{"id":10830,"date":"2015-07-05T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/?p=10830"},"modified":"2015-08-06T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T23:41:16","slug":"10-things-that-make-college-football-unique-and-should-never-be-changed-via-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2015\/07\/05\/10-things-that-make-college-football-unique-and-should-never-be-changed-via-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things that make college football unique and should never be changed via ESPN."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10831\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2015\/07\/05\/10-things-that-make-college-football-unique-and-should-never-be-changed-via-espn\/bowlgames\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?fit=575%2C360&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"575,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"bowlgames\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?fit=300%2C187&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?fit=575%2C360&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10831\" alt=\"bowlgames\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?resize=300%2C187&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bowlgames.jpg?w=575&ssl=1 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is an interesting article that was on ESPN.com recently. <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/ncfnation\/post\/_\/id\/111880\/10-things-that-make-college-football-unique-and-should-never-be-changed\">10 Things that make college football unique and should never be changed.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Check this list out, because I agree with just about all of them. I’d like to add a few more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bowl Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To me there is something about bowl games that I like. You can say there are too many, but you are probably still watching. CBSSportsline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/collegefootball\/eye-on-college-football\/25210985\/the-nightmarish-scourge-of-a-few-extra-bowl-games-must-be-stopped\">has a great article on the fun of bowl games.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0I don’t have a problem with a bunch of bowl games. Even if the playoffs are expanded – it should stop at 8 by the way, you can still incorporate the bowls. No other sport \u00a0lets multiple teams finish the season with a post-season win. I’m fine with that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Traditional Rivalries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ESPN piece mentioned a few rivalries that they’d like to keep, but with all of the changes in college football, I really miss games like Oklahoma\/Nebraska and Texas\/Texas A&M. Yes college football is doing great, but it can take years to replaces some of these traditional rivalries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Option Football<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As long as the academies are playing college football, I doubt option football will ever go away at the collegiate level, but there aren’t many teams that run it anymore. When it it run right it is a thing of beauty. I’d hate to see reduced to being only played by some high schools.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Non-Power 5 conference playing Division 1 football<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please let the power brokers that be in college football never isolate the Power 5 conferences from the group of 5 teams. The Boise State’s, and in years past the TCUs and Utahs have helped make college football the sport its.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<br>\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Bottom_Post -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n data-ad-slot=\"1445137322\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<br>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Horizontal_6 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n data-ad-slot=\"4619304738\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interesting article that was on ESPN.com recently. 10 Things that make college football unique and should never be changed.\u00a0\u00a0Check this list out, because I agree with just about all of them. I’d like to add a few more. Bowl Games To me there is something about bowl games that I like. 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