[Snorlax94]

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The transfer explosion couple with the demise of the PAC-12 has greatly diminished my interest in college football.

Same. It makes Stanford football ridiculously uncompetitive. Why I wasn't wild about the move to the ACC, but that's over and done.

I don't really care about the demise of the Pac-12, although I hope OSU and WSU make out. I'm looking forward to next year, when Stanford will be a better football team (theoretically) and in a conference that's better for us. But I'm really looking forward to Stanford basketball when they have a new, competitive coach and home games against ACC opponents.

Anybody watch the Bama game? Ugh, their QB is abysmal. They're normally stout D struggling, as well. Lots of turmoils in the game right now.

I don’t think Alabama struggling is “turmoil.” They had a great run but, despite 2020, have been on a downward slide for years. Saban has been railing against changes — up tempo offenses, NIL, transfer portals — for years, but despite their attempts to keep things static, the world changed anyway, and the game is no longer the same game they dominated. Plus, coaches age. Coach Shaw was at his peak in 2015, perhaps Saban’s peak has passed as well. 71 is really old for a high energy sport like football; Kyle Shanahan is 43.

Anyway, I don’t weep for Alabama’s fall. What do they stand for? What does the university contribute to the world and to the advancement of knowledge? It’s just another school that had some success in a sport, and then their time passed.

[Snorlax94]

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The transfer explosion couple with the demise of the PAC-12 has greatly diminished my interest in college football.

Same. It makes Stanford football ridiculously uncompetitive. Why I wasn't wild about the move to the ACC, but that's over and done.

I don't really care about the demise of the Pac-12, although I hope OSU and WSU make out. I'm looking forward to next year, when Stanford will be a better football team (theoretically) and in a conference that's better for us. But I'm really looking forward to Stanford basketball when they have a new, competitive coach and home games against ACC opponents.

Anybody watch the Bama game? Ugh, their QB is abysmal. They're normally stout D struggling, as well. Lots of turmoils in the game right now.

I don’t think Alabama struggling is “turmoil.” They had a great run but, despite 2020, have been on a downward slide for years. Saban has been railing against changes — up tempo offenses, NIL, transfer portals — for years, but despite their attempts to keep things static, the world changed anyway, and the game is no longer the same game they dominated. Plus, coaches age. Coach Shaw was at his peak in 2015, perhaps Saban’s peak has passed as well. 71 is really old for a high energy sport like football; Kyle Shanahan is 43.

Anyway, I don’t weep for Alabama’s fall. What do they stand for? What does the university contribute to the world and to the advancement of knowledge? It’s just another school that had some success in a sport, and then their time passed.