I watched a lot of college football on Friday and Saturday (after 3 NFL games on Thursday. I am a football addict, please show some mercy) and saw many empty seats at most of the rivalry games (exept for Columbus). It just seems weird to see empty seats at what should be one of the biggest games of the year at these stadiums. Watching my Huskers playing Iowa on Friday, one of my buddies remarked on how many empty parking spaces near the stadium that were visible from the blimp shots. I realize it is an expensive pain in the butt to attend a college game these days but that was surprising.
There are now superteams, basically, so there’s not much suspense about who is going to win a conference. It’s one of two teams when the season starts, and usually you can guess correctly in August. So if you are a second tier team in one of those conferences, say a Florida currently in the SEC, or Nebraska, or Cal, what is the point of your season?
The best teams get ALL the good players because every kid wants a chance to play for the national championship, and they know that there’s only maybe 6-8 schools that will ever do so. The talent gets so concentrated that no one can compete.