The school that realignment left behind
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Thought you were going to say Fayetteville High. Left behind due to consolidation, and taken over by liberal river rats, never to be heard from again.
Yup. South Florida is in the same boat. Went from being a possible NC game appearance to irrelevance. Also since the BCS was replaced by the playoff there do not seem to be as many upstarts outside the power 5. ECU, SMU, Boise I bet all have similar drop offs since the BCS era ended.
I see more expansion I do see UCONN Joining the AAC again. Now how much will that help I do not know but if the AAC adds Army and UCONN which I think they will the conference could be a solid conference and help UCONN out a little.
Owning the Army Navy Game could help give the AAC a little more $$$$$$.
Owning the Army Navy Game could help give the AAC a little more $$$$$$.
I always felt there should a 30-30 on teams that were relevant post BCS. USF, IMO should be in the Big 12.
A blessing in disguise. UCONN fans have more time to focus their thoughts and actions on what truly matters in life.
Yup, maybe to a lesser extent though. USF at least made it to the top 10 or 15 in 2 separate seasons as I recall (as high as 2 in one season I am damn sure). UConn at least got to play in a BCS bowl.
As by design. The old farts have finally gotten their way. The entire CFB season revolves around the same 2-4 programs every year and the gap between haves and have nots has never been wider. Sure they lost control of the “rules for thee but not for me” aspect that allows select schools to get away with cheating, but a small loss in the grand scheme dating back to the concerted effort to kill Big East football in 2003.
The sport is in decline in terms of interest, participation, attendance, but atleast somewhere in the southeast there is a room full of old dudes toasting to another successful season of uneventful beat downs by the nation’s top programs.
I'd love to know the numbers on college football as a whole with respect to popularity. Maybe it'll become more popular overall, but it's less popular with me. I don't watch much other than WVU and I don't care about the playoff in the slightest. And if WVU ever makes it there I'll care about whatever game they play in and not the others.
Ratings rise due to factors like legalized gambling and almost every single game you can think of being a national broadcast. Attendance declines point to a larger issue of a declining captive audience. Sure, WVU sucking in a big part due to the landscape will kill WV interest in the sport, big deal right? Well when the rest of the country follows suit, we’ll see how much advertisers enjoy 1 top heavy conference choking out the rest of the sport.
I would guess CTE and killing the West coast college game are the biggest contributors