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Is CFB over exposed?
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:59 pm
Seriously… I know the numbers suggest it’s never been more popular…but is it sustainable? To this point half of the playoff games were not in the least interesting and one of the other 2 was only interesting in how bad both teams played. This weeks playoff games look interesting but there are a couple of Saturdays a season with a slate of 3-4 games that are just as or more interesting. One bowl game I’m aware of was compelling, GT and BYU, most have been played in empty stadiums. How does it survive week after week of shitty product with the rare exception and a playoff system where 75% of the games are less interesting than yard work? The product is nearly untenable on TV with the commercials and it’s worse in person. Coupled with NIL and the portal I don’t know that the networks are interested in spending piles of cash to promote what still amounts to a regional event tied to institutions of higher learning. It’s too much….the product isn’t nearly as interesting the more you see of it….
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Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:00 pm to AwgustaDawg
Half this board can barely read can you tone this shite down
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:00 pm to AwgustaDawg
This thread is over somethinged. What ever the issue, good luck.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:01 pm to captdalton
quote:op could use this technological advance called “paragraphs” to convey his message more clearly
This thread is over somethinged. What ever the issue, good luck.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:02 pm to AwgustaDawg
A lot of the lesser bowls have been played in half empty stadiums for over 20 years. The fact that the inmates are running the asylum (letting high school kids rule over adults) is what is hurting the sport
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:03 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Is CFB over exposed?
Yes. The sport needs mass constriction. However, I do think that the solutions are on the horizon.
Bowl games dying and not being replaced, Near universal condemnation of the state of NIL/Portal Free Agency, and declining attendance/viewership as every game is on a different streaming service
All of these "issues" move it back towards the pure product it used to be.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:07 pm to AwgustaDawg
The Citrus bowl is projected to exceed at least one of the playoff games for viewership.
Does that mean CFB is done? No, just means the committee is more DEI focused than actually putting the 12 best teams in the playoffs.
CFB is doing just fine, it's the NFL that needs to be concerned about the future.
Does that mean CFB is done? No, just means the committee is more DEI focused than actually putting the 12 best teams in the playoffs.
CFB is doing just fine, it's the NFL that needs to be concerned about the future.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:09 pm to AwgustaDawg
What I want to know is how someone who's been here just 2 years have over 13k posts???
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:13 pm to AwgustaDawg
I've never enjoyed it more than I do now.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:14 pm to Slums_Alum
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A lot of the lesser bowls have been played in half empty stadiums for over 20 years. The fact that the inmates are running the asylum (letting high school kids rule over adults) is what is hurting the sport
Certainly part of it but the kids don’t schedule 17% of the regular season against teams that aren’t even in the same league (rent a win games) and in most conferences another couple of games against in conference opponents who aren’t even competitive one out of 30 or more years. The kids also don’t have a lot of say in the University and the conference inking massive television deals that require significant changes in the ebb and flow of the game in order to sell Dr Pepper and car insurance. Finally the kids have some say in playing in games long after the games are meaningful but only one year of their 3-4 years of eligibility. If one opts out of a meaningless bowl game as a freshman they’d never see the field again.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:21 pm to 49 to nada
quote:Not so sure about that. The NFL’s more popular than ever and on field product is still very high.
CFB is doing just fine, it's the NFL that needs to be concerned about the future.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:22 pm to BFANLC
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What I want to know is how someone who's been here just 2 years have over 13k posts???
3 years this Saturday. That’s about 13 posts per day. 14 days a year there’s 8-9 game threads that often get 50 or so posts. Doesn’t seem like a heaping pile…
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:22 pm to olddawg26
Yes please use Chat GPT to add brevity.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:27 pm to AwgustaDawg
They wanted to make college football into a mini/worse version of the NFL.
They got their wish.
They got their wish.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:28 pm to Landmass
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I've never enjoyed it more than I do now.
I get that. There has always been some attrition as some fans get older….i have 4 UGA season tickets and 4 SECCG tickets and only go to a couple of games a year….used to never miss one but it’s just too much at a time of year when hunting and fishing and yard work seems more fulfilling….thats a function of age LOL. I don’t know that younger fans are going to be financially able to do that…I can’t imagine how a 30 year old would buy UGA season tickets for example. I’m sure they do but it’s not cheap.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:30 pm to AwgustaDawg
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The kids also don’t have a lot of say in the University and the conference inking massive television deals
This true. The adults have let things get too far out of kilter. But that doesn’t mean to give the controls over to high school kids either. Or their attorneys
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:34 pm to AwgustaDawg
CFB is in a state where it needs to decide between whether to be minor league football or one that retains its core fandom. Media is going to try to keep this middle-ground going as long as possible, because it's the best of both worlds for them, but the time to decide is coming.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:03 pm to AwgustaDawg
As you post a 500 word question
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:10 pm to AwgustaDawg
Late stage BCS was peak College Football. Every week was the playoffs. Every bowl game was for the pride of the conference. Every frickup was celebrated by the rest of the entire country.
This format is boring, tbh.
This format is boring, tbh.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:11 pm to AwgustaDawg
Paragraphs and simplify
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Is college football overexposed?
Ratings are strong, but the product often feels diluted. Many playoff and bowl games aren’t competitive, stadiums are half empty, and watching on TV is a slog because of endless commercials. Some regular-season Saturdays are just as good or better.
With uneven games, an expanded playoff, and uncertainty from NIL and the transfer portal, it’s fair to ask whether more exposure is actually making the sport less interesting.
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