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The bama board is in "woe is me" mode.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:07 pm
I know a lot of people are upset with the current scheme of how cfb operates... but damn those dudes might as well retire from the board.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:09 pm to crimsoncoded94
This is the thread OP is referring to
https://www.secrant.com/rant/alabama-sports/the-anticipation-i-once-felt-for-football-season-is-gone/124285106/
https://www.secrant.com/rant/alabama-sports/the-anticipation-i-once-felt-for-football-season-is-gone/124285106/
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:10 pm to theCAW
Thanks for that. Didn't think to add the context, but damn its depressing over there.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:17 pm to theCAW
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That and watching teams from Indiana embarrass the SEC juggernauts (Bama and UGA) kills it too.
I love equating our loss to Notre Dame where we actually outgained them, lost by 13 and were never down by more than two scores in the fourth to a game they were out of at halftime. And I won't even mention our QB making his first start ever in college in that kind of atmosphere.
I mean, the idea that it's all NIL is ridiculous. A large portion of it is they are just one of the good teams now and are no longer picked as an elite team to start the season.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:36 pm to koreandawg
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I mean, the idea that it's all NIL is ridiculous.
No, it is more the transfer portal.
A big part of college football used to be keeping up with recruiting, watching players sign as high schoolers, develop for a year or two, and then play. Fans were fans of a team, but they were also fans of certain players. You knew who your players were, and you knew who the opponents best players were.
Now you spend the first half of the season asking “who the hell is that? And where did he come from?”
So no, college football has changed immensely. For people who grew to love it during the 1980’s or 1990’s the game today is not the same game they grew to love.
The fact someone who is supposedly an Alabama fan would try to use this as a troll gives micro penis alter energy.
I am just excited to be the second person to post in this thread.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:50 pm to captdalton
The transfer portal has been terrible for the SEC. Deep South has the most football talent but can’t hold onto it anymore. Kids are less likely to stay close to home after their freshman year so the talent disperses more than stay concentrated closer to its genesis.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:52 pm to crimsoncoded94
Anyone claiming they're super excited for college football in the "professional teenage ballplayers" era is lying.
This post was edited on 7/30/26 at 12:34 am
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:00 pm to koreandawg
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I mean, the idea that it's all NIL is ridiculous.
Except it's not all NIL. It's also the early signing period, it's the transfer portal, it's conference expansion, it's playoff expansion, it's everything that has happened within the last 12 years that has slowly degraded and destroyed the sport that I once loved.
It has nothing to do with no longer being the top dawg. It sucks that we're no longer elite but I have had experience with that as I came of age as a fan in the middle of the DuBose years. It has everything to do with what made college football unique.
It's minor league football now. No one likes minor league anything.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:00 pm to theCAW
damn that is a depressing thread
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:04 pm to crimsoncoded94
You figs won half a dozen titles the past 20 years.
How fricking soft and pitiful do you have to be if a few average seasons are enough to throw in the towel
How fricking soft and pitiful do you have to be if a few average seasons are enough to throw in the towel
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:06 pm to Rrrrroger
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How fricking soft and pitiful do you have to be if a few average seasons are enough to throw in the towel
I started throwing in the towel in 2021 when I started to see where this all was heading. I purchased NFL Sunday Ticket for the first time ever today. If college football wants to become a semi-professional league I'd just assume watch the real thing.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:08 pm to theCAW
Sucks to suck. Lane train time. 
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:10 pm to crimsoncoded94
They just want the good old days back when a Dodge Charger is all recruits cost.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:19 pm to crimsoncoded94
I think Bama fans are having a bit harder of a time because they're still coming off the Saban high. In some ways, Saban somewhat insulated Bama from the worst of the nonsense.
The rest of us have been dealing with these issues for 5 years now.
The rest of us have been dealing with these issues for 5 years now.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:40 pm to crimsoncoded94
I mean in all seriousness the come down from having the GOAT for 15 years has got to be rough. LSU fans can deal with it through hatred of Bama but Bama fans really don’t have anything left to hold onto except Kaitlyn DaBore’s mediocre, sleep inducing program.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:47 pm to crimsoncoded94
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:50 pm to SidewalkTiger
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think Bama fans are having a bit harder of a time because they're still coming off the Saban high. In some ways, Saban somewhat insulated Bama from the worst of the nonsense.
I think this part of the younger fan bases problem. My son is 19. All he’s ever known was Saban. Some of us older fans aren’t as into CFB as we have been but that been the last 5 yrs for me. Of course I’m 52 so as a lot of you as you get older you’ll quit following a bunch of kids as well. I still watch Bama play every Saturday unless we have something important going on but I do remember when I was younger me and my buddies watched CFB all day long from game day until the last games. Those were good times.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 10:51 pm to crimsoncoded94
I mean yeah, this is now bandwagon fanbases work. What’s funny is the sanctimonious moaning about the changing of the game, as if they haven’t spent years paying players under the table 
They are just mad that the playing field has been leveled. That’s why Saban quit and that’s why they are abandoning the bandwagon in droves
They are just mad that the playing field has been leveled. That’s why Saban quit and that’s why they are abandoning the bandwagon in drovesPosted on 7/29/26 at 10:55 pm to crimsoncoded94
One of the most prevalent topics here is the change in college football over the past 5 years. The consensus of the rant is that college football has changed drastically, and not for the better.
But when Alabama fans post the same thing…
But when Alabama fans post the same thing…
Posted on 7/29/26 at 11:00 pm to T1gerNate
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the come down from having the GOAT for 15 years has got to be rough
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Bama fans really don’t have anything left to hold onto
Yes, if the last century has taught us anything, it’s that Alabama football will only have one good coach and very limited success over a small 15 year window.
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