So, I read this article about a bunch of media folks whining that CFB is not a 'fair' sport anymore. Sorry, I can't find it to post it here, but in short....We have a 4 team playoff for 130 teams and the whole cfb world now is ruled by an elite half a dozen teams with the rest just left to settle for consolation prize bowls and mediocrity. Bama, UGA, Clemson, Ohio St. and Oklahoma basically rule the universe now. There are a few teams just barely on the outside....Notre Dame, Penn St., LSU, Auburn, USC and a couple of more. And nothing look like its going to change. Look at the recruiting....we played 20+ true and RS freshmen against the Gamecocks! So the rich just keep getting richer and gobbling up the HS talent and everybody else has to pick from the leftovers.
So in their eyes, it's just going to eventually get to the point that folks will lose interest. Nobody can compete and it'll just turn into a yawn-fest with Clemson, the Buckeyes and the Sooners showing up in the playoffs to play the winner of the Bama UGA game in the SECC and occasionally, Notre Dame or Penn St will sneak in.
So, are they right? Does the p/o need expanding to include more chances? Does there need to be some sort of limitations put on recruiting to give everybody else a chance?
My personal opinion is, stop whining about it and get the right coach that knows how to recruit and coach up players and start winning games and their conference. We suffered through years of mediocrity with MR, now we got the right guy. KS cannot be the ONLY guy out there that knows what to do. True, we have an advantage of being in a state with a lot of talent, but there is a LOT of kids in this state that can play football. We might be getting the pick of the litter, but there are some good kids and us and Bama can't get all of them. Go to Texas, go to California, go to Florida and get some talent and start winning games. And before the opponents of this say, 'Easy for you to say....your team is on top.' It wasn't easy to say that for years. But now we have the right combination. But now we do...but it wasn't easy...nothing ever is.
Thoughts?
So in their eyes, it's just going to eventually get to the point that folks will lose interest. Nobody can compete and it'll just turn into a yawn-fest with Clemson, the Buckeyes and the Sooners showing up in the playoffs to play the winner of the Bama UGA game in the SECC and occasionally, Notre Dame or Penn St will sneak in.
So, are they right? Does the p/o need expanding to include more chances? Does there need to be some sort of limitations put on recruiting to give everybody else a chance?
My personal opinion is, stop whining about it and get the right coach that knows how to recruit and coach up players and start winning games and their conference. We suffered through years of mediocrity with MR, now we got the right guy. KS cannot be the ONLY guy out there that knows what to do. True, we have an advantage of being in a state with a lot of talent, but there is a LOT of kids in this state that can play football. We might be getting the pick of the litter, but there are some good kids and us and Bama can't get all of them. Go to Texas, go to California, go to Florida and get some talent and start winning games. And before the opponents of this say, 'Easy for you to say....your team is on top.' It wasn't easy to say that for years. But now we have the right combination. But now we do...but it wasn't easy...nothing ever is.
Thoughts?