The effects of all the off-field drama seemed to pile up in college football heading into the 2024 season, and frankly, it seemed a little overwhelming. Conferences were unrecognizable; the College Football Playoff had tripled in size; and the rampant nature of the transfer portal and NIL had turned the sport into non-stop free agency. If you have been following and loved this sport for a long time, it was okay to feel a bit uneasy about the state of the game.
But then you woke up on that first Week 1 Saturday and laid out a schedule of the games you wanted to watch, the snacks you wanted to enjoy and picked the teams you thought might win. Maybe you had tickets to a home game and were already in town with family or friends to go back to the hallowed cathedral of sports that is a college football stadium. The games started, we overreacted to results, yelled about rankings and got right back to it the following Saturday, elated to be in the midst of another fall in college football.
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Chip Patterson
College football is the most human sport in America and its popularity and survival — seemingly against all odds — comes from our desire for those fall Saturday traditions. And there’s no doubt that our traditions have been hurt by conference realignment, the transfer…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-08-07 14:19:00
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