Duke just caused the chaos.
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Well for those acting like parity in college football hasn't improved in the NIL era...
- The undefeated #1 team in the nation at the end of the regular season will be Indiana, who was recently the first college program to reach 700 losses.
- Indiana just won it's first Big 10 championship since 1967. Duke just won it's first ACC championship since 1962.
- and apparently, Jimmy Madison is in the 17ing playoffs. And not that FCS BS neither.
- The undefeated #1 team in the nation at the end of the regular season will be Indiana, who was recently the first college program to reach 700 losses.
- Indiana just won it's first Big 10 championship since 1967. Duke just won it's first ACC championship since 1962.
- and apparently, Jimmy Madison is in the 17ing playoffs. And not that FCS BS neither.
The G5 participation was decided in a conference room, not on a playing field. I give you Indiana, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss. In the Indiana and Vanderbilt cases, thowe are two schools with a broad list of wealthy donors. In all four cases, the structure to raise money for players payments along with a data driven approach to roster construction. At Vandy it is Barton Simmons, at Ole Miss is Walker Jones, Texas Teach it was Cody Coleman, IU it is Scott Dolson (one of those rare athletic administrators with business acumen) aided by Mark Cuban’s investment in Campus Ink. And as long as there is no structure, those systems are built to last.
I’ve seen two major impacts to college athletics in my lifetime. Integration in the 60s and early 70s, and the NIL era. And both changed the game for the better.
But at the end of the day, the bluebloods will commit to the changes and remain at the top of the standings.
Indiana has quietly built a very competitive NIL budget, but beyond thst they are finding undervalued talent. Their recruiting rankings -- new recruits plus portal -- have not been in the Top 40. They had 8 starters last night who were unranked (zero stars) coming out of High School.
This could be a major shift in how college teams are put together.
This could be a major shift in how college teams are put together.
Vomit. That means we have to listen to Northern Miss’s fairly tale nonsense for another week and a half.
Don’t worry. The Lane coverage will still be overwhelming throughout the game. They will forever be haunted by him after being left at the altar.
It’s why Saban got out when he did. He had a 7-card hand until NIL and Transfer portal were introduced. He knew he couldn’t dominate without his deep bench of 4 & 5-star athletes at every position.
Kirby is keeping it together pretty well.
Saban was 72 when he retired. The changing landscape undoubtedly played a factor in his retirement because he has said as much. There is no reason to project anything else on his decision. I doubt he was scared to lose a couple games.
Define “pretty well”. UGA hasn’t won a title or even played for one since the 2022 season when they got that cakewalk title game against TCU after almost dropping a game to Ohio State. That was also the last season before the portal and NIL really took off and starting robbing the SEC of its biggest dominance and historical advantages.
He’s definitely not holding it at the level it was before and during that season.