(10-30-2016 04:18 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(10-30-2016 01:34 PM)UAZippers Wrote:  I feel the biggest problem countrywide is the focus on the absolute pinnacle of the league. The majority of fans now believe that if a team doesn't win a national championship, it is not worth putting in the effort to watch. Blame it on the media, or whatever else, but a conference championship and big regular season wins don't mean anything. This sets up 90% of the teams in division 1 for failure before the season even begins.

So true.

When you turn on ESPN and when they talk about college football all they do is talk about the Top 10 teams, the remaining 115 FBS schools just don't matter. It stinks, and it's not just ESPN, but Fox Sports and CBS Sports.

This is why a Power 5 complete split would doom the Purdues/Wake Forests/Washington Sts/Vanderbilts of the world.

I know there's a ton of bowl games, and quite a few should definitely be dropped, but I like how it brings solid teams some post-season action.

Very true. It would only be Karma if their own actions started adversely affecting their own ratings.