can pay now and Bama is mid almost overnight while Vandy is no longer a doormat. Things that make you go hmm.
Saban & Pavia IMO. Bama doesn’t have the voodoo anymore, and Vandy will come back down to reality after Pavia leaves. I could be wrong.
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