Now that we are well removed from the end of the college football season, the nation has turned its attention from what is wrong with college football to what is wrong with the Tay-Tay/Trav romance.
However, a lot of us are still thinking about the college game and how we can fix it.
Now there are two ways to attack the problem. We could come up with solutions or just say, “What problem?”
The numbers for the sport are at new highs whether it be ratings or attendance. Why fix what isn’t broken?
Because it’s not sustainable, is the answer you hear the most often. We do know that grandpa is yelling at the clouds about a lot of things, so let’s help him out with a Dooley’s Dozen — 12 things I would change about college football.
Shorter halftimes
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Which means shorter games, which is what they do in the NFL to compact those games into the TV windows. The NFL halftimes are 12 minutes, college football is 20.
It’s way too long, especially when you can’t duck out to the bars across the street anymore.
The main reason is for the marching bands. I can live without that part of the pageantry. And my oldest daughter was in the Florida band!
But I will make it up to the band
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Because it is ridiculous that some schools (I’m looking at you Texas) put the bands as close to the sun as possible. No Gator fan wants to hear “Rocky Top” or that annoying FSU chant playing. But that is a bigger part of college football than halftime shows.
It should be an NCAA rule that the band has to be in the lower bowl.
So, we have to get the band together
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I have often likened the Power 5 to the Five Families. Everyone looks out for themselves and with no concerns for the other conferences.
We need to have a sit-down. And all five conferences must agree on a set of…
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