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re: This era of college football is sadly gone forever
Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:31 am to StansberryRules
Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:31 am to StansberryRules
Joe Kines would chew your butt out 6 ways from Sunday, but if I recall correctly, I never heard him curse.
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:43 am to hookem33
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Couldn't agree more. I hate what we've lost in CFB. Last season was the first time in my life that I didn't watch several of our games. I plan to watch even less this season.
I hate the nfl and I'm losing my interest in CFB. I just want to go back to the New Years day bowl games and shitcan this playoff system.
I know I sound like a dinosaur. Maybe I am.
The new college football is for lack of a better word sterile. It's clear that business considerations have driven every single decision, most of them worse for the fans. Every single player, coach, AD, it's all so transactional. It's hard to be emotionally invested into something so clearly "business"
We've lost real conferences, tons of rivalry games, meaingnful recruiting.
There was a certain "love of the game/school/spirit" that old college football has that the new era simply doesn't.
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:56 am to Rip Torner
quote:the playoff system was what killed bowls, while portal/NIL added fuel to the fire, it’s the playoff system that has killed the value of these games.
All of those things could have been accomplished without NIL and the transfer portal
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:57 am to StansberryRules
quote:Urban Meyer used to refer to that as the “pageantry of college football”.
There was a certain "love of the game/school/spirit" that old college football has that the new era simply doesn't.
That element is completely gone.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 12:25 pm to StansberryRules
Damn I just got nostalgic
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 12:43 pm to bamaoldtimer
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You will keep the same routine you have always kept I bet
My routine has already changed.
Pre covid I would arrange my schedule around Alabama football. I have not attended a game since then. I have changed from having season tickets for several years to not even watching every Alabama game on TV because it doesn’t matter as much to me. I still am a huge fan of Alabama, but I don’t feel compelled to support a bunch of 18 year old millionaires with my hard earned time and money, especially when they will just as likely be gone in a year to the next highest bidder. Most players today have zero loyalty to their school or fanbase. Why should fans feel any loyalty towards them? I am simply not a huge fan of what college football has evolved into.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 12:56 pm to ukraine_rebel
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It’s a trade off, you lose this, but you gain late season playoff games. Just to throw a potential example, say Ole Miss and Oklahoma are each 7-2 on Nov 14, that game becomes a lot more meaningful in 2026 as opposed to 2006. November now had a lot more nationally meaningful games.
You’re just changing which games are more meaningful. On the flip side, with the BCS, the loser of the SECCG was generally out of contention. Now that game has become a glorified exhibition. The 2013 iron bowl ended Alabama’s national title season. Now those games only matter for seeding in the playoff. I’m sorry but the trade off of caring what happens with 2 loss teams doesn’t replace what we lost or make more games overall meaningful.
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 1:02 pm to ukraine_rebel
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Which leads me to a question, just something I was curious about, what was the Alabama fan’s opinion of the 2017 iron bowl in February of 2018? Were y'all still mad/sad about it?
Mad? I don't recall ever being MAD about a game we lost, but frustrated? frick yes I was,
But I'm nearly 50; the rivalry games will probably always mean something to me so long as college football as a whole does. The moment I feel like college football isn't worth my time and energy anymore, I'll probably stop caring about rivalry games too.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 1:10 pm to bamaoldtimer
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Ahhhh, college ball. Hasn’t changed a bit.
In the future, like the NFL, it's going to take a lot of gambling to keep it anywhere near the viewership it has now.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 2:13 pm to Dirk Dawgler
You just called the American way of life moronic. In our culture, people want to be compensated for the work that they do with $$.
If your employer offered you:
A: triple your salary
B: free college tuition and a personal trainer to improve your health.
Which would you choose?
If your employer offered you:
A: triple your salary
B: free college tuition and a personal trainer to improve your health.
Which would you choose?
Posted on 6/29/26 at 3:28 pm to StansberryRules
That guy was born to yell at football players 
Posted on 6/29/26 at 5:15 pm to WG_Dawg
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But hey now the 24 year old players are multi millionaires which is what everyone wanted all along, right?
Where was the money supposed to go? Serious question.
There’s millions coming into a college football program. The head coach gets a huge salary….. then …. who do you think should get the other 40-50 million?
It’s gotta go somewhere - if not the players then …. who?
Posted on 6/29/26 at 5:35 pm to StansberryRules
Last game I attended was Bama vs LSU in 2021 in Tuscaloosa. It’s not worth the effort or cost anymore. I might go to a game again but it wouldn’t bother me if I didn’t.
Like many have said, I used to plan my fall Saturdays around Alabama football. Watch parties would often be all weekend. Beverage and provisions to feed a team.
I’m sure it has a lot to do with me getting older plus the new college football landscape, but regardless I just don’t care that much anymore.
Kinda sad.
Like many have said, I used to plan my fall Saturdays around Alabama football. Watch parties would often be all weekend. Beverage and provisions to feed a team.
I’m sure it has a lot to do with me getting older plus the new college football landscape, but regardless I just don’t care that much anymore.
Kinda sad.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 5:47 pm to KingOfTheWorld
Sounds like a lot of you are turning a “you” decision into an “everyone” decision. Just because “you” spent time learning every player and their hometowns, etc doesn’t mean that’s the right way to be a fan. It’s what you did. So if the portal hurt your system then that’s ok. And Bama fans, come on. If your team hadn’t just lost your franchise coach and you had just gone 15-0 and won the Natty I bet you would have watched. Ask a Vandy or GT fan Hiw it was rooting for a team that won 7 or less games a year for decades. Those are the real college fans , not the front runners who only show up when you win.
In case you missed it Indiana fans, Texas Tech fans, Vandy fans, and many others have been on fire the last few years. Just because your fanbases are disgruntled because you aren’t winning the Natt every year is a you problem. For every fan of a factory that gives it up you’ll be replaced quite easily. That Miami/Indiana game or the UGA/Ole Miss was anything other than sterile.
In case you missed it Indiana fans, Texas Tech fans, Vandy fans, and many others have been on fire the last few years. Just because your fanbases are disgruntled because you aren’t winning the Natt every year is a you problem. For every fan of a factory that gives it up you’ll be replaced quite easily. That Miami/Indiana game or the UGA/Ole Miss was anything other than sterile.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:11 pm to WG_Dawg
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But hey now the 24 year old players are multi millionaires which is what everyone wanted all along, right?
They all make more than everyone rooting for them in the stands
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:41 pm to StansberryRules
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Late December, freezing cold Shreveport, 6-6 Alabama with an interim coach is gonna face 6-6 Oklahoma State.
I'm okay with 6-6 teams not being part of the postseason. I'd rather have playoffs.
Give me the smaller conferences and intact rivalries, though.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 8:30 am
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:44 pm to WG_Dawg
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Used to be I would know every number, hometown, and high school for every scholarship player. I followed these guys all through recruiting, spring practice, and fall camp. I felt like I was damn near part of the team and lived and died with every snap. Now? I barely know half the guys on the field in game 1. Don't really care where they came from since most transferred in and will probably only be here 1 year anyway. HAlf the guys are only here because of how much money they're paid anyway and the vast majority don't care half as much about UGA as I do.
This is me as well. Well said.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:00 pm to RollTide1987
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This is me as well. Well said.
And me.
Rodo
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:21 pm to RunningJacket
The novelty for fans of schools like Indiana and Tech will wear off just like it did for the rest of us. Both schools had solid attendance prior to NIL.
For me, I used to settle in with College Gameday in the AM, and watch all day, emphasis on Auburn and Texas. College Gameday sold out first, and I stopped watching it in the late aughts. Since NIL, I've barely watched any of Texas, and most of the Auburn games I turned off by halftime winning or losing.
The sole exception in the NIL era were Bruce Pearl's last few teams that managed to retain a more faces YoY vs the CBB average.
For me, I used to settle in with College Gameday in the AM, and watch all day, emphasis on Auburn and Texas. College Gameday sold out first, and I stopped watching it in the late aughts. Since NIL, I've barely watched any of Texas, and most of the Auburn games I turned off by halftime winning or losing.
The sole exception in the NIL era were Bruce Pearl's last few teams that managed to retain a more faces YoY vs the CBB average.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:31 pm to TheRealTigerHorn
The inability to follow the roster is absolutely the worst thing for no longer feeling attached to the team.
There's too much roster turnover every year, it's a revolving door of mercenaries.
There's too much roster turnover every year, it's a revolving door of mercenaries.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 12:33 pm
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