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@GrahamCoffeyDC Thanks for putting this out. The best written piece I’ve seen on all of this.

I’m gonna rant a little bit here because Josh’s clip accurately explains the dynamic that’s happening right now, and it is sad, frustrating and disappointing… Let’s first remember that this entire current round of expansion talks has turned into a proxy war between Fox (who wants to trigger the games coming back up for bid) and ESPN (who wants to keep the rights they already won)… If the B1G was in business with ESPN I doubt they’d be pushing for 24 teams… What a terrible way to decide the future course of a sport. The revenue projections for more games are inflated because people don’t have the same interest for the #23 team vs the #17 team as they do for the top tier. Putting that aside, the projections are also based on people continuing to care about this sport. Keep devaluing the regular season and that’s not going to happen. NASCAR is a perfect case study on how to alienate your base. College football’s inability to look at that lesson tells you that they don’t think they need the fans to make the money they want. That will be true the first time these games are bid on, but it won’t be the second time. They are trying to grab extra pennies now without realizing they could break their entire longterm business model. It’s short term thinking that just kicks the can down the road and solves none of the real problems that are creating these discussions to begin with. The way to fix the sport is to fix the sport. They think they can be like the NFL, but nobody asked themselves why people are emotionally attached to cfb and why people cultivate that same love in their children. People like tradition and nostalgia, and you can’t tap that when the stakes for a regular season rivalry game become diminished so much that they no longer exist. They think they’re going to be the NFL, but they’re in danger of turning themselves into a mostly one month viewing experience like March Madness. The NFL is a better pure football product, and taking out the roller coaster effect of the regular season makes cfb closer to every failed spring league than the NFL. If they go to 24 they’ll be trying to shrink it again within a decade. The problem is that you can never get that lost generation back. Once you lose it you lose the kids that they don’t pass the sport down to. It took 150 years to get the sport here. You can’t just undo these types of errors. Ask NASCAR. They hit 20 million AVERAGE viewers during the 2006 Daytona 500 and peaked at 37 million total viewers. They were the second most watched sport. They abandoned their base in the Southeast to capture new markets in the Midwest and West. It failed miserably. 30 years since they last held a points race, NASCAR is going to North Wilkesboro in 2026 in an effort to recapture the diehard base they once thought they owned. College football is way closer to this than anyone wants to acknowledge. You can’t devalue the regular season in an era where the emotional relationship between fans and players has been lessened because of player movement AND the perception that guys are only choosing schools for the biggest bag. Fans love college football because their dads and moms loved it and the underlying belief that the players chose the same school they did. The magic trick doesn’t work quite the same now. Flush the traditional stakes of the appointment viewing rivalry games and kill the most meaningful regular season in sports, and you don’t have much of a connection left. One of the biggest mistakes you can make in any business is failing to understand why people buy your product and engage with your brand. The people in the room who want 24 teams in the playoff have zero understanding of why fans engage with college football. It is like sending a guy to congress from New York City and asking him to represent the people of a rural Kentucky county. Of course it’d be a disaster… The problem in cfb’s case is that these people don’t know that they don’t know.

After 3+ decades of excellence, Florida’s donor base has decided maintaining a nationally relevant basketball program is more than worth it. Couple that commitment with an innovative staff attuned to this era and you are seeing the results and potential

This is not even remotely true. Stop making stuff up and putting it on the TL for engagement.

After Sydney Crosby took an embellishment penalty. His first in his career. You gotta love the people looking up at the screen and seeing the embellishment, and then the woman’s expression to Crosby and Crosby’s expression back. This is Class stuff.

Two months ago today, the USA took over the game of hockey! This still makes me happy watching this! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

EA Sports NCAA Football 2002 Intro

Bummer he’s been injured. Whoever gets singleton is getting a dog.

Words can't describe the amount of nostalgia I get from watching this video.

If Florida center Rueben Chinyelu pulls his name back from NBA Draft, Florida will return 81.8% from its scoring and 78.8% of its rebounding in 2026-27. #Gators

How am I just now seeing this angle holy shit

Gators All-American Thomas Haugh on his decision to return to Florida for his Senior season 🐊🏀 [📹: ESPN] #Gators | #FloridaGators

Leonard Moore erasing Makai Lemon this past season is one of the most physically dominant performances by a CB I have seen

Clay Helton 66% winning at USC 1 Rose Bowl W, 2-3 in bowls 1 11w season, 1 10w season 1-3 vs Oregon 5 or more Ls 33% FIRED Lincoln Riley 66% winning at USC 1 Holiday Bowl W, 2-2 in bowls 1 11w season, zero 10 w seasons 0-2 vs Oregon 5 or more Ls 50% Championship Window Opened!

What if the refs granted Memphis this timeout back in 2023? FAU goes home in round 1 & no Final Four? Does Dusty May ever get the Michigan job? Michigan doesn't get their national title?

The CFP was never a tournament created to crown a national champion. It was built as an ATM to bail out decades of horrible decision making.

Last player similar to Tommy Haugh from an “importance to, and face of, a program” I can remember returning for their senior year is Gonzaga’s Drew Timme in 2022, after the first full year of the NIL era was coming to an end. The donor & leadership group leading “Friends of Spike” (Gonzaga’s NIL Collective at the time) was clearly aligned with the coaching staff, and the “Gonzaga Way”, which led to them being way ahead on retention strategies, and the ability to make the numbers work. Fast forward to the end of the year one of the RevShare Era, and sure the “prices have gone up”, but so has the pools of money for schools, donors, and coaches have to work with. Clearly the donor & leadership group of Florida Victorious (UF’s current collective) are also aligned with the coaching staff, which led to them being way ahead on retention strategies, not just for Tommy, but for the rest of this team as well. Four years ago, donors could keep borderline Top-60 guys in school with just their funds. Today, with the combination of RevShare, donor investment, and business/marketing opportunities, it appears you can keep a Top-15 guy in school.

@AfNebby @JoshPateCFB The honesty is appreciated but I’m hoping you won’t be able to say this soon

@BanFallWeddings @JoshPateCFB Best chance for Nebraska to make it any time soon 😭

Do you want a 24-team CFP?

@OklahomaTuba @JoshPateCFB You don’t replace meaningless things, you get rid of it.

@BanFallWeddings @JoshPateCFB Because it replaces CCGs that are now meaningless

Looking forward to all teams doing something similar. This was really well done.