College Football Has Run into a New Problem

[@jackjohnson3978]

Only on ESPN. Not everyone can watch. Put on ABC too

[@dominicd7610]

Man this pisses me off so bad that they do this

[@matthewbednarek2602]

Use fubo

[@juniorbeastyt]

There’s not an issue … These companies are charging 100$ for a subscription so people are just streaming and watching it illegally 😂

[@mrray7792]

@@juniorbeastyt that's a great point honestly

[@chopsbaabe1088]

Ever since I started night shift I've been watching games streamed on KZbin. The only problem is they killed the college playoff games quick but I still get to watch college basketball though

[@iraxks0341]

Right but that’s not bringing real money to the sport, and that’s what the networks (who now control CFB now btw) care about

[@Ksmitty101]

I’ve literally streamed every single OSU game this year illegally.

[@Ksmitty101]

@@iraxks0341 well I think the point is about tv viewership. Not so much dollars.

[@dlallen5036]

STOP having the game on Monday nights

[@nater986]

Nahhh it’s probably a bad idea to compete with nfl playoffs

[@williamtherambling3334]

yeah i was coaching 7th grade bball and missed half the game

[@Hurricaneჰოოპ]

The ESPN Monopoly is The reason the viewership is declining, Its also happening with the NBA. We just need to stream every sports game on regular national TV. 💯

[@trex44820]

ESPN is why not as many viewers. Should have had it on regular TV

[@B6197_]

It was on regular TV

[@apocalypsety2641]

I’m confused why a sports network showing sports is not considered “regular tv” nowadays 😂

[@1987bch]

It was on ABC also

[@romanmoronie]

I swear, people who comment on these boards are dumb as rocks. Look, they were on ESPN exclusively. Someone below said it was on OTA; wrong. But that aside, there are those of us with principles they wouldn't give groomer Disney/ESPN a dime. We know what Disney is about because we follow more than football, and it doesn't matter who or when, that evil is REJECTED. Love a good college game, but most of you including Maat, have no idea how much Disney/ESPN is despised. And there's always radio.

[@deepwood4]

I agree. I'm never going to tune in to ESPN. No matter what. Add gambling and there's no chance I'm going to support the program.

[@mayfairboy25]

Should had been on regular TV not ESPN

[@swartetc]

NIL is a killer for the fans.

[@Kings0424]

Not really

[@RollTideRoll_GSP]

It has made casual fans less likely to watch imo. Players are constantly bouncing around from team to team now, then the NCAA doesn’t even have parameters/guidelines to stay within for NIL so that pisses off lots of fans. I think it will help the product a whole lot if they make/elect Saban(or someone) as commissioner of college football and then have a committee come up with the rules/regulations for NIL and anything else that arises! Not sure why we have to wait on Congress when they can come up with their own governing body to make the rules.

[@TheLFB]

@@RollTideRoll_GSP They don't want the backlash they would immediately get with a NIL cap and regulations on Transfer Portal. The NCAA acts like a governing body until they get in trouble with fans and institutions. Then they act like merely an advisory board.

[@trojanFever24]

Having millionaire professional athletes was already cringe. With amateur millionaires it’s ultra cringe though lol

[@smokeyrameriz478]

​@@RollTideRoll_GSPcasual fans don't even know about NIL or the transfer portal

[@Suppressive_Fire]

It's difficult to get hyped when the traditional rivalry games, and the conference championship games don't make or break your season. I am also of the opinion that the early December start of the transfer portal and the crazy NIL (Pay to Play) money has had a detrimental effect on the college game.

[@garywascovich8436]

Sort of like wild card formats in professional sports or a 64 team field in DI baskets ball?

[@mrray7792]

And that OSU not worthy to play for the natty is such crap even the Notre Dame side. Nothing but a bunch of cry babies their teams couldn't get it done. Dame beat the #1 sec team and OSU beat the #1 big 10 and #2 sec team. If they didn't deserve to be there, who the hell did😂😂 Nick saben has only 2 undefeated seasons... With 7 rings...

[@joelbrooks3198]

1000% right.

[@newyorker3556]

Not gonna lie but when I saw Ohio state and notre dame in the final i didn’t even watch . Seen it so many times

[@joelbrooks3198]

@@newyorker3556 That's stupid.

[@realdealwitit1013]

I'm trying to figure out how everyone including you and your friends love college football and in the same breath say the season is too long. 😒😂

[@David-nx2vm]

Sour grapes, that’s why…

[@demodiums7216]

Its literally because they aread that Ohio st won lol. And Big ten teams won back to back

[@rainsounds112]

It was on MLK day, Inauguration day, and only on ESPN. Plus, most people thought OSU would win and the south is mad that the SEC is no where to be found the last 2 years so they did not watch because they dont enjoy CFB like the north. They enjoy SEC football.

[@demodiums7216]

Its salty SEC fans/Ohio st haters

[@Savalatte]

If you look at college football history (which is long) there have been many years when the SEC or the South in general wasn't as dominant, so these things come and go. If you consider that the South in general is a HUGE area it's not wrong for people to worry if everyone in their backyard is struggling. I don't think it's weird for Midwesterners to do the same. Personally I think the far bigger challenge is that the Northeast and to some degree parts of the West don't have as many fans. Personally I prefer a Natty where totally different areas are competing.

[@BaptistMarine]

If they didn't deserve it, there were 10 other teams that could have done something about it. 🤣😂

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Bro is COPING 💀😂

[@Ristofec]

HARD. So hard it’s actually embarrassing. Dude is trying to act like osu didn’t deserve to be there even though he wanted a 3 loss Alabama to be there lol. Or him talking about decreased viewership means the public doesn’t like Ohio state 😂 pure, unadulterated COPE

[@MoozTheAlpha]

I dont respect this whole “two teams who didn’t deserve it” so who did yall want to play in the game????? You had 10 other teams that could get in and they didn’t… like wtf do yall want. We smacked Oregon in the face after a last second loss where we obviously had a chance to win. Okay we loss to Michigan but to say we didn’t deserve to be there and smacked EVERY TEAM IN THE FACE we played is crazy….. Hoe many times have the NFL seen an undefeated champion??? Like what are we talking about

[@nolasaintsfan]

After OSU blew out Oregon, ESPN refused to allow Will Howard on the stage with his team. I said no more ESPN for me.

[@deepwood4]

But the kid diddling and race baiting was fine? 😂😂

[@garythegroundhog5967]

#8-12 are filler teams…MATT THE NUMBER 8 TEAM RAN THE TABLE AMD WON THE NATTY

[@kevinbond8966]

They were ranked 6th.

[@joshgraham8284]

They were a filler team that DID NOT deserve to be in

[@kevinbond8966]

@@joshgraham8284 Ohio State didn't deserve to be in the 12 team playoff? What team(s) should have been in over them?

[@joshgraham8284]

@kevinbond8966 not one that 20 million for 2 loses and finished 4th in their conference and lost to a qb less team i would have taken a mac team that won there conference over a 20 million dollar bunch of bums

[@buckeye8996]

Then you gotta say the same thing to Texas since they spent more money than Ohio state and they lost 2 games

[@AATM.Sports]

The playoffs were pretty good

[@ronwhit2278]

It's because everybody except for Notre Dame fans knew they were going to lose

[@brendancordial3483]

Gg OSU but ND wins 99/100 of that game.

[@garywascovich8436]

Bwahahahahaha

[@thewannaberunner]

Nobody has made the point that a reason the ratings were low might be that was we as a country were inaugurating our president AND it was a national holiday. Pretty busy day all around. I think people just had a long day possibly.

[@mjgasiecki]

Do people actually watch the inauguration?

[@thewannaberunner]

@@mjgasiecki 24.6 million according to ratings, so more watched then they did the national championship

[@stupidspeedruns4585]

@@thewannaberunner Inauguration was way before the game though.

[@smokeyrameriz478]

​@@thewannaberunnerThat's sad.

[@romanmoronie]

​@stupidspeedruns4585 Correct; it was done hours before the game. The inauguration had NOTHING to do with their poor showing. It was ENTIRELY due to being on ESPN and anyone that can't figure that out is mentally challenged. I believe the numbers are even worse than reported

[@smhollanshead]

How to improve college football viewership: put the game on national TV, do not put the championship game on unAmerican and unpatriotic ESPN, shorten the college football season, eliminate the conference championship games, don’t put the games up against NFL games, and improve the selection process. There is no way Indiana, SMU, and Clemson should have been in the college football playoffs. The match ups and results were way too predictable. The college football championship should be played on January 1st.

[@heartbreak25]

This has been covered all week. Start the season a week or two earlier so it's not dragging weeks past New Year's when the season should technically be over. Having ESPN put the semifinals and final only on ESPN was historically stupid. It's the only major sport that does not have its championship game available on OTA. And please never schedule the game on a holiday and inauguration again.

[@TheLFB]

All good points. There needs to be a media contract/agreement to have the playoff games spread across more networks besides ESPN. CBS, Fox, and NBC all air college football games during the regular season and reap near zero CFP benefits.

[@heartbreak25]

@@TheLFB It does. But I heard the reason why Fox didn't step up is because ESPN still owns the bowl rights through 2026 and those bowl games had to host playoff games. That means networks like Fox could only play the first round games and that's it. No TV company is only going to bid on first round games.

[@deepwood4]

I don't think Matt understands how hated ESPN is.

[@garywascovich8436]

He’s a denier because he’s an SEC fan and has grown accustomed to the preferential treatment that his teams have garnered over the years from that network!

[@dylanroessler6810]

It also doesn’t help espn didn’t promote the game at all because their wasn’t any SEC teams.

[@jlminks9800]

NIL has ruined the game for me. Minor league for the NFL now. Traditions and school loyalty are GONE. Besides that, the new playoff has made the regular season and conference championship games close to meaningless. Better to sit at home and take a week off than win a Conference Championship. IMO we already had an expanded playoff. The Conference Championship games were by default a first game.

[@Mr.georgiaman]

Honestly i think there would be more hype if it was just a regular season game

[@chasejordan22]

Everyone in the country knew what was going to happen... Every commentator was right.... How exciting is that? If it were supposed to be a good game I'm sure the numbers would be a lot different...

[@crisssolo9015]

The reason it feels that way because it's not college football anymore it's Semi -Pro football 😢😢😢

[@cyondaebrooks3119]

add to this a bit more, everyone knew osu was going to beat ND, only person with hope was maybe ryan clark. Osu vs ND got low 20 million views across ESPN platforms, MEANWHILE Georgia vs TCU had 17 million… I WONDER WHY THAT WAS MATTHIAS 6:01

[@joelbrooks3198]

Lee Corso and that former Michigan player both picked Notre Dame to win the championship game.

[@ottovonbass-mark5424]

@@joelbrooks3198that’s cuz one was a Michigan player so he has to pick against Ohio State, and Lee Corso picked Notre Dame because he remembers the last time ND beat Ohio State.

[@brucebane5602]

Two teams from neighboring states playing a game a month and a half after conference championships is hard to get hyped about. The three best teams were all on one side of the bracket due to its terrible format. That game was just going to make it official Ohio State, Oregon, or Texas was going to be champion. We didn’t need a bigger playoff. The regular season use to be pretty much an elimination tournament, part of what made college football unique. Most people’s teams were finished nearly two months before that game.

[@garywascovich8436]

LOL and in previous formats most peoples teams were eliminated before the season even started!!

[@cyondaebrooks3119]

were trolling right. the views were low assumingly because we all knew osu was going to beat ND. I love how you fail to mention osu vs texas was over 26 million because the world knew that would be the best game. Now the “ legitimacy “ of that championship because of 2 losses is insanity. Because last I checked OSU beat every top 10 ranked team but georgia leading to that ring. Does beating every team in the top 10 rankings not mean you should be called the best team and the champion???

[@billball8955]

When you can buy yourself a good team and other teams can't it will all die. There is no connection to the players if they move every year and the fans are more invested in the team than the players.

[@twist1298]

Hate to break it to you but the whole time NCAA was a joke from the beginning college players were paid way before now starting with the Ivy league schools. The players don't owe these schools considering how much money they generated in TV deals and endowments.

[@TracyboyTV09]

I’m sick and tired of this argument. We spent the 3rd most money. I beleive Alabama and Oregon have the most spent

[@zozzledwolf4653]

Most of that money was to reward the seniors who stayed

[@chasejordan22]

Out of 22 starters OSU had 4 that were transfers.... If you're confused and just emotional because a team you don't like won just say that... It looks more intelligent....

[@thecrimsomcardyugioh9810]

Billy bob cmon bud respond to the honest criticism being dished to you, Texas payed more for their roster by 2 million looks like 2 million wasn’t enough to win they the game and I believe Oregon spent the most on thier roster and not even Christ himself would’ve wanted to stop them cocky ass ducklings get their wings snipped, I can tell your a man who enjoys the color MAIZZZEEE 🎉20 million dollars of that NIL for that school is going to a unproven talent with a HC whos throw money like darts and hopping he can make something happen.

[@ua1985cat]

C'mon Matt...you say neither team was worthy on the one hand, and on the other you say they earned it. Which is it? Both teams had one bad loss, and Ohio State in particular had what, five Top 5 wins and six Top 10 wins, yet they weren't worthy because of one bad loss, to their rival. Get real.

[@Chris-bp1mm]

They’ve ruined the game with NIL and the transfer portal. Can’t stand the douchebag mercenary players anymore. Even the crappy, unwatchable NFL has rules about free agency. College ball is now NFL Junior with no rules and it sucks. I’m pretty much done with it, better things to do with my time.

[@chopsbaabe1088]

I haven't given up yet, but the best thing is getting to watch players grow and develop. I got the luxury of watching teddy b and Lamar grow as quarterbacks and that will never happen again. Louisville is now on their 4th quarterback in 4 years

[@NTSadowski]

The NIL needs adjusting.

[@kevindunlap2892]

Said this before and saying again. 8 teams is enough and only needed. Still do Power 4 champs + 4 at large. No byes needed (we see how well those did). And no argument would've been needed for "who gets the last spot?" NO ONE. NONE OF THOSE TEAMS (Bama, SC, Ole Miss, Miami, Indiana, SMU) DESERVED PLAYOFF SPOT. 8 teams is enough to have good games and avoid fatigue from fans. I hope we do not ever go to 16 or more team playoff.

[@matthewbednarek2602]

Going to 14 teams this year but will still be same number of weeks played.

[@deadeye4520]

Get ready for 16.

[@garywascovich8436]

I agree people say they’re college football fans, but don’t realize DI football is one of 4 divisions and the other 3 invite roughly 18% of their division members to their playoffs; FCS 24 teams, DII 29 teams and DIII 40 teams!

[@thereallegend4lyfe]

No Power 4 auto bids

[@deadeye4520]

@ I predict there will be mostly if not all auto bids.

[@iiSheLuvJordan]

Our rose bowl game vs Ohio state that we sadly lost. It had way more hype than the dawg water natty that had Ohio state and notre dame in it lol.

[@Mattbegreatdaddy]

Matt be capping

[@539strt]

Matt, to tell you how irrelevant the National Championship was, it was Wednesday before I checked to see who even won, and I love college football. I have almost stopped watching this year and, probably won’t watch at all next year because of this BS NIL and constant transferring. These whinny ass players have always gotten paid in college. How can you say getting a free $150,000 scholarship, isn’t getting paid? I despise what this game has become and I hope it burns to the ground to the point, they have no way to showcase their talents.

[@jeffhall3242]

ESPN has helped push me away from college football primarily. I dont need to pay to watch fixed up games

[@paulngo4631]

MattBeJealous. Not another video again bashing on Notre Dame and Ohio State again.

[@YoJoe-s4b]

When did NIL and portal start? Hummm…. Could it be connected? I watched college bc they were trying to become pro, once you are paid you are now pro. No more interest from me.

[@TheLFB]

Yeah, school pride used to mean something. Now it's just the name on the paycheck.

[@nickmarbot]

Everybody knew Ohio State was gonna win

[@xero8258]

i think it was simply no one thought notre dame stood a chance so theres no reason to watch it

[@theballadsback5128]

🤔wonder where the viewership would have been if it was also on abc?

[@Nitabita_]

Notre Dame has one of the largest fan bases in the country!

[@gatorone]

I think for me, what turned me off at the end was that all the teams that were not as good got such favorable treatment . It's like the season is built to see who's the best, and then all the lesser teams get shot up in front of way better teams.

[@56243G]

Which way better teams? The ones that lost in the playoffs, or all the two and three loss teams that didn't win their conference, yet should have been there?

[@Ristofec]

Lol this is pure anti-big10/ anti-OSU propaganda at this point, c’mon man you’re better than this 1) viewership has nothing to do with the actual game 2) Ohio State BY FAR has the most undisputed, unanimous national championship title EVER 3) No team has ever defeated five different Top 5 opponents in the same season… until OSU did it 4) OSU beat SIX Top 10 teams in the final rankings THE 2024-2025 Ohio State Buckeyes are the most deserving, proven, justified national championship team ever

[@billrehm3590]

The players were student athletes. Now they are professional athletes. It was kinda level playing field. No college is going to suspend a player for bad grades when they are paying him millions of dollars. Now you got billionaires backing these colleges and spending unlimited amounts of money to have bragging rights to a national championship. Money ruins everything.

[@demodiums7216]

hopefully you didnt vote MAGA...

[@dylanroessler6810]

The inauguration, dragged out season, espn didn’t promote the game at all, nfl playoff games. A lot of reasons for the bad viewership

[@Nitabita_]

Exactly! I saw no ads at ALL promoting the game and my tv STAYS on ESPN!! They did NOT promote the game.

[@jameswalsh5023]

With the portal and NIL allowing players to move around every year teams no longer have any personality. Its just an anonymous collection of helmets out there running around. Its getting to a lot like pro ball, you root for your team and don't pay much attention to any of the others. Pro football is having ratings problems as well.

[@MichealMenace]

Bro ppl saying Ohio state don’t deserve a champion ship is bs they had the hardest path to the championship they deserve it more then anybody

[@MichealMenace]

And them being 4 th place in the conferee is because they had 2 big ten losses like bro 😭the teams dat was infront of them they beat ,they beat Indy they beat Penn state and they and loose to Oregon by 1 POINT ppl have to understand this is a new era it’s not divisions in conferences no MORE

[@mjgasiecki]

As a Michigan fan, I agree with you…those playoff games aren’t exactly cupcakes. Congrats! I may dislike OSU but I’d prefer the big ten wins.

[@Kings0424]

For real like Ohio State curved stomped Tennessee, curved Oregon, beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl, the last remaining SEC team in the playoffs by the way and then beat an Notre Dame team who had won 13 straight games up to that point

[@FullTimeGump]

@@Kings0424always got the SEC on the mind huh? Rent free😂

[@Kings0424]

@FullTimeGump Yes, I hate the SEC so damn much, even though my Oklahoma Sooners are in the SEC now, which I still hate that move 100% of them going to the SEC. I hate the SEC

[@iraxks0341]

My families Alabama fandom goes back over 100 years. I love the UofA with all my heart and I love college football. But over the past 2-3 years, the landscape of CFB has pushed me to root for my NFL team more and more every year. If Im going to consume a professional product, it might as well be well structured. Atleast we know they’re there for the money and don’t use the word “committed” as a front. Talking to fans I know of other teams, I know I’m not alone in that thought, and it makes me sad

[@Nyckharborglazer]

MattBeBustingOnHisBuddiesAtLunch is the goat slaving away for theese wonderful videos

[@buckeye8996]

Matt no one was worthy of a championship this year because nearly everybody lost 2 games

[@garywascovich8436]

Exactly why you need a 12 -16 team playoff field!! What are you suggesting natolnal championship games only for those with 1 or less losses!?!? Ridiculous’!

[@RWG331]

My opinion is everything that ESP is involved with turns to shit in the long run. Too much influence in team ranking, who wins the Heisman, and they televised 36 out of 38 bowls or so. Also, ESP hand their hands in wanting the college playoffs and the "super conferences". Like I stated, this is my humble opinion.

[@mjgasiecki]

I agree with your points but at least it made the bowl games matter…last year it was unwatchable with all the opt outs and transfers. The 12 team playoff somewhat work and it’s better than 4 imo

[@stixxinator]

MartyMcflybeaverage for a guy who constantly craps on other fans when they have a take you don't agree or like you come with "you don't know ball" like your a professional, why keep bringing up last years title formula? You know ball right? That makes me believe you should know the new formula. Wether people like it or not the playoffs are here and whatever record a team had or position in there conference with last years rules has zero to do with n this year and the playoff format. Sure, last year OSU doesn't make it in along with 7 others. Point is its is totally irrelevant, right? I would have more respect for you and your "ball" knowledge if you just admit you don't like whatever team than to keep bringing up irrelevant scenarios from past seasons. It's like this last year you had hair, now this year you don't. Why live in the past? Your hair is not coming back, neither is the BCS.

[@CascadeSport]

Solution: get rid of week zero, one of the bye weekends, and go to an 8 team playoff.

[@dbeachmawmaw]

Yes! I agree with you 💯%!!! Roll Tide!!

[@DCSk8er529]

Nahhh, round one playoff home games kick ass man. Maybe I'm saying that, because I'm an Irish fan who got to attend the first ever home playoff game and win in person. To attend something historic like that was a sight to see.

[@CascadeSport]

@@DCSk8er529 maybe the quarterfinals could be home games but 12 teams don't deserve to compete for a natty

[@DCSk8er529]

@@CascadeSport That's fair. Keep the home game playoffs. That shit right there is ELECTRIC, and I strongly reccomend you go if your team hosts one.

[@thereallegend4lyfe]

Get rid of Army Navy week. They can play that game on rivalry week like everybody else.

[@itstrizzo]

Your Notre Dame buddy was disengaged because he knew what was coming. But you are correct that the CFP is over saturated. There’s rarely a team outside of the top 5 that has a chance at the top dogs. The whole thing drug into NFL weekends.

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

Everybody felt this way when 2 SEC teams played for the title as well...a huge swath of America just checks out...Matt is right about it being a huge problem going forward...both coasts, the NorthEast, and southwest of the Mississippi are going to vote with their wallets and check out in a big way after 2026. All you will have is gamblers, and they don't fill seats. The casuals will check out after regular season in November, there really isn't a lot of people who care about Ohio, Michigan, Georgia or Alabama if they never get a chance to schedule them and the season effectivly ends at Thanksgiving, and there are no longer on-air traditional bowls of consequence in December. Plus, I see a lot of parents telling their students I'll pay for your college, but not $2K bowl game tickets. The piper will be paid...eventually.

[@thecoolrich]

There was more hype in the Ohio state Oregon game both in regular season and playoffs than it was in the national championship

[@CommentingPeople]

The only people excited for this year's NC... ND. Ofc, OSU fans too, but for a different reason. Everyone else watched the televised muggings in the previous rounds and said "Yup, guess we know who's winning out this year". And lets face it. If you aren't an OSU fan, you hate OSU. How many times do we have to tell you old man. Alabama didn't deserve to be in the playoffs.

[@dentonyoung4314]

Ironically, if we still had only a 4 team playoff Ohio State wouldn't have been in it. (And we'd still have the narrative that Ryan Day can't win big games... and Ryan Day might well have been fired after losing to Michigan and blowing a chance to win the natty.) Notre Dame *might* have snuck in as the 4 seed.

[@jimmy5634]

If this and if that….you’re funny.

[@JS-Outdoors]

As long as ESPN is the sole media partner, ratings will continue to tank. The playoffs need multiple media partners, and the championship game should rotate amongst them. The game also needs to be on OTA, not subscription service access. Then you get into the season length. January 20th? Way too late. Monday night? Terrible night for the game. The NFL playoff game was a 4pm kick. The Championship game could’ve kicked off on Saturday at 8/8:15. As far as the teams, they were the last 2 standing. The only undefeated team going in was oregon, and everyone else was at least 2Ls

[@devontaywho8451]

Matttheamazingdiddler back with a banger

[@Tawn_Duek]

Yup just whining cause no SEC. Notre Dame the reason, everyone knew they were gonna lose. Two teams that aren't worthy? You silly

[@demodiums7216]

Matt is coping so hard because Ohio st won 😂

[@elmoqbobo]

In your honorable opinion, who were the 2 best teams of this past season?

[@davenelson7362]

I enjoyed the 12 team playoff and I think it should be tweaked in the upcoming years to make it more interesting. How the committee could do that? I’m not sure. I do know Ohio St would not have made the 4 team playoff with the two regular season losses. That being said, I believe their loss to Michigan woke them up. They made the playoffs and beat the snot out of the best teams in the nation. I like your basketball tournament comparison Matt. Ohio State got hot in the playoffs and nobody could beat them. It was much deserved. And I say that as a Michigan fan.

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

Football is played on Saturday! Games need to finish up in the first week of January! I had to pay $60 to watch the game and all the stupid commercials because I had stopped the cable in the summer because I never watch it. It's all a big stretch it out Money Grab!!

[@isaacmoroz8780]

I haven’t really been a college football fan for a while but this channel has made my love for the sport unreal. Thanks martybecute for the content and you have earned yourself a new subscriber

[@Fluffyboi95]

Intill they regulate this crap and lock these kids into contracts then viewership will continue to decline. I used too live and breathe CFB but now I’m just indifferent.

[@lttv3612]

I wish it was still going🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BC_GaTechJkts]

Monday night games, 12 teams instead of 8, monopolistic ESPN, it’s all ruining the sport. It needs to change

[@garywascovich8436]

Next years last year for espn monopoly………thank God!! Can’t come soon enough!

[@rizenascar]

I'll be honest. I think they should've kept the 4 team playoff. It keeps the importance of winning games evident and the rivalry games being important for tradition. The 12 team playoff has made teams too comfortable to drop a game or two because they know that if they win out, they will get in. Like you said in the video, in the BCS and 4 team CFP era, teams couldn't afford losing a game. I know that they most likely won't change it back but I feel like the passion and desire in college football isn't the same as it used to. Anyways, great video Matt! Love from a Michigan fan.

[@carsongodwin]

8 teams would be perfect

[@fgc_teavirus9438]

"If they win out, they will get in." Yeah FSU calls 100% cap on that.

[@brandonconforto315]

I don’t think that format works with the super conferences thats why they needed to extend it. I think what the 12 team playoffs have done is make the regular season more exciting. I found myself invested in games that in previous season i couldn’t care less because the two teams had no chance of going into the playoffs. I think they should have just extended to 8 teams though.

[@rizenascar]

@@brandonconforto315 I can agree with you there. With you mentioning the super conferences, an 8 team playoff would work. I just feel like the 12 team playoff is too much.

[@brandonconforto315]

@ it could be the length between all the games. Paul Finebaum mentioned this and got some hate for it but there is no reason we can’t do the first round the weekend of the Army and Navy Game and the second round the next weekend after that. Then have the semis on NYD and then the championship no later then the 10th

[@Nikhil-gq6wx]

As a Buckeye fan the low championship views was because of the inauguration earlier in the day Go Bucks!!

[@juniorbeastyt]

But that’s in the morning …

[@SnafuTLGOP]

It was because the two least Likable teams were in the championship.

[@WeLoveSheroneMoore]

@@SnafuTLGOPreal but i'd say there is also a blame on the inauguration, and it was a holiday, many people left on vacation or had things to do that night, there was also a clear winner bc notre dame rly never had a chance and tiktok was unbanned

[@johnhansen8272]

No, sorry, no.

[@FullTimeGump]

The inauguration was in the morning😂

[@deepwood4]

When you only cater to 13% of the population, your going to go bankrupt. Secondary to that, the gambling has turned sports into something unwatchable. Many people are opposed to gambling and want nothing to do with it. When 90% of the advertising is for gambling, people are going to tune out. I couldn't even get through typing this without being hit with a gambling advertisement.

[@RommulusRemus]

You cant please everbody. I love the new format.

[@jasonjacobs7208]

MattBeBlack lookin really cute today

[@HankbankFootballAnalysis]

The game will never lose it value to me

[@samrobinson7726]

The corollary is that if you lose an early season game the rest of your regular season is meaningless…..Playoffs make the entire season valuable. Your thinking is backward.

[@wolver73]

OSU and ND both had early season losses.

[@samrobinson7726]

@ that’s my point. In the d system, Notre Dame’s early season loss would have made it nearly impossible for them to play for a national championship.

[@TimmyBeGreater]

So many more games this year meant something because you can slip up and that does not necessarily mean the entire season is over. I’m fine if the playoffs need to be tweaked but this season was far more interesting as a whole because a single loss does not end all hope.

[@K_Diggy]

The college football schedule drags into the NFL, overlapping with Divisional Rounds where Detroit lost and the Bills won due to a dropped pass. The NFL dominated Monday’s media. Most fans focus on the Conference Championships, and with Ohio State expected to win and it airing on ESPN, not ABC many didn’t bother watching.

[@garythegroundhog5967]

DIDDLE ME MATTHIAS 😩😩😩

[@Truex1234]

Mattbebigbackdiddler is back with a diddy out of ten with a video keep up the great content

[@MaeFlower-m1z]

For me it was like the LSU year OSU was just way better than everyone else i thought they were going to win and I'm an OSU fan but I'm hyped we won

[@KevinBarasa-e2u]

Cam Skattebo highlights.Matt knows ball.

[@susyGuy7]

mattbenuttingbeforehebusts happy 80th birthday!

[@Jakemcmillan13]

Bro

[@wimwak]

People are becoming disengaged because they preferred college football over the NFL. Amateur vs pro. In the pro's players get cut or traded to other teams. Not to mention the insane money that NFL players make. With the NIL and portal. Now college football has become pro football and a lot of fans do not like that and the direction college football has gone. Yes the schedule is getting to long, but for me it's the millions of dollars being thrown at the players that is ruining college football. It's like what Nick Saban said when Miss Terry went to him after the gathering of players and parents. "'All they care about is how much you're going to pay them. They don't care about how you're going to develop them, which is what we've always done. So why are we doing this?". Just wait three years from now when the majority of college players who do not get drafted to the NFL. Who make millions in college are suddenly out of college with no degree, and no job prospects. Not to mention how they have spent all of the money they made in college. "a fool and his money are soon parted". There will be a glut of former college players going to bankruptcy court. I want to see these players succeed in life. Even if they do not make it to the NFL, but right now they are acting like spoiled brats. Making demands for playing time and other perks. They do not get developed and they are set up for failure. To boil it down. The portal and NIL are what is killing college football, and why college football fans are tuning out.

[@mudtruck547]

You forget matt, they didnt implement the playoff system for the fans. They did this for more money.

[@SilentLamb999]

Not really. College football gonna generate insane revenue regardless. They did it because these teams bitching and complaining, and then getting sued by certain programs. So now it’s no excuse for any team to not be in the playoff.

[@NTSadowski]

I refuse to watch espn

[@EdwardAMH]

It’s because of the broadcasting. People don’t have access to ESPN so they watched it on IPTV or internet streams like I did. That’s one less viewer from me.

[@mrray7792]

You have the most hated team, and the most irrelevant team (OSU fan)... It needs to be made where 2 conferences meet. That's what everyone wants to see. Make same join the big 10 and then every year you'll have the 2 best of different sides of the country playing.

[@donjuan914]

The problem is mismanagement of the playoffs. They waste basically the entire month of December, they have too many days between playoff games and they having the game on a Monday doesn’t help. Having a 12 team playoff is fine, they just need to do a better job at setting up the brackets and they need to get the ball rolling on the games quickly so that momentum from the season isn’t lost. By the time they got to the championship, people had forgotten that there was there was still football to even be played.

[@brookico]

Yeah, for the past 20 years IDT I have missed a national championship game and this year I already knew who was winning the game so I didn’t feel the need to watch it. The inauguration didn’t help I’m sure, but the main ceremony for it was earlier in the day so I just don’t think it was a huge reason for the low viewership. I think most people that watched were Ohio State or ND fans and some die hard CFB fans. This entire season felt lackluster. Maybe it was just one of those off years, IDK. I do remember Ohio State winning the natty in 2014 and even though I’m not an Ohio State fan ( and they beat my team that year and knocked us out) I was excited to watch them play Oregon. Maybe it was just a weird year, IDK.

[@thisguyagain7857]

Only sports content i intake anymore are youtubers like you. My love for sport has been thoroughly smashed out.

[@DavoR7724]

MattBeDiddy 💀

[@jaydenbendabout5358]

Mattbediddy we aren’t watching you til next football season 💔

[@joedavis5824]

i said this when they introduced the playoffs: "it should be 8" I said this after years of people complaining about leaving some out and some in: "it should be 8" i said this when they introduced 12 teams: "it should be 8" AND IM STILL SAYING THIS AFTER A YEAR OF 12 TEAMS: "IT SHOULD BE 8" anyone outside the top 8 thinks they stand a chance is crazy to me.

[@mrray7792]

OSU fan here, I think 4 games post season is a little much, and they held the game on a Monday/inauguration day... Then add the fact that nobody wanted to see Norte Dame in the natty and everyone hates OSU because they are always good... If it was OSU Georgia it would've been a cinema. But it's also not dame or OSU fault that the sec sucked this year. But Texas OSU was thee game of the playoffs. Only team in cfb that had a chance at stopping that OSU run.

[@romanmoronie]

What's really humorous is the huge # of fans hoping for a meteor strike in Atlanta. It's like they came out of the woodwork.

[@cuevajack4061]

Not trying to be bias but the Georgia VS Alabama natty 2021 and 2017 was the best natty and only got 18m views. 😮

[@FullTimeGump]

8 out of the 10 most watched teams this season were in the south

[@josephroberts6865]

MattBeGrammerless-it’s has run, not has ran.

[@Mattbegreatdaddy]

10 views in 1 minute your falling off matt

[@dentonyoung4314]

If they put the dawggone natty on a Saturday like most other college football games instead of a Monday viewership would be a lot higher!!!!

[@joelbrooks3198]

NFL playoffs are on Saturday.

[@joelbrooks3198]

Wrong. Going up against NFL playoffs, ratings would be a lot worse.

[@dentonyoung4314]

@ The NFL playoffs don't literally take up the entire broadcast day on Saturday. Surely there's a window open where you can fit in a college game.