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We always new the 2024 season would be unlike any other in college football history with massive conference realignment kicking in and the onset of a new 12-team College Football Playoff creating a brand new national landscape for the sport. But even the wildest visions of what could be in 2024 might have fallen short of the chaos we encountered and drama that unfolded along the way.
Due to a multitude of reasons that include the transfer portal, NIL and increasing investment in the sport across the board, 2024 was a season that put parity on full display. Top teams suffered stunning losses seemingly every week, but by season’s end, it seemed to reveal something about college football that’s changed … at least in 2024.
The good teams aren’t nearly as good as we’re used to, and the bad teams aren’t nearly as bad. The compression of the sport, at least at the power conference level, has produced an environment where any program is not that far from reaching the top and teams at the top are more vulnerable than ever to being taken down.
That thought of parity of compression is reflected in our year-end awards, which is light on blue bloods and absent of quarterbacks. This was a season where teams that were predicted to finish near the bottom of the standings contended for conference championships and the Player of the Year race has been focused on once-in-a-generation talents from outside the traditional powers. As we look at that first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff bracket, we see some of the familiar names from the four-team format but also programs that were far from the national title picture in previous years getting their chance to earn it on the field.
So as we celebrate some of the outstanding individuals from the…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2024-cbs-sports-college-football-awards-travis-hunter-honored-two-coaches-receive-much-deserved-recognition/
Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2024-12-12 16:03:00
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