Think about it. We as fans are the last bastion of allegiance and loyalty in this sport we all know and love. Here are 5 foods for thought. Which is almost a 7 coarse meal.
1 Did you ever think head football coaches would take lateral moves from places like Notre Dame and Oklahoma to LSU and USC? Will there ever be a breed of coaches like Tom Osborne at NU, Bobby Bowden at FSU, and Chet Atkinson at Oklahoma? Doubtful. No more loyalty to a program.
2 The number of high-profile players in the TP is mind staggering. The days of Bert Jones, Terry Hanratty, and Jerry Tagge are long gone. Now it's all about "show me the (NIL) money!"
3 I understand assistant coaches doing the George Jefferson. We're all looking for that deluxe apartment in the sky. But will there ever be a staff with the continuity that Coach Osborne had? We just had a D-line coach bedowngraded (thank you Coach Gundy) from Mighty Nebraska to Oregon! That's right...Oregon. Many of you youngsters are too young to remember the article that ran in Sports Illustrated back in the 70s that said the 6 worst college programs in America are from 3 states... Oregon, Kansas, and New Mexico. You do the math. Now we have coaches leaving the Nebraska of the Plains to take the same position at Oregon? It's like when a tourist visits a Mexican Restaurant in Burque and they are asked what kind of chile they would like. Pshh Mild Please!
4 Finally, here we are. Searching BHF hourly to see what the next QB rumour is and who may be heading to Nebraska. Here we are, hoping our sellout streak will last another 50 years, just to show them who's boss. Here we are, wringing our hands over the recruiting class ranking. Here we are, highly anticipating the Spring Game in hopes of seeing Smothers or Haarberg take the bull by the horns.
Sadly I believe fans are way more emotionally invested than college football deserves these days. And I believe college football is ruining college football.
1 Did you ever think head football coaches would take lateral moves from places like Notre Dame and Oklahoma to LSU and USC? Will there ever be a breed of coaches like Tom Osborne at NU, Bobby Bowden at FSU, and Chet Atkinson at Oklahoma? Doubtful. No more loyalty to a program.
2 The number of high-profile players in the TP is mind staggering. The days of Bert Jones, Terry Hanratty, and Jerry Tagge are long gone. Now it's all about "show me the (NIL) money!"
3 I understand assistant coaches doing the George Jefferson. We're all looking for that deluxe apartment in the sky. But will there ever be a staff with the continuity that Coach Osborne had? We just had a D-line coach bedowngraded (thank you Coach Gundy) from Mighty Nebraska to Oregon! That's right...Oregon. Many of you youngsters are too young to remember the article that ran in Sports Illustrated back in the 70s that said the 6 worst college programs in America are from 3 states... Oregon, Kansas, and New Mexico. You do the math. Now we have coaches leaving the Nebraska of the Plains to take the same position at Oregon? It's like when a tourist visits a Mexican Restaurant in Burque and they are asked what kind of chile they would like. Pshh Mild Please!
4 Finally, here we are. Searching BHF hourly to see what the next QB rumour is and who may be heading to Nebraska. Here we are, hoping our sellout streak will last another 50 years, just to show them who's boss. Here we are, wringing our hands over the recruiting class ranking. Here we are, highly anticipating the Spring Game in hopes of seeing Smothers or Haarberg take the bull by the horns.
Sadly I believe fans are way more emotionally invested than college football deserves these days. And I believe college football is ruining college football.
