Saban retiring will be a good thing for college football. They so badly need a few of NU, OU, FSU, & Miami to be top 5 teams again. OU is gonna be real good next year. The pac 12 needs to come back strong as well.
HuskerBoard
Decked
Enhance
I agree. What's happened with Bama has gone too far. Don't get me wrong - the coaching, the recruiting, the results... they're remarkable. Everybody involved deserves credit for creating perhaps the most dominant football dynasty in modern CFB and one of the most dominant in history.
It feels like we have some of the least parity ever in college football right now, at least in my lifetime. And the sport itself isn't heading in a good direction. The balance of power is too weighted with too few and I don't see anything in place right now to make that any different.
It feels like we have some of the least parity ever in college football right now, at least in my lifetime. And the sport itself isn't heading in a good direction. The balance of power is too weighted with too few and I don't see anything in place right now to make that any different.
JJ Husker
Totally agree with @Enhance. What is happening is not good for CFB.
There is Alabama at the top, virtually untouchable.
Tier two there is Clemson and Ohio State.
Tier three is another handful of teams that can sniff the CFP.
Tier four the rest of the typical top 20-25.
Tier five is everyone else including Nebraska.
All the rules that are in place make moving up a tier very difficult and almost impossible to move into the top two tiers. The portal doesn't help and is helping destroy the game. I'd say they need some rules (similar to the salary cap) to prevent the top few programs from stockpiling all the top talent but I think it's prob too late for that. Even if Saban retired and they made a horrible hire I think best case it just allows one team to step into the elite club.
Could be sour grapes since we used to be the elite club but today seems way more out of whack.
There is Alabama at the top, virtually untouchable.
Tier two there is Clemson and Ohio State.
Tier three is another handful of teams that can sniff the CFP.
Tier four the rest of the typical top 20-25.
Tier five is everyone else including Nebraska.
All the rules that are in place make moving up a tier very difficult and almost impossible to move into the top two tiers. The portal doesn't help and is helping destroy the game. I'd say they need some rules (similar to the salary cap) to prevent the top few programs from stockpiling all the top talent but I think it's prob too late for that. Even if Saban retired and they made a horrible hire I think best case it just allows one team to step into the elite club.
Could be sour grapes since we used to be the elite club but today seems way more out of whack.
teachercd
This will all change when the playoff changes and they do 16 teams.
Like I said before, think if March Madness was 4 teams. Over the last twenty years think of the teams that finish in the top 4 of the CBB rankings.
UCONN
UK
KU
UNC
Duke
Maybe the Zags
But it would pretty much be the same 6-7 teams
Like I said before, think if March Madness was 4 teams. Over the last twenty years think of the teams that finish in the top 4 of the CBB rankings.
UCONN
UK
KU
UNC
Duke
Maybe the Zags
But it would pretty much be the same 6-7 teams
RedSavage
I agree with all that. I jokingly said last night "you can only recruit 10 5-stars per year" but realistically that's not gonna happen. I don't see anyway the playoff gets to 16. I think 8 has to happen at some point. I'm not sure what the exact solution is but this is old.
teachercd
All division winners get in
6 wild cards
Boom.
6 wild cards
Boom.
Enhance
There's probably something to that, @teachercd. More equitable opportunities to have a legitimate shot at a national title and a meaningful postseason would probably drive more interest away from the Alabamas and Clemsons of the world.
That said, I don't think it's enough. College sports have very much turned into professional league feeders, and with the way recruiting is structured, I'm concerned about the ability for those lower tier programs (i.e. the Nebraskas of the world, if I'm honest) to ever be able to compete again at the highest level. It seems more of a daunting task now than it did in the early 60's.
That said, I don't think it's enough. College sports have very much turned into professional league feeders, and with the way recruiting is structured, I'm concerned about the ability for those lower tier programs (i.e. the Nebraskas of the world, if I'm honest) to ever be able to compete again at the highest level. It seems more of a daunting task now than it did in the early 60's.