OttoinGrotto
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Should we be forward thinking and apply safety rules now which we know are coming anyways?
No more kickoffs, ball spotted at the 25 yard line.
Why exactly is this "forward thinking". How many more safety rules do we need or want? How about get rid of the helmets. Move everyone closer to each other. No forward passing. Oh wait, we already have that sport, it's called Rugby.
Lets be honest, guys now are bigger, stronger and faster than they were even 10 years ago. When you have guys running full speed at each other from 50 yards that has the potential to not end well. With the new touch back rule teams are starting at the 25 yard line over half the time now anyways. Would eliminating the kick offs be that much of a detriment to the game vs the risk? I think not. Sports evolve, rules evolve, concussions are a thing now a days. Why not error on the side of caution for the players.
You hate Rutgers and UConn that much? They'd get killed in a Texas HS league.I relegate Rutgers and UConn to the Texas HS League.
I’d get rid of the rule that allows a coach to freeze the kicker by calling a TO just before the snap.
Speed up the game. College football has turned into Yankee-Red Sox playoff games.
I know that this is a VERY unpopular opinion, but I really don't want playoff expansion. As a college football fan over all I really love that every game matters.
Paying coaches at factories puts no more $ in the kids' pockets. Those costs are controlled by NCAA.OFF SEASON TIME BABY
What would you change if you could? Often debated but here's a few things I would change.
1. 8 TEAM PLAYOFF - Don't really care how you do it - could see arguments for AQ's for Conference Champs but I don't want some lucky 7-5 team getting in either so
2. TRANSFERS - Absolutely no player will ever be blocked from transferring to a new school. Also you can transfer, play ONLY 4 games, and retain the redshirt. So for example Abdul Adams or Trishton could have transferred here, and played 4 games, while retaining their redshirt. I know they were allowed to play in the bowl game, but you shouldn't have to sit and miss an entire year.
3. SALARY CAP - This one may get interesting but hear me out - schools should have a max they can spend on coaching salaries. Spend all the money you want for facilities and things like that, but I can't get over the gross overpaying for college coaches. I know I can't judge too much about how another man makes a living, but it's out of control. Strength coaches making over 500k a year. Assistants making over a million dollars a year. Coaches getting bonuses for hundreds of thousands of dollars on top of their 6 million dollar salaries. I know it would never happen but it's really REALLY hard to say kids shouldn't see SOME of the money, when their strength coach makes $725,000.
What say you?
Conference realignment? Rule changes? Syracuse is default in the CFP?
I struggle with this also. I think the college football regular season is the most beautiful thing in all of sports. Labor Day Weekend, it's on, and you better hit the ground running. Whereas in other sports, you lose early, eh who cares.
I struggle with this also. I think the college football regular season is the most beautiful thing in all of sports. Labor Day Weekend, it's on, and you better hit the ground running. Whereas in other sports, you lose early, eh who cares.
They got crushed and were so demoralized they limped to a 6-6 finish.
SWC, come on, if losing one game hurt their feelings so much that they lost 5 more, they weren't national title material that year.
Football is an emotional game and a team thinking national champion that get crushed in their first game is going to have a natural reaction to that. I recall it being talked about at the time.
Paying coaches at factories puts no more $ in the kids' pockets. Those costs are controlled by NCAA.
Also, guys like Saban, and by extension, his staff, are worth it. Nick Saban Gets Another Pay Raise From Alabama And The Numbers Show He Deserves It
For the big schools for sure. Many schools lose money, or break even, on FB. If they make money, the surplus funds the other, non- revenue sports, (including scholarships, as the AD pays the school for the athletic scholarship). So, in fact, the money does go to student athletes, just non-FB student athletes.My point here is that with all the money in college football - there is PLENTY to go around to the players
For the big schools for sure. Many schools lose money, or break even, on FB. If they make money, the surplus funds the other, non- revenue sports, (including scholarships, as the AD pays the school for the athletic scholarship). So, in fact, the money does go to student athletes, just non-FB student athletes.
Now, as an aside, if the money was coming from the taxpayer, rather than AD income, I would agree on some limitations on salaries, but it should be across the board, not just coaches.
OFF SEASON TIME BABY
What would you change if you could? Often debated but here's a few things I would change.
1. 8 TEAM PLAYOFF - Don't really care how you do it - could see arguments for AQ's for Conference Champs but I don't want some lucky 7-5 team getting in either so
2. TRANSFERS - Absolutely no player will ever be blocked from transferring to a new school. Also you can transfer, play ONLY 4 games, and retain the redshirt. So for example Abdul Adams or Trishton could have transferred here, and played 4 games, while retaining their redshirt. I know they were allowed to play in the bowl game, but you shouldn't have to sit and miss an entire year.
3. SALARY CAP - This one may get interesting but hear me out - schools should have a max they can spend on coaching salaries. Spend all the money you want for facilities and things like that, but I can't get over the gross overpaying for college coaches. I know I can't judge too much about how another man makes a living, but it's out of control. Strength coaches making over 500k a year. Assistants making over a million dollars a year. Coaches getting bonuses for hundreds of thousands of dollars on top of their 6 million dollar salaries. I know it would never happen but it's really REALLY hard to say kids shouldn't see SOME of the money, when their strength coach makes $725,000.
What say you?
Conference realignment? Rule changes? Syracuse is default in the CFP?
Plenty of one loss teams have played for national titles in the pre-playoff era. Their season was nowhere close to being over. And they still had a Rose Bowl to play for.