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We've got to stop using the comparative theory. This is professional ball now.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:39 am
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:39 am
A good ball coach can still get his players hyped up and this is a crucial part of college football, but for the most part the team that comes out week to week is different.
Texas A&M could show up today and give LSU a game, or we could see Bama sleep walk into a loss against SCAR. Dont count Florida out against Ole Miss after Ole Miss just won the game they had circled all off-season.
Anything is possible when your players are being paid to play. Look at the NFL and how teams perform differently week to week.
Texas A&M could show up today and give LSU a game, or we could see Bama sleep walk into a loss against SCAR. Dont count Florida out against Ole Miss after Ole Miss just won the game they had circled all off-season.
Anything is possible when your players are being paid to play. Look at the NFL and how teams perform differently week to week.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:41 am to crimsoncoded94
Since talent is diffused throughout the league, coaching matters that much more IMO
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:42 am to crimsoncoded94
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A good ball coach can still get his players hyped up and this is a crucial part of college football, but for the most part the team that comes out week to week is different. Texas A&M could show up today and give LSU a game, or we could see Bama sleep walk into a loss against SCAR. Dont count Florida out against Ole Miss after winning the game they had circled all off-season. Anything is possible when your players are being paid to play. Look at the NFL and how teams perform differently week to week.
Nah man. Aggies are gay farmers. We gonna lose.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:59 am to crimsoncoded94
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Texas A&M could show up today and give LSU a game, or we could see Bama sleep walk into a loss against SCAR.
I'd argue that has always been the case. Effort and prep show in execution in football, but emotion plays a bigger role in less professional sports. It always has. CFB is a more emotional game for players than the NFL is for their players. Maturity and experience bring a lot more emotional control and steady performance from an emotional response perspective.
However, the closer the parity in teams the larger the difference a handful of plays or moments can make in a game
The large variance in professional football is not because paid professionals just mailed it in (save the end of year games when playoff spots are locked in). It is because the margins of talent differentials are razor thin and a few plays here and there have major impacts to a game.
CFB is trending that way, but it is no where near the NFL level of parity. So, I do believe that the traditional intangibles of CFB coaching, motivation, venue and fans, etc. have an effect.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:18 am to crimsoncoded94
This is not really accurate. There is more parity than before in college but it is nothing close to the league-wide concentration of elite talent in the NFL.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:22 am to Tigerlaff
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This is not really accurate. There is more parity than before in college but it is nothing close to the league-wide concentration of elite talent in the NFL.
In all of college football, no. In the the SEC? Kinda yeah.
With the exception of Arkansas, I think on the right Saturday anyone could knock off anyone else. That’s doubly true for teams like A&M. LSU fans are still living in the past where it took 3-4 recruiting classes to build. Now even UK and MSU can turn things around in a year with a decent class and QB
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