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re: Are we witnessing the end of college football as we know it?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:09 am to crimsoncoded94
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:09 am to crimsoncoded94
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College football is still alive and well in Tuscaloosa.
You bet your arse it is
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:10 am to AG87
Ivy League is where it’s at for college football. They play the whole conference every season, every game is an easy trip, playoffs are fun but how you play against your rivals is more important, tickets are affordable, tradition over tiktok.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:13 am to AG87
It’s called parity
Which gives a lot more fanbases hope and enjoyment than just the select 5 of the past
Once they went away from the old school conference
Affiliated bowl matchups,
and tried to get the best 2 teams to play each other….
This was the inevitable result.
Which gives a lot more fanbases hope and enjoyment than just the select 5 of the past
Once they went away from the old school conference
Affiliated bowl matchups,
and tried to get the best 2 teams to play each other….
This was the inevitable result.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:20 am to AG87
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What makes college football the greatest sport?
Traditions
Pageantry
Marching Bands
Tailgating
Rivalries
Why college football is specifically better than the NFL:
Home Atmospheres
-If you were to show me the best NFL atmosphere in the last 10 years, I could find a college atmosphere from past Saturday between two unranked teams that's better. The elite atmospheres of college football put the superbowl to shame.
Upsets
-the worst team in the NFL could beat the best team and its not that big of a deal. Yet in college football we still talk about App State-Michigan in '07 or Vandy-Alabama last year.
Diversity in schemes
-less true now than 20 years ago, but its fascinating to watch a high flying west coast offense against a ground and pound B10 or SEC team. College teams are diverse in scheme, and there's a regionality to it. Every team in the NFL is built 90% the same way. College football is where many new schemes are born. Its more experimental.
Wider margins on the field
-wider margins allow for more unique plays. (reverse or naked boot leg to the long side of the field). College teams have to consider the margins when calling plays. Especially when attempting to set themselves up for a game winning field goal.
Overtime Rules
-College overtime rules are not perfect, but NFL overtime rules are idiotic
Eligibility Limitations
-Imagine being a Jets fan in 2001 and having to watch your team get destroyed by their rival for the next 20 years because the best QB ever played for them the entire time. We value a players time much more when we know there's a set limit to how long he will actually play in college.
Only 1 foot down in bounds to be a catch
-Some of the best catches I've ever seen have been ruled as incomplete, because in the NFL two feet must be down in-bounds.
Maximum penalty of 15 yards for interference
-Absolutely insane PI is a spot foul in the NFL. 60 yard penalties should never exist.
Classic kickoff formation
-new NFL kickoff formation is weird and boring
Majority of college games aren't at Noon
-the absolute worst timeslot
Teams with losing records don't make the playoffs (happened several times in the NFL recently)
-say what you want about the college football post season, but its better than 43% of the league making the playoffs (14 of 32 teams in the NFL make the playoffs). People complain about the FBS-FCS games as boring, but is it any less boring than an NFL team playing their backups against a rival on the last week of the regular season, because they've locked in their playoff spot?
College teams can never just pack up and leave
-imagine being born in St. Louis and being a Rams fan your whole life, just to watch them leave for LA and win a super bowl there.
Fan Loyalty
-I know fans of almost every NFL team. Most of them have no connection to the team they're a fan of. Bandwagon fans exist in every sport, but the most loyal fans are in college football. Fans don't betray their alma mater or their local team they've been a fan of since childhood.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 11:46 am
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:21 am to crimsoncoded94
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No. College football is still alive and well in Tuscaloosa.
So why did Saban leave?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:25 am to AG87
No, just another slight evolution. The thing that makes college football the greatest sport is the fans' connection to the school and the program. That hasn't changed and won't change. I'm a Mizzou fan/alum because my family generations back were Mizzou fans/alums. I go back to Columbia to see them and enjoy my favorite place to spend a Saturday. I'm passing that tradition down to my kids now. Paying coaches (more) and players doesn't affect that at all.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:29 am to AG87
2019 was the last season of college football as we knew it.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:31 am to armtackledawg
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At least in the SEC, CFB has never been more compelling. There are no dominant teams, and almost no gimmies. Even Arkansas, having lost its coach, is competitive.
Yep. As long as we don't get screwed in the CFB playoffs, every SEC match-up has become must-see TV
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:49 am to AG87
Should have created a framework 20 years ago to get the players some money when they saw the cash come streaming in. If the NCAA was able to guide it when they had some inkling of authority, we wouldn't be dealing with a situation where their rules consecutively got nuked by the courts creating the wild wild west.
I knew it was going to start going south when they fricked Jeremy Bloom over for wanting to get some endorsement deal to go to the Olympics. The NCAA had a chance to side with an insanely marketable and electric kid to show they were getting with the times but noooooooooooo. You can't play college football any longer kid.
They had their chance to mold college sports into something sustainable but this insanely strict obedience to the "amateur" model and desire to keep the money for the powers created what we have now
I knew it was going to start going south when they fricked Jeremy Bloom over for wanting to get some endorsement deal to go to the Olympics. The NCAA had a chance to side with an insanely marketable and electric kid to show they were getting with the times but noooooooooooo. You can't play college football any longer kid.
They had their chance to mold college sports into something sustainable but this insanely strict obedience to the "amateur" model and desire to keep the money for the powers created what we have now
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:53 am to AG87
Most exciting season in at least 3 years. Idk what youre going on about.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 9:57 am to AG87
Are we witnessing the end of college football as we know it?
I believe this question was asked and answered when Georgia and Oklahoma took the NCAA to court and won to wrest television rights away from them in what, 1981?
So to answer the OP, yes, college football as we know it or go back 50 years as we knew it, is and will continue to change.
I believe this question was asked and answered when Georgia and Oklahoma took the NCAA to court and won to wrest television rights away from them in what, 1981?
So to answer the OP, yes, college football as we know it or go back 50 years as we knew it, is and will continue to change.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:01 am to crimsoncoded94
When Ryan Williams was rumored to be looking for more money bama fans didn’t believe this.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:09 am to PeleofAnalytics
With CFB breaking away from "amateurism", one would think some type of guardrails should be in place. But with coaches now signing deals paying them 8 figures/year, there is no going back. At this point the game should just implement a draft system for HS players and emulate the NFL. I personally think this would suck, but the free for all right now is not sustainable either.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:10 am to jangalang
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So why did Saban leave?
You plan on working until you are 80 years old?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:13 am to GeauxtigersMs36
Portal is the problem.
One free transfer.
Then, if the coach leaves, open the portal.
Other than that, you have to sit a year in order to transfer.
One free transfer.
Then, if the coach leaves, open the portal.
Other than that, you have to sit a year in order to transfer.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:14 am to theballguy
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defensive tackling hasn't been the same
I pretty much agree with the sentiments in this post, but this is one thing I absolutely still cannot wrap my head around.
How in the world have we gotten to this point regarding tackling? Does no one even teach technique anymore? Does no one else care enough to fix it, anywhere?
The old-school coaches I had growing up probably get physically ill every time a kid leaves his feet and randomly throws his body at a ball carrier.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:20 am to AG87
NIL and the Portal happening at the same time followed by revenue sharing absolutely changed the game.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:22 am to TideSaint
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It's the stupid fricking no consequence transfer portal.
It is kind of weird flipping through games on a Saturday and seeing players from your team playing for somebody else in so many games.
I happened to flip on to the UCLA- Maryland game and saw a former Oklahoma WR catching a TD pass for Maryland while the UCLA guy defending him was a former Oklahoma defensive back.
The defensive back is at his fourth school. I had no clue he was even at UCLA... Last I knew he was at Ole Miss. And before Oklahoma... he was at Tennessee.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:26 am to Hback
Jesus.
Strategy officer?
Are we going to pay for the full C-suite for teams now?
Is there a damn CHRO also?
Strategy officer?
Are we going to pay for the full C-suite for teams now?
Is there a damn CHRO also?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:27 am to TideSaint
quote:Saban is still working lil bro.
You plan on working until you are 80 years old?
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