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College Football is being ruined
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College Football is being ruined


Jan 2, 2021, 10:06 AM

No sour grapes on the game last night. OSU wanted it more and dominated the LOS. I had an uneasy feeling when they switched us to the Sugar Bowl.

However, I see a much bigger problem with college football that concerns me and I have no confidence that the powers that will be will make any changes to improve the sport.

These are the issues that seem to be turning people off:

1) The Amount of Commercials. Kickoff for a touchback and then right to another 3 minutes of commercials.They keep making rule changes to shorten the game but it seems like the games are shorter but the broadcast is all around the same time with more commercials.

2) Lack of kickoff returns. Again, this is to make the game safer but the kickoff return is one of the most exciting plays in college football.

3)Instant Replay overused/takes forever. I have always been for instant replay to get the important calls right but I fail to understand how you can see in two seconds that there was a clear touchdown and it takes 5 minutes of review time for them to confirm it. Maybe a revised coaches challenge system would make more sense. It completely interrupts the flow of the game and causes casual fans to lose interest.

4) Holding calls. Is holding a penalty or not? It has seemed like over the past 4 years that holding is just not called in many games no matter how blatant it is and it sprung the long run. However, it seems like they will call some borderline call away from the play.

5) Certain official crews completely control the game. You can call me a conspiracy theorist but there are games where it seems like the officials are intent on giving every favorable call to the underdog or to make sure the favorite doesn't lose to possibly drop out of the playoffs. The competence in the crews very greatly. Leagues and TV networks do not want certain teams to lose to the wrong team at the wrong time. Money talks and the games make millions of dollars.

6) Targeting rule as it is now. Why is it one game you see the same type of tackle on a NON defenseless player not called over and over and then a player gets ejected for the game and possibly the first half of the next game. I am all good with that rule when a defenseless receiver gets an intentional crown of the helmet to head and lays him out. However, just tackling a running back who lowers his head too and you hit him somewhere unintentionally with your helmet should not be an ejection. In fact, I am not sure it should be a penalty.

7) Playoff format/Opt Outs for Bowl Games. I think there are probably only 4 teams that have a chance to win the championship most years and probably only two in many years. We now live in a everyone gets a trophy society. The kids don't want to play a bowl game in which they don't have a chance for the national championship. I used to love watching bowl games as Florida Oklahoma for example shoot have been a Big 12 shootout type of game. 4 of UF Best players sit out and the coach says it was a practice game. How many people were still watching half way through the third quarter? I think a 16 team playoff is the only way to keep interest. It will keep every game from mattering as much as a 10-0 team could play backups the whole game and still know they are in the playoffs. I think there could be a way to work byes in for the top 4 teams yet still give other team playoff games while implementing them in the existing bowls. It may mean getting rid of money games which I am all for.

These are the major issues I see. I am a Clemson Fan first and a college football fan 2nd. However, I used to look forward to the big bowls especially what they now dub the New Years Six Bowls. However, I see that many of the best players for UNC are opting out against Texas A&M. I tried watching the UGA/Cinci game and even though it came down to the final play, it was a boring game.

I also want to say if everything is about safety then just go to flag football but people are still going to get hurt. No, football is not s safe game but you are not safe driving a mile for your house, You very well could get blindsided by some idiot that causes serious injury or death.

Although I know some will not like 16 team playoff, rule changes, perhaps automatic bids for conference champs, etc. It is better than what football it turning into. We have been spoiled as Tiger Fans being in the playoffs every year since 2016. However, for the sake of the game we need expansion in order to keep football interesting for teams not named Clemson, Bama, OSU, etc. It is what is better for the sport.

End of Rant!

Go Tigers.

Deanster

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Re: College Football is being ruined


Jan 2, 2021, 10:16 AM

I vote for you as commissioner of college football. Agree with every point you made.

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The targeting rule is crazy for sure. I understand the need


Jan 2, 2021, 10:19 AM

to ensure player safety, but it's not applied evenly. Last night for instance, Sermon lowered his head and hit our DB helmet to helmet. Why does safety not matter in that instance? And to me the call on Skalski was crap.

There is no need for 16 teams in the playoff. There has to be a method to keep the regular season games meaningful. If you don't need to win your conference to get into the playoff, why play so many games? Well apparently you don't need to if you are o14o state! Win your conference, enter the playoffs. Playoff may need to be 6 teams, with 1 for each power 5 conference winner and 1 for smaller schools.

Go Tigers! Let's get better for 2021!

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Re: The targeting rule is crazy for sure. I understand the need


Jan 2, 2021, 10:30 AM

The 16 team playoff is just my answer for now. I am sure something could be figured out.

Also, I did leave out the Transfer Portal which essentially brought free agency to NCAA football. There should be a limit to the number of players a team can get from the portal each year and players should only be allowed one transfer with a mandatory one year waiting period. That would solve the problem.

It is bad for team morale a lot of time when a player has given 4 years of their life to a team and a transfer player takes spot. It is supposed to be a TEAM sport.

I am not commenting on specifics to the game last night such as the Skalski call because I felt this way before the game and I am trying to look not through the eyes of being a tiger. I am sure you can guess what my opinion on the ejection last night is.

Dean

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Re: The targeting rule is crazy for sure. I understand the need


Jan 2, 2021, 11:38 AM [ in reply to The targeting rule is crazy for sure. I understand the need ]

Lakedude® said:

to ensure player safety, but it's not applied evenly. Last night for instance, Sermon lowered his head and hit our DB helmet to helmet. Why does safety not matter in that instance? And to me the call on Skalski was crap.

There is no need for 16 teams in the playoff. There has to be a method to keep the regular season games meaningful. If you don't need to win your conference to get into the playoff, why play so many games? Well apparently you don't need to if you are o14o state! Win your conference, enter the playoffs. Playoff may need to be 6 teams, with 1 for each power 5 conference winner and 1 for smaller schools.

Go Tigers! Let's get better for 2021!


Lakedude® said:

to ensure player safety, but it's not applied evenly. Last night for instance, Sermon lowered his head and hit our DB helmet to helmet. Why does safety not matter in that instance? And to me the call on Skalski was crap.

There is no need for 16 teams in the playoff. There has to be a method to keep the regular season games meaningful. If you don't need to win your conference to get into the playoff, why play so many games? Well apparently you don't need to if you are o14o state! Win your conference, enter the playoffs. Playoff may need to be 6 teams, with 1 for each power 5 conference winner and 1 for smaller schools.

Go Tigers! Let's get better for 2021!


What was different about Skalski’s hit on Fields and Wade’s hit on TL besides lack of blitz. The foul happens when a player intentionally lowers his head to strike with the crown of his helmet, and that’s exactly what happened last night.

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Jan 2, 2021, 12:32 PM

Two very important differences. Trevor was in the pocket passing so he qualifies as a defenseless player. In that case any forcible contact to the head and neck area is targeting and the hit was helmet to helmet. Fields was a runner therefore he is not a defenseless player. Also the hit was to the ribs and not the head or neck area. By rule it can still be targeting because he lowered his head but I don't remember a hit like that being called which is what the OP is talking about.

Reggie Merriweather said on our radio broadcast that if it had been a RB that it would have gotten a second look and I think that he is right. In our last game with ND a receiver was called for an illegal blind side block (defenseless) against Spector I believe. There was head to head contact and it was reviewed. They said that wasn't targeting and it is no way it didn't apply by rule. The difference is Spector is a linebacker. The rule changes from week to week on how it is applied and that is not fair to the players.

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Jan 2, 2021, 12:35 PM

If it was a RB it would not have gotten a second look.

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My take on targeting is...


Jan 2, 2021, 10:27 AM

There is no black and white the way the rule is defined. When you start factoring in intent then every tackle should be “targeting”. Also what is defenseless? How many times have you seen a screen pass get blown up and the receiver surrounded by 5 tacklers? He’s pretty defenseless at that point so why no targeting? I guess my point is the way the rule currently stands there is to much room for interpretation and that is why there is so much inconsistency from game to game.

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To me, targeting has become the same as

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:37 AM

arguing between block/charge calls in basketball. It’s usually that close of a call. But the difference in the consequence is big. It would be like a basketball player fouling out after his first foul...with the possibility of it affecting the next game as well.

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Re: College Football is being ruined


Jan 2, 2021, 10:31 AM

You know, you make a great point about the 16-team playoff that I hadn't thought of. Was just telling my father-in-law yesterday that the way college football is going the second a team loses 2 games (or in some cases 1) the best players will opt out mid-season. It compromising everything. You have to do something to keep them engaged. For the record, I hate the transfer portal, this isn't fantasy football

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Jan 2, 2021, 10:51 AM

I agree the second loss generally is the end of a teams season. Look at UGA for example. After the loss to Florida, they were playing better after a new QB. I have no love for UGA and hope we beat them by 80 in our first game but it would have kept interest a lot higher even if they were playing Cinci as a 1st round playoff game instead of what turned out to be a meaningless bowl to most.

The question is do you want to put the 4 best teams from all season or do you want the 4 hottest teams in the playoffs. I realize that sometimes they are the same.

I really do think some sort of tiered 16 team playoff with byes for the top 4 teams could keep interest up among more teams and conferences while still making all games meaningful.

I realize this does nothing for teams like the Coots but I would be glad to give them the golden turd trophy for winning 2 games.

Dean

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Re: College Football is being ruined


Jan 2, 2021, 10:57 AM

all of those topics are insignificant compared to the transfer rules and pay for play !

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Re: College Football is being ruined


Jan 2, 2021, 11:02 AM

So how do you feel about limiting the transfer portal to one transfer per player with sitting out 1 year? I don't think that is unreasonable. The issue is Disney/ABC/ESPN love free agency in college football.

Unfortunately, the pay per play seems to be inevitable. I don't like it but I feel like that is a war that has already been fought and now it is just about the terms of the treaty.

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:08 AM

I "get" both issues from the standpoint of the players, and it's tough to argue against their rights to pursue self interests. I just think it's bad for the game. And the $$ involved will always drive the outcomes. Unfortunate, but true.

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:14 AM [ in reply to Re: College Football is being ruined ]

If they get paid to play then there should be a clause where they have to play in all games with no way to opt out. If they opt out they have to pay the money back for scholarship and other revenue.

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:18 AM [ in reply to Re: College Football is being ruined ]

One per player, mandatory sit year, maybe 2-3 per program a year. There has to be some kind of deterent.

This is a complete exaggeration, but is there anything right now that could stop the top 50 high school players right now from getting on a zoom call, and agreeing to graduate on 2.5 years and then all 50 of them go to say Michigan State to win a national championship? It would only take 3 probably, imagine if Justin Fields, Najee Harris, and Jamal Chase had decided they'd be playing for ND or Oregon this year...

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Sounds like pro basketball..................


Jan 2, 2021, 10:07 PM

And that's not a good thing!

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:17 AM

btw - you forgot "what is a catch"

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Jan 2, 2021, 11:50 AM

Yeah, I’m with you on these. When I find myself getting frustrated watching games that either Clemson isn’t in or at times Clemson wins, because of things you mentioned, I agree there are some issues the sport has and will continue to have if they don’t figure it out better. The player safety stuff is the biggest crock of BS. When the refs are consistently letting plays go on until half the teams are running down the field so they can go check the monitor, the rules are making the game worse for players and fans alike. If that crew couldn’t tell Sermon was down on that tackle in live play, they shouldn’t be working. The day is coming when a kid gets hurt on a play like that, which should’ve been blown dead on the field, but refs “let it play out” because of all the reliance on replays.

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Jan 2, 2021, 12:45 PM

Evidently they shouldn't be working because they ruled on the field that he was not down. Even if they don't want to stop play just in case, they still should make the call they think it is. I'm pretty sure we lose anyway but I didn't think the refs did a very good job.

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Jan 2, 2021, 12:40 PM

A little note from an old broadcaster. Commercials pay the bills.

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Jan 2, 2021, 1:14 PM

And just because you land on top of another player shouldn’t determine if you are down or not. If you are tackled and horizontal to the ground you should be ruled down.

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Jan 2, 2021, 9:30 PM

1. Agree
2. I like the rule as it is, you get the ball on the 25...
3. Agree
4. Agree
5. not sure ....
6. Agree 10000000%
7. Agree, scholarship players should have to play thru the entire season and "be available" to play every scheduled game, meaning you cannot opt out just because, no one can make anyone play but if the cost of the opt out is repaying tuition and expenses for the year they may think twice.

Well thought out post...

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Jan 2, 2021, 9:54 PM

I agree with a lot you said.
Targeting needs to be a penalty only and maybe they get disqualified for a game if they have multiple instances throughout a season. There are only 12-14 games for most teams(unless you're Ohio State) and it's stupid for guys to miss 1/2 a game or more for something that most aren't doing on purpose. At the most, just have them sit out a series in that game. Most guys will learn from their mistakes and there are times like last night where the guy turns his body and it creates the penalty. That's exactly what happened last night to Skalski. He had already committed to the tackle and then Fields turned somewhat.
Last night, how many times did Ohio State get by with holds? On the play where KJ Henry was injured, the guy clearly was holding him and also had his hands up in his face. Unfortunately, the Big 12 crew that was doing this game is notorious for being bad. I have watched a lot of KU games where they are clearly being held and this crew won't call anything. In turn, they seem to call everything on KU and, unfortunately, Clemson seemed to be their KU last night. I also remember one time where Miles Murphy was about to sack Fields and you could see his jersey stretch as he tried to get by the O-lineman and there was nothing called.
Also, how many times did their defensive back (#24) Wade???? get by with holds on Clemson receiver's arms? He was constantly holding them to where they couldn't get their arm up to catch the ball and I don't think he was called for it once.
I would be fine with a 16 team playoff. They do 24 teams in FCS and most of the time, the cream rises to the top. It would be a lot more fun than watching two teams care less about playing in the Mr. Clean Toilet Bowl. They always use the excuse of not having enough class time, but most of this would be done when they are out of school anyway. It it's not a problem with FCS teams, why is it a problem with FBS teams?
One other thing that needs to be corrected is taunting. There are far too many guys who are getting right in other people's faces and that used to be a penalty. I'm all for showing some emotion and seeing guys celebrate big plays, but there's a difference between this and blatantly taunting someone. Trey Sermon and a few others did this a few times last night and if you watch any SEC game, they are doing it all of the time.

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Jan 2, 2021, 9:58 PM

FF commissioner in the making ... solid summary of some key issues.

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I love that every post on this thread


Jan 2, 2021, 10:14 PM

Is a fact pattern. Felt like grad school

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