Excellent point and it does make it much more exciting.
If you watch the NFL at all, it seems like every week over half the games are one score games with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter, making for some crazy finishes and games getting decided on the last play.
When you throw in the Gambling angle on the NFL, it’s a major reason they have such big TV numbers every week.
The SEC and college football in general is becoming much more like the NFL with free agency only worse because in college football, it’s 100% free agency every year with no salary cap.