Could it be? Alabama and Clemson presumably our final CFP face-off again? After Saban’s regime shut out LSU and both Clemson and Alabama continue to put up basketball numbers on a regular basis, it seems all but inevitable.
IF this is how the chips end up falling, it would be the third matchup between the two programs since 2015 and the fourth year in a row with a Bama appearance in the National Championship game. I’m not sure about fellow football fans, but there sure is a feeling of dynasty fatigue that I can’t quite shake. Ya feel me?
What has always made NCAA Football so exciting is certainly the competitiveness in which money is not a motivator (debatable in some cases) and watching young men pour every ounce of energy on the field every weekend from September to December.
You EXPECT dynasties in professional sports because money wields the ultimate power to keep indestructible units together for years at a time, unless you’re the New England Patriots and build winning teams of misfits each year for what seems like two decades straight.
This theory can even expand to basketball at the collegiate level. The ‘madness’ in the highly-anticipated, annual March Madness is due to the unpredictable trajectory of the tournament. Big wins and even bigger losses create an unshakeable hope for 64 teams.
There are INCREDIBLE football teams, whose names are not Clemson or Alabama, who put on a show throughout the season and win the hearts of casual couch-watchers across the nation. Their talents and efforts seem a tad futile when they essentially know the outcome of the season well before December.
Is college football evolving into the likes of a professional league? Maybe not. There are still chances for incredible bowl matchups in the new year, but if professional football is any pioneer for fan feelings, people get frustrated seeing the same team(s) in the big game year after year. Understandably so.
However, what once made college football so unique, seems to be a tad lost and very predictable. One thing is for sure, no matter the predictability: it will take a LOT more to lose a fanbase, as alma maters have a brilliant way of bringing fans together to create traditions and celebrate each new football season.
