Why do we bother really?

Look, college football is different than it was 20 years ago. Obvious right?

What I'm driving at is this whole playoff system took all the charm out of it.

Realistically you can't make the playoff if you are NOT in a P5 conference (or are Notre Dame).

And among the P5 schools, only a select few have the recruiting base (however they do it) to actually put together teams that could actually win the two playoff games it takes.

Once upon a time a team like Kansas State could upset Oklahoma, and make the Orange Bowl.

That's not possible anymore. For a number of reasons (see Oklahoma State from a few years ago as an example). I mean they will take a one loss Alabama team over say a Big 12 team not named Oklahoma in a heartbeat, even if that had only one loss, same as Bama.

So what are the rest of us playing for?

I could put up a list of "Tier One" schools that in my estimation have the recruiting base to contend regularly. That's been done plenty though.

What got me though was watching the game yesterday and an announcer casually mentioning Georgia had like seven 5 Stars in their upcoming recruiting class.

Now sure Georgia has a great situation, but there are a handful of other teams that could do the same across the country.

But whatever he is as a gameday coach, Muschamp is basically either the best or close to it recruiter we have ever had at South Carolina.

And there is no way in hell he will ever sign that kind of class here.

It's not even fun to watch really. You seldom see different kinds of offenses anymore. The playcalling really doesn't matter. You just trot out your players and if you have more talent you just overwhelm the other team.

So why are we bothering anymore? There's no such thing as a loss you enjoy watching, at least anymore. There is only winning. And if you are playing a small school there is only winning by annihiliating them, so you can impress pollsters - and people on boards like this.

Just doesn't seem very fun anymore. And they continually keep raising the price of everything associated with college football so the school can build more stupid shite like "football operations centers," or "learning centers."

Or paying former players to scrimmage against the team.

Not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking, but I remember when I was a big football fan. I'd be so happy when I could watch a team like Vanderbilt under Watson Brown run that ball control passing attack against Tennessee or something.

Now it's all just an endless expanse of spread teams, with a very occasional Air Raid team, or an oddball pro set team. Or a service academy or Tech running an opton attack.

No way in hell some crackerjack playcaller with an innovative system could beat a team like Alabama these days.

Now what we have is a proving ground of sorts, where the regular season is all about deciding which four of Alabama, Ohio State, or the like actually make the playoff.

Just kind of meh to me now.