Trent Dilfer On What's Wrong With College Football & How To Fix It

[@joedufek2810]

Last night I watched a shell of Ohio State (basically 3rd string) lose to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl. The QB went to transfer portal to another school, a couple of key players declared leaving for the draft and didn’t play. I kept thinking 🤔 this is NOT the team Wisconsin lost to earlier in the year. Also the bowl games are now turning into a glorified preseason game for the next season instead of a “championship” game to cap off a great year. Sad

[@KaraB1353]

I thought the same thing! How do these guys play for the team and refuse to even finish the season?! The rules are crap. CFB is screwing over fans big time.

[@Fred-xo3ku]

Only the playoffs count now. Bowl games should be discontinued. It's only a money💰 grab for the institution now. 😮

[@rolotomassi9806]

The bowl games are pretty sad.

[@olyokie]

Its likely why they’re going to a 12 team playoff…. I don’t blame the kids though.

[@yummyfunnybunny5167]

If was declaring the draft I wouldn't risk injury to ruin my future million dollar career for some crap bowl game that no one cares about. College football is lame anyway so I'd never watch it.

[@lastpme]

For me the big issue is ESPN and Fox Sports only wanting to promote the SEC or the BIG10…not everybody went to those universities or fans of those programs. With NIL and the TV deals are creating an unfair advantage. The portal doesn’t bother me since coaches leave all the time for greater opportunities.

[@toddcunningham3213]

Yes! And make them pay back the NIL and scholarship money that they received from their original school. Same if they opt-out for a bowl game. That's why they are there, to play for that school, not to audition for the NFL, NBA, or MLB.

[@speedracer2336]

They promote those conferences because they play the best football, especially the SEC. Cream always rises to the top. CF is now a business!

[@PiyachonYuenyongHYDE]

@@toddcunningham3213 You're kidding? the reason the Football players go to school is to improve themselves and prepare for the NFL since NFL have a rules for that.

[@toddcunningham3213]

@@PiyachonYuenyongHYDEWhat are you 12, or just ignorant?? The reason the kids go to school is to GET A DEGREE. Less than 2% of them go to the NFL or NBA, and out of that 2%, even less have successful professional athletic careers. Get a clue!

[@rogerwoods6322]

College football has been fostering unfair advantages since it originated

[@70BTHS]

For those that are wondering, the timing of the portal is due to the academic year. When schools out for winter break, the portal opens for players to transfer in the same way a non athlete student would be able to transfer

[@willieyoung7070]

A easy way to fix that is to move the start of the regular season up a few weeks. Right now week zero is the last week in August, I believe the date August 26th. Start the season in the first week of August. Those extra two to three weeks will help with the timing. The kids are already on campus, so it’s not like the early start would affect that part of the calendar. Since we are adding more teams to the playoffs, now college football has a extra two weeks to play with

[@70BTHS]

@@willieyoung7070 I think that's a good idea, BUT hahaha the beginning of the season is also lined up with the academic calendar week 0/week 1 is the first week of the school year when students are back on campus. A LOT of the problems are caused by the need for players to be "student athletes" and in the eyes of the law, regular students that happen to play sports

[@willieyoung7070]

@@70BTHS I feel you on that, however there are cases where a sport season take place when the regular academic year is over. Look at NCAA baseball. I believe the NCAA tournament takes place in June, a time that the regular academic year is done ( I understand there’s summer classes). I know this is just a random thing I’m throwing out there, but why can’t football do the same. They can structure the start of the regular season to go along with summer classes, so that the players would technically be in school.

[@younggoose7315]

@@willieyoung7070I mean there’s a million different factors, schedules would have to be changed venues have been booked years in advance and there’s just so much logistically and academically that would have to line up to overhaul a system and schedule that’s been there since the beginning of college football

[@younggoose7315]

@@willieyoung7070and schools have different academic systems like some schools have the quarter system and some have another system so you can’t just change a school system because of a sport

[@yeildo1492]

I love Dilfer's take on winning/losing the last game of the year. I am a HS def coord. One year, after a really tough loss in the playoffs, I was moping around. My wife got me a present. I have never really seen somebody so excited to get me a present. It was a coffee mug with this message: Cheer Up Fucker!

[@quantumpotential7639]

Is that really the sort of edification that a wife should share with her husband? Being called a @^$&@& and creating a sigil that you hold in your hand every morning is troubling, at least those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Now let us pray 🙏

[@yeildo1492]

@@quantumpotential7639 What a joy you must be at all the parties you do not get invited to.

[@Jimmyd134]

@@quantumpotential7639loser

[@NoFace-ke9pc]

​@@quantumpotential7639you are alone aren't you?

[@quantumpotential7639]

@@yeildo1492 I don't attend parties where people refer to one another as f$#$$ers. Will you use that kind of vulgarity when youre standing naked before the Lord, when he might potentially say "depart from me ye wicked one, for I never knew you." We're all treading on thin ice as it is. Let's not hasten the enemy any further before he takes us all down into a dark pit of vipers. Okay? Okay thanks. Now let us pray 🙏

[@dwitt4574]

Dilfer a very smart man. I couldn't care less about college sports anymore. To me it's like pro sports now. From year to year you have no idea who will be on team you root for. On top of that the money is obscene which makes it unaffordable.

[@charlesallison6932]

As a kid I was an NFL fan. By the time I got to high school I began to lean more towards CFB. As I have hit middle age, I have drifted back to pro football as they don't give any false pretenses that it isn't about money.

[@ryansteve2893]

Dude. This guy is smart. If I was cut or bench and he gave me a clear cut rebuttal and evaluation like this why. I would be like, fair. No grudges.

[@blackacademy7647]

One thing thats wrong with college football is there isn't any balance. All of the 4 and 5 star athletes go to the same handful of colleges. Which is why you can almost guess whos gonna be in the playoffs every single year.

[@davidstith2391]

The same thing is happening in high school. When I went to high school everyone went to the school in your neighborhood except for the catholic kids who could go to the catholic high school if they wanted which is why those schools were often better than others in the area. More and more people are finding ways to circumvent residency requirements in order to play on a better team.

[@Dremac5]

Portal is actually helping that

[@akuai4408]

@@Dremac5 wdym

[@ladscrimpton8590]

The best thing we can do - just stop watching. You’re right tho… every year, it’s the same handful of teams.

[@Deontelewis846]

You can blame the nfl for that. You’re a 4 star dlineman 3-4 years at bama or Georgia looks better than 3-4 at Iowa state

[@melroze]

NIL, portal, and realignment have made college football a hot mess.

[@sportsmania4871]

You forgot facilities, coaches' salary, AD salaries.

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

Boo-hoo. How many NFL teams have signed a hot prospect "anyway" after he blows-out his knee in the Outback Bowl? ZERO.

[@mikecreger9702]

​@@MichaelJames-lz7niand how many players uped their stock in the Outback Bowl and blew out their knee in the first week of training camp. I bet the training camp number is higher. I would honestly like to see the numbers on that.

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

@@mikecreger9702 Players don't CARE if they blow-out their knee in training camp - that's AFTER they signed with a team, got a big signing bonus, and got Team-sponsored healthcare/rehab, and most contracts have IR clauses on them where players still get paid a lot of they're injured. Know what happens when you get hurt in a bowl game? You DONT GET SIGNED AT-ALL. No healthcare, no NFL money, no nothing. Enjoy that Liberal Arts degree - that isn't worth the toilet-paper it's printed on.

[@lcchill]

It adds to the drama and keeps it more interesting. I am glad college athletes are getting paid and have more rights. Everybody got to lookout for themselves for so long and now the players are finally allowed to it and people are losing their minds!!

[@21bluefins]

The transfer portal is destroying college football, in my opinion. That, and the “NIL”. Bowl games are no longer worth watching, because the star players sit out.

[@css31069]

Case in point: FSU, or what was FSU since 27 guys didn't play the bowl.

[@stephenboone371]

​@@css31069and risk getting injured and missing out on potential millions of dollars.... for viewer satisfaction.... yeah makes total sense.... 🙄

[@jirky015]

The transfer portal is a two way street. Many schools benefit greatly from the transfer portal, but it is an issue. However, it's not just the transfer portal. Some of the guys going declaring for the NFL or future NFL down the road don't want to get hurt in a meaningless game that has zero implications.

[@trev3971]

Meaningless games were never worth watching.

[@pooch443078]

1) transfer portal is open during a window. I suggest between right after the National championship game and before the college football season starts. 2) you can only enter the transfer portal after 2 years from being at your initial school 3) you can only transfer once

[@mark_kline]

If I were a student athlete I would challenge #3 in court if it were a rule. #1 and #2 are solid

[@toddcunningham3213]

Signing a "Letter of intent" is a contract. These kids should have to uphold that contract. They're not getting paid to play somewhere else. I am not against the NIL (my daughter gets a pretty hefty one) but, the transfer portal is ridiculous. Imagine Coca-Cola paying someone millions of dollars to go work at PepsiCo, while still under contract. PepsiCo would have to buy out that contract.

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

@@mark_kline Challenge what in court? Kids can transfer to any school that will accpet them academically, as many time as they want, and no one is stopping them. But the NCAA can easily make a rule preventing a school from offering athletic scholarship money to any player that has already transferred twice. It's not a violation of any criminal law or anyone's civil rights.

[@KITT86]

The reason they do the transfer portal in December is so the players have time to register for classes in the spring and attend spring practice. Most college classes start January 8th so if they waited till after the championship game, they won't be able to enroll in the college till August

[@mark_kline]

@@MarkMay-cr6bv I’d have a law call that unconstitutional. Sports programs are regulated by Title 9 and thus scholarships are a matter of meeting federal government requirements. I believe It’s a violation of the 14th Amendment to restrict athletes access to scholarships after transferring multiple times, but not the average student. Also, I think the rule restricts liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

[@JohnSlaughter-x5m]

Dilfer is balanced, insightful, passionate and articulate in a calm manner. Miss him as an analyst on tv for the nfl. He blew away the other commentators because of his knowledge, experience and ability to convey deep founded understanding. He cares about young men. Godly man!

[@TonyG-nv2km]

He nailed the comments about the portal and NIL. It is about the timing. There are some bowl games that are a farce this year because the teams playing are not the same team that played the regular season. Also, there are some players that made overly emotional decisions to get into the portal that are not going to end well for them.

[@nymike06]

Trent is great! Once he went on TV after playing in the NFL, I didn't realize how good he is on TV and his commentary. i enjoy hearing his take on football related things.

[@chrisgray2824]

ESPN and Fox ruined college football

[@tranjust5643]

So... Disney

[@thompsontroy083]

@@tranjust5643facts

[@thesupervisor3270]

Just ESPN

[@scootertrash911]

Trent is a goldmine for UAB, not money but teaching class to kids.

[@setalight7290]

Bros as good a coach as deion sanders 💀

[@play030]

What does this have to do with Coach Sanders? Racist​@@setalight7290

[@BoosterGoldEarth6]

Absolutely he is

[@inthegym2479]

Trent is completely right! That transfer portal is the devil. The timing of it all!!

[@Youngthomas78]

He nailed it with the timing thing!

[@williamhusse5859]

Sounds like Dilfer is suggesting that the portal shouldn't open until some time after the season; perhaps that would be after bowl season is over🤷

[@Jason-lk9yi]

I think he said that too, it only took him 3 stories and several minutes to get there.

[@bods4dadsaquil912]

That was a great take. If you be upfront and put together a great development strategy for each player they stay for the long haul because they know you have some hope for them to get better

[@NickCager]

What's killing college football is 1) NIL, 2) transfer portal, and 3) players quitting before the season is over, not playing in bowl games. Not in any particular order.

[@bradyperformance]

I really liked how Coach Dilfer gave an example from his playing days and how it applies to his teams situation today. The two week threshold is a smart plan. I like that he watched all the cut-ups and practice film in order to solidify his evaluations of his players.

[@tomhollingsworth8201]

Of course a former player has no problem with the rules that benefit players. The issue is the new rules are destroying teams and destroying the product and the fans will lose interest in the end.

[@randallmadison9910]

12 team playoff will create more interest and more money. College football has never been collegiate. Just at one time, all the funds were to the coaches and AD. Just adding players to this cash cow now. Poorly played professional football. But it's popular. Nobody cares about academics or any of that other stuff. Sad to say. Nevertheless, true.

[@ka4sxi]

@@randallmadison9910I believe that college football at one point was collegiate. There has been a change in society over the last thirty years that has negatively effected sports all the way down to youth sports. Parents have become a huge part of the problem as well. And whether anyone wants to hear it or not, with football and basketball there is a racial and socioeconomic aspect as well. What has been occurring is that education has been pushed to the wayside. The sport is the way out of poverty and the NFL/NBA is the pot of gold. The problem is that less than 1% make it. If they focused on getting a college degree they would have a fallback for a good paying job or career for the rest of their lives. Many athletes today aren’t raised to see anything but the opportunity to make the NFL/NBA and the big money. So they transfer instead of sticking it out and developing. I can’t wait to see what people say after reading this but I’m not wrong. And I’m not racist. Keep it real.

[@css31069]

It's already happening. The large money media and corporations will bleed this dry for the next 10-15 years and then you'll start seeing the stands become less and less full.

[@Slyme1big]

It’s was a great product when the players were getting pimped ?🧐

[@casek19]

I feel like they shouldn’t open the portal until after the bowl season and also include the bowl game in the NIL deal

[@huskerdee1431]

Unless you can convince people money isn’t good then unfortunately nothing will change

[@DarthSoto78]

I agree the timing is awful. Could you imagine in the NFL having free agency, and the draft right before the playoffs. That is exactly what happens in college.

[@glennvanzandt3011]

So nice to hear some voice of reason about all of this chaos.

[@anubiam3004]

Players and Universities enter into a 3/4 year contracts. Both sides have buyout clauses in case things aren't working out. Players that get better offers from "better" universities, fine you've earned it but somebody is cutting the original school the buyout fee. Some of this opting out stuff is about to solve itself when so many more teams will still be alive to win a championship after Conference Championships. (Oh.St and Fla.St. were just an embarrassment for their fans in this bowl season.) The team you traveled and paid good money to see was not the team you had to watch.

[@DanTarrant1]

I don't think it's a workable solution to suggest that players and schools enter contracts that 100% benefit the school and 0% benefit the players. Unless you mean players would be able to negotiate a salary, otherwise who would agree to this?

[@OldGuy2-m4c]

Tax payers should not be on the hook for the NCAA's recommend $23,000 per player per sport,both men and women. We will see many schools drop NCAA Sports or start a new college sports framework. If a school pays student athletes, do they keep NCAAFB for men and then fund an equal number of female athletes in BB, Soccer and Vollyball. Will men stoll be able to muscle the women out of their half of the NCAA Spoils system. Every State will will cut college funding off from paying kids on scholarship $23,000 a year... hell, most people make 45-70k annually and the Sports people talking heads want the scholarships and a minimum of $23,000

[@deedotson1]

​@MAC88-88 I don't think the taxpayers are actually funding NCAA football or basketball at major schools. For the majority of the top programs those programs cover the entire budget. TV rights deals are in the billions to air football and mens basketball. When you rrallt do the math those students are really getting taken advantage of because they are generating actual revenue that beyond exceeds their scholarships while other students on scholarship can just show up go to class while not being at risk of having their scholarship revoked due to a bad season.

[@jamesgriffin2418]

Unless college football finds a way to put rules in place for NIL and the transfer portal that benefit schools and players as a whole and not just a few, college football is screwed.

[@fcuellar2308]

Trent Dilfer is the type of person we need in leadership. A national model. Crazy smart, wise, aware, passionate, honest, transparent, and articulate. He doesn’t condescend or patronize even though he’s smarter than most people he talks to.

[@Nathan_Lara]

Fresno State! Congrats coach! Enjoyed the episode

[@donovankelly2691]

I’m about done with sports

[@bryanjones8778]

Every year I seem to care less and less. I haven't watched professional sports in years and now I am down to following my school and the conference it is in. I couldn't care less about the SEC or Big Ten, unless they are playing my school. I think more college sports fans are going that route before they give up sports altogether.

[@theshadow5800]

Witness the bowl games that are impacted having backups and no names starting for the first time.

[@85jwatson]

Fresno state wants you as Head Coach someday soon Trent! You’re the reason I’m a Bucs fan!! Along with about 5 others … Hopefully for your success so you can’t come back home!

[@bjnt922]

People talk a lot about the kids that enter the portal willingly because they’re upset with their playing time, don’t like their coach or want more NIL money. But sure are quiet about the kids that are forced into the portal because their coaches want to give their scholarship to someone else or in the words of Coach Prime “Bring their own luggage.” Seems just like in pro sports where people are fine with the coaches and organizations treating it like a business. But are quick to call the athletes selfish, greedy, ungrateful or spoiled if they do the same.

[@Wuncler]

Bingo!

[@NYourWill]

Good information Trent. Unfortunately MANY coaches are not doing that evaluation.

[@scriptflippa533]

Fixing the calendar would really help theres no reason the transfer portal opening should happen when it does and if the kids are getting paid by a school, which they should, they should have 2 year contracts

[@mjscorn7943]

Is Brenneman one of the guys who helped Herm Edwards screw things up at Arizona State?

[@user-id7th5qs8o]

Those complaining about the portal and sitting out because of draft potential have to realize this is the new reality. The genie does not go back in the bottle. Being nimble enough to evolve with the reality will bring success. Develop players beyond your top 22, prepare all your players. How is this a bad thing? It’s not, and it’s the route to success in this era.

[@TheFishingNomad]

It's not a bad thing to have you best players quit the team before the season finishes? Come on now.

[@mikemacdonald1675]

Once a player is not “all in” it becomes a problem. Playing not to get injured is no way to play a collision sport.

[@Senerian]

As a coach how do you deal and build a team with the Transfer portal and paying kids now? This was the worst thing to ever happen to college football. Coaches should revolt.

[@BigDilf3]

Kids shouldn’t play for free

[@bigmixx]

They have to restrict movement. Thats the only way to get it under control. Gotta go back to sitting out a year if they transfer and only allowing 1 transfer unless the coach leaves/fired.

[@KEVINE81382]

It seems now that unless you are in the College playoffs, Starters sit out for the draft or hit the portal. Most of the college bowls feature 2nd and 3rd string players. The fans of those teams should be made aware about starters sitting so they can decide whether they will buy a ticket or watch it on a device. . Fans want to see the best vs the best, not backups.

[@Blaqk_8298]

The one thing I would change is the NIL....

[@stephenboone371]

What exactly about the NIL would you change?

[@hardyshot]

Interesting listening to this. Sounds very similar to what Sark has been talking about in his evaluations of players in his program and in the portal at Texas.

[@williammarinelli2363]

Supremely insightful take on modern NIL issues. The NIL is the worst thing ever, except for the previous way the pezzonovante of the NCAA ran their organize crime organization.

[@4Sooners]

$1,500 a monthly playing college football in early 90s was very good deal.

[@rafaelestrada5261]

He was making $ 471 dollars the rest was what his wife made.

[@4Sooners]

@@rafaelestrada5261 $471 more than he should have got.

[@cuttycut2324]

It wasn't....I played at NC State....the whole old system was bullshit

[@middleoftheroad1]

NIL = Pay for play! It has nothing to do with a high school kid's name, image, and likeness because they dont have any value. The vast majority of all college freshmen sit the bench their first year. You can only make an argument that a team's top payers at the usual popular positions have any NIL value...

[@icemanx5085]

When is a great time to have a period of time where players can choose to stay or go? The NFL free agency happens right after a season the biggest differences is that paid contracts allow you to get farmiliar with your situation. Thats the biggest difference from pros to colloge and the ability to move around.

[@tex-do1wm]

College football is being destroyed.

[@lordrayden3045]

Being? It’s gone

[@play030]

Why because this people have power now. You were ok when it was a slave plantation.

[@lordrayden3045]

@@play030 Yeah…. Real poor take there

[@lcchill]

I am glad college athletes are getting paid and have more rights. Everybody got to lookout for themselves for so long and now the players are finally allowed to it and people are losing their minds!!

[@Bromitos0313]

Just pay the kids like it’s a pro league. Share the revenue they make. Take a decade to sort it out. And we move on. It’s not hard, except for the people making $$$ off kids backs.

[@middleagedjabroni]

NIL and transfer portal have taken the soul out the game. Its all about the money?

[@middleagedjabroni]

@@umkc73 no you can thank ed obannon.

[@vdoggydogg3922]

It always was about the money just the players were not getting any of it.

[@middleagedjabroni]

@@vdoggydogg3922 cause they’re not professional athletes. They’re amateurs. Why can’t ppl understand this??

[@vdoggydogg3922]

@@middleagedjabroni they are the reason there is any money...good for them for getting some of it. No stadiums or network deals without the players.

[@middleagedjabroni]

@@vdoggydogg3922 they aren’t professionals. Why even have college teams anymore? Just make it like baseball.

[@williamboyle8918]

Always liked Dilfer, never knew he was a head coach.

[@Mr50403]

You have to be enrolled at a certain time frame for spring semester. They are students.

[@living4YAHonly]

Great perspective

[@andrescast]

They need to make a college fb super conference. Too many garbage teams and cupcake games. 17 teams max every team plays each other once. 16 game season. Every week would be games like Alabama vs OSU or Michigan vs Texas. Top 2 or 4 to playoff.

[@MichaelJames-lz7ni]

NCAA College Football has been BLATANTLY EXPLOITING college players for decades - DECADES. Ticket sales, concessions, merch, TV royalties, Corporate Sponsorships, Bowl-game paychecks....top-tier schools rake-in massive amounts, and sign contracts with college coaching staffs for tens-of-millions of dollars. When did everyone become so blatantly naive that players weren't noticing that EVERYONE is making millions - except them? College Football scholarships are garbage - none of the players are getting 'real' educations worth anything under the crushing weight of football practice, team meetings, travel, and whatnot. The student athlete knows the game being 'run' on them, and if there's a chance to get out and play for the NFL then they're going to chase that signing bonus. There is no allegiance to the school - the school is prostituting the future of college athletes for MONEY.

[@ggates1976]

Everyone here bashing college football, and ignoring the ad the host does for gambling. Corruption high and low.

[@city6291]

College bowl games are like NFL preseason games, theres no reason for players to play in them and risk getting injured. I dont really think this is a problem, however if we want to "fix" this, we just need to expand the playoff brackets so these meaningless bowl games actually become important which is happening next year

[@m43854]

$1,500 a month would have bern a DREAM for me in college. I lived off of about $75 lol

[@walker1984]

NCAA has to fix the transfer portal and regulate NIL if they truly want parity. Otherwise, it will always be around 4-5 schools getting all the meaningful players and occasionally other schools get the scraps.

[@chris123591]

That’s how college football has always been

[@walker1984]

@@chris123591 doesn't make it right

[@cuttycut2324]

Lol...the portal actually helps with parity because nobody has to sit behind anybody now...they can find a school with open spots and go

[@walker1984]

@cuttycut2324 the Alabamas, Georgia's, etc can allow the smaller schools to develop talent and poach them, too. I don't think schools should be turned into a developmental feeder to the top schools, either

[@labarronroberts5080]

College football makes millions every year. The coaches make millions and pick and choose colleges, when they want to leave, etc. Now college football is broken and corrupt because of NIL? Just a thought, but CFB has been questionable for a long time.

[@oldguysrock2170]

1. The transfer portal sucks! Make a rule that no transfers until after the final National Championship game. 2. Create divisions in the major conferences and use the Conference Championships as the first round of the playoffs. Notre Dame could join the MAC since they to scared to join the BIG10.

[@msisles6278]

It's a business, most of the players are not real students. Let's drop the pretense that this is extracurricular activities. The big schools are development programs for the NFL, who get off easy by not spending money on player development. ,

[@koryburdet1317]

But it's ok for Latinos and Hispanics with no education and can't even speak English to play pro baseball without having to even go to high school let alone college 😂😂 could you imagine what would happen if they made Latinos have to go to college to play MLB 😂😂 there would be zero Latinos and Hispanics playing

[@Tsmithnlcf]

The host a Manning brother?

[@wyo_garage20]

The other issue, significant issue, is bowl games. Kids either enter the portal and don’t play, or sit out for draft. Sorry but you made a commitment to the team, and yourself, to see the season out. Play or don’t, don’t means season long. They get to the bowl game and string the team up, and it’s not the same team a lot of times. Pitiful.

[@richardtaylor6341]

Different is a really great leader. We probably won't get to hang on to him long at my Alma mater....

[@lordrayden3045]

College football was done as soon as the big 10 and SEC took over

[@blaineslaughter2672]

Portal is out of control. Players need more accountability for the schools they are picking.

[@slipline4threcon688]

Obviously the only way to fix it is get rid of the collge aspect and just do straight to sponsor pay

[@reamrkj1125]

Starting the first Saturday in December. Conference championships on Saturday. Bowl announcements Monday. National signing day Friday. Non playoff Bowl games start the following Thursday and run through the 24th. Transfer portal opens up the 26th through Jan. 8th. You cannot declare for the portal or receive offers till its open. The first round of the playoffs start the 28th. You could push the bowl announcement back a weekend if you make conference championships a part of the play off. Top two teams from the top 4 conferences and the 4 at large bids. Then the 28th games become conference chamionship week and the regular season would end the last Saturday in November. Seating for the playoff post conference championship is based on your conference's (or previous opponent's) non playoff bowl record. This would really clean up December for college football. Most players could finish the season with their team and then transfer.

[@redline5406]

I think the portal shouldn't open until January. Let the incoming freshman sign in mid December and play most of the bowl games. Also, NIL collectives should NOT be allowed to talk to anyone until they have signed with the team. Pick your team, then then can throw money at you.

[@marquesmurray]

Florida st just proved that college football is done. 23 people not playing. Lost by 60. Its dead

[@thatguy4154]

So one wants to change the problem when coaches can get up leave only a problem when the players do it

[@jackoneill1336]

Create an NIL cap for each position. Change the Transfer portal dates and go to a one free transfer rule. Problem solved

[@SPG8989]

They need a cap, they need to make it they have a buyout if they choose to leave the og school, and they need to make it where the money cannot be accessed until graduation or successful completion of nfl draft

[@giveemhope224]

I like how he broke this down.

[@jamesbarrick3403]

College Football does not need any fixing. It's going through a natural process for the better. Those that think it should be fixed, generally have some ideas on how to limit or eliminate athletes freedom and choices and earning capability. That is not progress. What is good about all this change now is that the athletes that actually built the multi-billion dollar industry are starting to get a small slice.

[@Dad84]

Pay them a salary and lock them into contracts. Everyone wants NFL Lite so here it is.

[@whodidit99]

then is they don't work out, trade 'em

[@JuliusSiezure]

Great Job A.B.

[@CRuss22]

Love our coach!!!

[@kellygreen_kaymeadz4688]

Me, the team captains & the head coaches son used to smoke after every football function we weren't cancerous to the Locker room at all.

[@davidphillips8674]

NIL is the worst thing to happen to college football. It’s needs to be regulated to prevent athletes from becoming corrupted beyond retrieval at 18.

[@PatrickArnold-x8s]

When Texas boosters paid $5 Million Dollars to get their QB Ewers, that was enough for me to say screw it.

[@aladd646]

Nick Saban and others warned of these issues before the portal and NIL came into existence. Rushing into big changes is never a good idea. Unintended consequences are difficult to fix.

[@Wuncler]

Everyone will continue to complain after the expansion next year as well. Well the ones who think it’ll change the outcome.

[@lordrayden3045]

Yeah, saban was mad he couldn’t stockpile players anymore,they were going to leave

[@olyokie]

I seem to recall Trent claiming Seattle completely blew it drafting Bobby Wagner and Russ……

[@Sambone702]

Lol. You're a genius. Not

[@olyokie]

@@Sambone702 And yet miles ahead of you…….

[@huskerfanman]

Dilfer should go to San Jose St. He went to Fresno St and knows the area. Would be a good coach using underrated California kids.

[@KingdomBusiness-gx2wl]

I understand the kids are looking out for their future but whats the point when none of the good players participate in the bowl games

[@Jrh-rp7np]

What’s wrong Pac-10 schools going to the Big Ten.. what I loved about College Football was the regional rivalry between schools,, when I was kid the Big Ten Champ played the PAC 10 champ in the Rose Bowl and the National Championship was mythical

[@TRON0314]

Conferences don't matter. That's what is wrong. Literally the CFP should be all the winners from each conference. That's it. Win your conference, get a chance to play.

[@dankinsler1930]

College football, pro golf, baseball, etc, etc....excess money is the common theme ruining the games. The money becomes the driving force and any real integrity for the game or team is secondary..

[@SuperBoomshack]

NIL and transfer portal has totally ruined college football for me

[@alantoler8266]

It's really a point of no return now...anytime money is at the forefront of anything it corrupts it ...I think it's in a terrible place in terms of the politics of it...the games remain great so it is what it is ....but I don't like transferring at the end of season you should be required to stay with your team and compete with your team .....it's corny but it is what it is in a world where nothing makes sense anyway so whatever

[@noeno17]

CFB will become another professional league

[@lotus956]

They need to make a rule change. If you’re transferring you still need to play in the bowl game. It’s tarnishing the bowls even more. Kids are transferring because they’re crying for whatever reason now.

[@sscalercourtney5486]

What does the NFL have that college football doesn't? A draft. A draft to keep every team a possible contender. In college it's the top 20 teams just about every single year. Until there is a college draft.

[@2wheelz3504]

College football has been corrupted for all the reasons mentioned. Who ever heard of a "champion by committee." Transfer portal open before the final game of the season? Who thought of that? Players paid to play while students? At least in the NFL the champion wins because they won. No debate. So many colleges and so many teams. Let the conference championships stand and invite them to compete in the various bowl games. The end.

[@braddavid902]

Trent was so good on tv. I hated to see him leave

[@mothaphoto]

Why the false click bait headline that has nothing to do with the video?

[@DisandDat-ht5os]

I've always enjoyed listening to Dilfer in the past, for the most part. He normally sounds reasonable and good points. Not sure there's a person alive that says Balt won the SB due to him, but he's still considered a SB QB. His credibility has been damaged to some extent however with his repeated incidents of anger out of control. Shoving a high school kid and berating him in front of the entire crowd was pathetic. His behavior this year doing to same thing to his own staff at UAB was as well. Plenty of videos and info on both of these confirms he's got issues. Both cases were very bad looks for him

[@shanelee4840]

The issue is multifaceted. The NCAA has made the game of football, no longer a game of "team". It's now all about "I" and when these players don't get what they want, they cry about it and transfer somewhere else. Now you will see guys coming into the NFL having played for 4-6 different college teams. Therefore its a bigger "gamble" for the NFL teams as they don't see a commitment or dedicated guy who puts "team" first. They other thing is the money machine of bowl games....its over, bowl games mean nothing and it shows. The NCAA needs to completely move to a large playoff scheme, up to 12 teams. All the D1 conference winners put into a lottery to see who they play in a playoff format. NCAAB style. That would be AWESOME, make a ton of money, and bring forth a true national champion.

[@KonaSaint504]

I don't mind NIL but the current transfer portal rules are kinda nutty.

[@theecharmingbilly]

My favorite line is "People forget that one of my best friends is Trent Baalke." 🤣🤣🤣