I've been a UT fan since I can remember beginning to watch football in 1968. Hardly a front runner. Go play with the farm animals now.
This had nothing to do with you somehow being a Alabama fan as well. Do you not understand what a front runner is?
Apparently this was the lowest ratings for a cfb final since 2005 (last year not withstanding since that was a wash all around). I kinda figured the general public was sick of Bama and also not keen on rematches.
The college playoffs desperately needs expansion. I would prefer eight teams, but the SEC grip on the finals has to be challenged. It is like Alabama, and Alabama, and Alabama.....it never ends, and everyone not from Alabama is sick of it.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...divisions-beginning-in-2023-amid-realignment/ WVU in the South and BYU in the North is a bit wonky but whatever.
Importantly Art Briles promised students at Grambling that he will try not to recruit known rapists or cover up rapists on his football team.
Attendance has been down across the board at college football for 7 straight seasons.... a lot of those that were fanatics, especially in the South are too old and the younger demographics are not filling in the gaps. It just isn't as popular as it was.
College football has become segregated into haves and have nots. Power 5 and the others. It’s not good for college football overall. The best thing that could happen is a playoff system that gives all FBS teams a direct path to a national championship. It could be done because we see it being done in other divisions. The only reason it’s not being done now is because of greed by current power 5 schools. Give everyone a shot at a championship and hundreds of meaningless games now have meaning, and the sport becomes more popular.
Yes! I miss the good ole days, back when PeePee-U could win a title. 30-years of champs. Look at all those PeePee-U teams that used to win back when people actually watched and attended.... good ole little guys. Some of yall just... say stuff. Because it sounds right. Lulzt. Bama was winning 30 years ago. They're winning now. NEXT Year Champion Selecting Organization 2021 Georgia CFP 2020 Alabama CFP 2019 LSU CFP 2018 Clemson CFP 2017 Alabama CFP 2016 Clemson CFP 2015 Alabama CFP 2014 Ohio State CFP 2013 Florida State BCS 2012 Alabama BCS 2011 Alabama BCS 2010 Auburn BCS 2009 Alabama BCS 2008 Florida BCS 2007 LSU BCS 2006 Florida BCS 2005 Texas BCS 2004 Southern California BCS 2003 LSU, Southern California BCS, AP, FWAA 2002 Ohio State BCS 2001 Miami (Fla.) BCS 2000 Oklahoma BCS 1999 Florida State BCS 1998 Tennessee BCS 1997 Michigan, Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/ESPN 1996 Florida AP, FWAA, NFF,USA/CNN 1995 Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI 1994 Nebraska AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI 1993 Florida St. AP, FWAA,NFF, USA/CNN, UPI 1992 Alabama AP, FWAA, NFF, USA/CNN, UPI[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about? I’m talking about ways to improve ALL of college football. I never said that a smaller school is likely to win a championship. All I am saying is that they should be in the game and given a fair chance. I’m trying to find a way to make hundreds of meaningless games become meaningful once again. My alma mater is a power 5 school, but I would like to see all college football programs thrive.
[/QUOTE] Yeah people tend to romanticize the past, but when you actually study it, you realize not much has changed. The same 10 teams have been playing and winning for titles. In fact, UGA winning a title is outside the norm! So for those who are sick of the same schools, that is a bad argument. Fact is, in the grand scheme of things, only so many CF programs have the wherewithal to compete for nattys. You need money, coaches and recruits. They all work together. Does it man that a UH cannot be the next Miami? Of course not. Heck, Miami is not even Miami anymore. It just means that UH, Miami, Pitt, Auburn etc., have to develop a long term plan to build their programs. People forget that Bama was pretty average before Saban arrived. And it took him about three years to get it turned around and 3 more years to become the program it is now.
A focused, well-run, well-funded team can definitely rise. You could argue Baylor is doing exactly that right now - and it becomes more relevant to this discussion if you believe the post-UT Big 12 is a "sub-conference". But it's so hard to sustain. And so easy to get derailed. Too many teams, too big of rosters, in a sport with too few games. There's is no magic formula to fix it. This is what CFB is. Always has been.
I'll just make the point that Bama won with Gene Stallings (who was the CB who stole the ball away?) in '92, and that was the sole National Champ they won in a 40 year spread (Bryant in '79 until Saban in '09) Of course that is better than TAMU in zero to never.
The problem is that D1 has become way too bloated with no quality control. The BCS/P5/whatever was basically an ad-hoc way of D1 dividing itself up more appropriately to account for this. On what planet does it make sense for Ohio State and Alabama (combined $375M athletic budget) to be in the same division athletically as James Madison and Louisiana-Monroe? (combined $30M) As of next year we're going to have 69 teams (nice) in the "P5". I think the ideal number is somewhere between 60-80. Beyond that, you're starting to lose any sense of identity or commonality as a division/league. Greed is a two way street. The folks at the top are more than happy to cut checks and subsidize the folks at the bottom to pound the daylights out of to avoid having to play/legitimize their non-league peers which could take a piece of their pie, but the folks at the bottom are more than happy to accept that money too.
TAMU is the best every year and they know it in their hearts, they don't have anything to prove by winning anything. Lulz
Fair point. The issue is that the ADs and School Presidents outside of those 60-80 schools want to be attached to them as they feel that it raises their profile. Otherwise, it is hard to justify the expense of keeping college athletics, especially football.
