I think the beef is they believe Eicholt often takes content from others and passes it off as his own. Frankly, I haven’t paid that close of attention, but know TK and Doc are good dudes and true professionals so I tend to believe them.
I’ve heard him complain of this too, but he’s not welcomed due to what Torbee alluded to earlier. Has nothing to do with being young or new. Still kinda funny to watch this sideshow though.
This. Covering college football used to be an esteemed journalism job. Now it’s on par with interviewing the organizer of the Walcott truckers for goiter prevention bake sale for the midday news.
Yes. …You start to wonder why, and then you cringe and wonder why the eff should I give a spit.
To be fair, we did sign a punter this class. From Australia. Kirk & company kept his name under wraps. Trust me, it was a lot to take in the last minute.
He’s always complaining about some tweet from some random dude. He’s the typical kid coming out of college today. Social media is too big of a deal for them and treat every comment like they are in high school.
Yeah, but it drives clicks more than "some players went to the beach after practice today".
The CFP and the transfer portal are quickly killing the bowl system. It will cease to exist as we know it within 5 years.
There is really no need to have a lot of people down there to cover some of these bowls
I agree it seems like many of the "big" players today don't care about any bowl beyond the playoffs especially from schools that just missed going to the playoff. The lesser bowls have been better games so far. Something will have to change or you're right bowl games will die for lack of interest from fans as well.
Next year the CFP expands. More team involved, less players sitting out and more compelling games. Outside of the fans of teams in most bowl games (especially non-J6 games) they have always been filler.
I am for the playoffs. They can make it simple, make the season matter and continue with bowls.
I guess I'm basing that on my interest. I love bowl season probably more than the playoffs, but this year some of the games I was looking forward to watching have become blowouts not because one team was that much better than the other, but because of star players no longer participating. I've found myself changing the channel often and that doesn't usually happen when I watch football.
In this day and age, star players don't seem to care about any post season games besides the playoffs. I don't think reducing the number of games outside the playoff is going to convince those players not to opt out or transfer.
Or it might get even worse. As it stands now with a 4-team playoff, the season begins with maybe 15 or 20 teams who have a realistic shot at making it. Increase the field to 12 teams and now there are 30 or more teams that start the season with a realistic shot at making it.
Make changes to the transfer process
There is too many bowls as it stands. I mean I guess I have the tv on and half pay attention to the Gator or Pop Tart bowl… but I really don’t care about these games if Iowa isn’t playing.
This seems to be the easiest solution. Commitments should be honored until the season is over or they should at least be ineligible for at least part of the season with their new college team.
That makes sense but would also immediately trigger a lawsuit. The NCAA basically created a wide open free agency system and there is no way to put the toothpaste back in the tube now.
