That's really lame on the CUSA part. It's not like it's the SEC. UMass football only to CUSA, done and done.CUSA commish is trying to get support to keep UAB in without football, but doesn't have the votes. They'll need to find a new home for everything else.
That's really lame on the CUSA part. It's not like it's the SEC. UMass football only to CUSA, done and done.
And thus begins college football's slow descent into becoming the NFDL.
Sad...
Yes, the beginning of the end.
The main appeal of CFB - and what differentiates it the NFL and imho makes it better than the pros - is the college feel, the rivalries. If you're just catching on (and it seems like a couple of folks around here haven't yet), the collegiate model for this sport is now dead. It's now all about the the 'Power 5', autonomy, TV money and sucking up to ESPN and FOX. The essence of CFB as we currently know it will be gone within the next decade or so, and so will a significant portion of its fanbase.
I wish I had more time to delve into this, but honestly: in the present landscape, if a school is starting a new D1 CFB program and it's not in a P5 league already, it is DOA...
Things have changed for the G5. Sure, none of those schools are going to win a national championship no matter the landscape. But now there is more incentive for good players to avoid G5 schools even if it means going to Indiana or Kansas. The gap will continue to grow until there is a total split.I agree about the loss of rivalries being a huge problem.
That UAB dropped their program isn't a symptom of anything greater - it's one guy driving the process out of spite.
Nothing has really changed for the G5 schools except UConn, Cinci and USF. Everyone else was always an afterthought and continues to be.
You'd have to explain to me why the prospects for UTSA, or Georgia Southern or Old Dominion have changed. They weren't going to be any more relevant if they started their programs 10 or 15 years ago.
Things have changed for the G5. Sure, none of those schools are going to win a national championship no matter the landscape. But now there is more incentive for good players to avoid G5 schools even if it means going to Indiana or Kansas. The gap will continue to grow until there is a total split.
You would think so, but at any given time Alabama and Ohio State have 3-4 players at QB that are light years ahead of anything we have as a starting at QB.We'll see. Playing time is still the most important and scarcest commodity.
Yes, the beginning of the end.
The main appeal of CFB - and what differentiates it the NFL and imho makes it better than the pros - is the college feel, the rivalries. If you're just catching on (and it seems like a couple of folks around here haven't yet), the collegiate model for this sport is now dead. It's now all about the the 'Power 5', autonomy, TV money and sucking up to ESPN and FOX. The essence of CFB as we currently know it will be gone within the next decade or so, and so will a significant portion of its fanbase.
I wish I had more time to delve into this, but honestly: in the present landscape, if a school is starting a new D1 CFB program and it's not in a P5 league already, it is DOA...
A kid can get just as much playing time at a cellar dweller P5, if not more, than at a very good G5 program. Now. But G5 schools will fall farther and farther behind. It's a shame.We'll see. Playing time is still the most important and scarcest commodity.
I agree about the loss of rivalries being a huge problem.
That UAB dropped their program isn't a symptom of anything greater - it's one guy driving the process out of spite.
Nothing has really changed for the G5 schools except UConn, Cinci and USF. Everyone else was always an afterthought and continues to be.
You'd have to explain to me why the prospects for UTSA, or Georgia Southern or Old Dominion have changed. They weren't going to be any more relevant if they started their programs 10 or 15 years ago.
The difference is that under the 4 team playoff, G5 schools are not allowed to even compete with the P5 schools. And P5 schools have also locked the other schools out of access to any reasonable television revenue. Unless you really believe that Purdue or Wake is really worth about 125x what Northern Illinois is worth to television.
That's like saying Eastern, Western, and Central Michigan should be FCS schools. Central Michigan had the #1 pick in the draft two years ago. Paul Bryant Jr. set out to sabotage that program every chance he got. The school was set to hire Jimbo Fisher when he put the kabosh on that because they preferred he be the OC for Nick Saban at Alabama. It is effed up what happened to them.UAB is a directional school. It's the equivalent of Southern Connecticut State. It never should have been playing D1 football. It really should have been an FCS program. I understand the trustees decision not to bankroll another FBS program (though Bama is pretty much self funding). Will this be a trend? Maybe, but not for schools like UConn, Colorado State, Utah State, New Mexico, Nevada, the G5 programs at major universities will survive. I could see issues at Southern Miss, Louisana Lafayette, Western KY, Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee etc. I don't know why these schools are trying to play FBS football.
That's like saying Eastern, Western, and Central Michigan should be FCS schools. Central Michigan had the #1 pick in the draft two years ago. Paul Bryant Jr. set out to sabotage that program every chance he got. The school was set to hire Jimbo Fisher when he put the kabosh on that because they preferred he be the OC for Nick Saban at Alabama. It is effed up what happened to them.
They weren't really allowed to before. And the G5 television revenue is up for everyone but the 3 Big East castoffs.
To your point about Wake - you know quite well that their worth is exactly what someone is willing to pay them.