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re: I don’t feel CFB is on a very good path
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:52 am to RollingwiththeTide
Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:52 am to RollingwiththeTide
Ok then explain to me why Alabama basketball is not competing with UK every single season and making elite 8 runs on the regular?
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Posted on 12/31/20 at 1:53 am to ChiGator
This pandemic year is NOT the year to make any judgments about college football.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:02 am to RollingwiththeTide
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Alabama gets no special type of athletic scholarship to hand out than Vandy does. If players choose not to got to Vandy then that’s on Vandy
Yea Vandy should really spring for the Charger Hellcat like Alabama does
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:06 am to ChiGator
Basketball is a little different. The sport is the dirtiest in all of college sports for one. Next is there is not as many difference making players on a team in basketball. The rosters is a lot smaller. You also have one and done players now. So teams like Alabama have to compete with UK plus the NBA. A player can go to the pros right out of high school. In college football there is a age limit before you can be drafted in the NFL. There is a lot of differences between the 2 sports. Alabama is no Kentucky in BBall but Bama is better historically at basketball than what most folks give them credit for. Some of the teams in the 90’s was pretty good. They were a pretty regular sweet 16 team. Back when college basketball was interesting.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 2:11 am to JesusQuintana
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What made it special is slowly disappearing
Maybe don't steal money from dying cancer kids to pay players?
Sounds like a big time LSU problem killing the special
Posted on 12/31/20 at 4:37 am to GeorgeWest
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This pandemic year
You think 2020 was bad, just you wait to see what 2021 has in store.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 5:22 am to ChiGator
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That leads us to an expanded playoff....which is what everyone should want.
Expanding playoffs just guarantees a 2 loss Bama, Clemson, and Ohio State will still get in.
I doubt it expands the pool greatly.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 5:34 am to JesusQuintana
Unfortunately, the path is wide, and CFB isn’t the only thing on it.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 5:37 am to Prof
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What made cfb special is that every game mattered
Every game never mattered.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 5:40 am to JesusQuintana
Grew up in Georgia and I’m a graduate of UGA but increasingly I just don’t care that much. The sport has become selfish and corporate. With all the cancellations and uncertainty this year it just made me care even less about college football.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 5:49 am to Dawgholio
The universities/conferences are just as guilty of the corporate lifestyle as well. The ticket prices have gone up big time, dumb season ticket "licences", sponorships, TV timeouts.
I'm no fan of the opt outs, but a lot of it should be pinned on the larger organizations.
I'm no fan of the opt outs, but a lot of it should be pinned on the larger organizations.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:06 am to RollingwiththeTide
One of the most naive, idiotic takes I have ever read. Even if by some impossible miracle Vandy won the SEC, there is still a significant chance they would be left out of the playoff. There is zero chance Alabama would be left out in that scenario. That is the difference
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:20 am to Prof
I think it has less to do with the playoff itself and more to with the committee of random people that change their criteria every year. There is always going to be subjectiveness involved when they are picking the "best" teams rather than the most deserving.
However, I agree that the bigger problem is not all games count anymore. That really is what made college football unique. Also, there are way too many bowl games.
Unfortunately, I don't see any solution for players opting out. The precedent has been set and players will do what's in their best interest. I don't blame them, but it really dilutes the sport.
However, I agree that the bigger problem is not all games count anymore. That really is what made college football unique. Also, there are way too many bowl games.
Unfortunately, I don't see any solution for players opting out. The precedent has been set and players will do what's in their best interest. I don't blame them, but it really dilutes the sport.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:23 am to goodshotred2
It's amazing some of you can manage to turn anything political. It's got nothing to do with politics. If I had a monster pay day waiting for me and my team sucks I wouldnt want to play either. I've been saying it for 10 years and the players are finally starting to do it.
Only solution is to expand the playoff so more teams feel like they are in it longer, even if they are just going to get blasted.
Only solution is to expand the playoff so more teams feel like they are in it longer, even if they are just going to get blasted.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:10 am to JesusQuintana
Bunch of fools will soon be clamoring to essentially delete the regular season by going to some double-digit-number-of-teams playoff with participants picked by a handful of ‘experts’ behind a curtain.
Classic tale of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs...
Classic tale of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs...
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:16 am to JesusQuintana
Trash(k). Players opting out everywhere for these bowl games. I think it's the new college football norm. Don't make the top 4 (playoffs) - quit. Not good. Maybe the final reason to expand the playoffs to 8 or more.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:26 am to tmjones2
College Football has to expand quickly to stay relevant. I used to think an 8-team format was the way to go but that would only be a short term fix/solution IMO. With the current landscape of college football and all the issues surrounding the sport I believe a 16-team playoff would gain more traction, new viewership and the game-day pageantry would remain throughout.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:27 am to TrueLefty
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No fun to be the odd one out every year!
Lucky for Mizzou... this never applies to them.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:45 am to SouthernInsanity
College football has peaked and on the downhill
It's society and nothing is going to stop that trend.
It's society and nothing is going to stop that trend.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:32 am to tmjones2
Who brought up politics?
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