College football is a regional sport.

[bc puckett]

Neither does TCU or Oklahoma or many of these other schools. In many parts of the country, defense is an afterthought.

In spite of last Saturday's debacle TCU was ranked 14th in the country in scoring defense giving up 19.1 points per game.

College Football Stats - College FB Team Opponent Points per Game on TeamRankings.com

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I know we love our Huskies. I love them more than my two pro teams combined (the New England Patriots and Chicago Cubs). And I know the stadiums at Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan are usually filled with 120,000 fans.

But when the rubber meets the road, we're stuck with Clemson, Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma. It seems like Ohio State and USC are the only two teams capable of breaking this Southern stranglehold on the college game. And even when they get in, there are still three Southern teams. So now we get to see Alabama-Clemson. Again. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I'm not here to blame anyone. I'm just pointing out a fact.

Discuss.

Realignment put all the northeastern eggs in the Syracuse and Boston College baskets. Penn State and Rutgers are now in a Midwestern league. It will absolutely make the sport a regional sport, since about 30% of the population of the country in the northeast and the mountain states are basically ignored. But at least there are two schools out of each of South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Kansas.

 

[Jerry1714]

I know we love our Huskies. I love them more than my two pro teams combined (the New England Patriots and Chicago Cubs). And I know the stadiums at Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan are usually filled with 120,000 fans.

But when the rubber meets the road, we're stuck with Clemson, Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma. It seems like Ohio State and USC are the only two teams capable of breaking this Southern stranglehold on the college game. And even when they get in, there are still three Southern teams. So now we get to see Alabama-Clemson. Again. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I'm not here to blame anyone. I'm just pointing out a fact.

Discuss.

These two play two of the greatest games of the last 30 years in the last two years and you are bored by a chance to see it again? Wow, you are crazy

 

[Jerry1714]

Neither Bama nor OSU had any right to the 4th position. It was awarded based on a feeling they are better. Should have been UCF.

A feeling or reality?

 

[upstater]

Realignment put all the northeastern eggs in the Syracuse and Boston College baskets. Penn State and Rutgers are now in a Midwestern league. It will absolutely make the sport a regional sport, since about 30% of the population of the country in the northeast and the mountain states are basically ignored. But at least there are two schools out of each of South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Kansas.

I pay attention to where their recruits come from, and no matter the league they're in, the recruits come from the northeast and mid-atlantic. Saying they are midwestern schools is kind of like saying BC is a southern school.

 

[Redding Husky]

These two play two of the greatest games of the last 30 years in the last two years and you are bored by a chance to see it again? Wow, you are crazy

It's like watching Russia and Canada play for the hockey world championship.

Big deal.

 

[Jerry1714]

It's like watching Russia and Canada play for the hockey world championship.

Big deal.

So you don’t like watching well played competitive games? Cool, no wonder you love UConn football

 

[RSTuthill]

It will be like watching the Yankees and Dodgers in the World Series year after year after year. Groundhog Day.

Wouldn't mind another ten or twenty Yankees-Dodgers World Series. Those were the days!

 

[uconnfan68]

I know we love our Huskies. I love them more than my two pro teams combined (the New England Patriots and Chicago Cubs). And I know the stadiums at Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan are usually filled with 120,000 fans.

But when the rubber meets the road, we're stuck with Clemson, Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma. It seems like Ohio State and USC are the only two teams capable of breaking this Southern stranglehold on the college game. And even when they get in, there are still three Southern teams. So now we get to see Alabama-Clemson. Again. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I'm not here to blame anyone. I'm just pointing out a fact.

Discuss.

Be like me... don’t bother watching.