My 2 cents, not that it matters

[Sjslhill]

I have come to the conclusion that college football fans have lost their minds. By the time this season is over at least 30% of the coaches will be fired. I must admit I have been kinda cheerleading the firings but I’m wrong.

keep Stoops until his contract is up unless he wants to leave. Let’s not be an LSU, Oklahoma State or Penn State
LSU is a doomsday situation. Clemson is gonna be the next one. There has been some firings that are justified, Freeze and Napier.

flame suit on

[Jaxcat]

I think it's more the administrations that have lost their minds. Paying outrageously high salaries to HCs, guaranteeing them all of these riches and then firing them when they don't win championships. Wash, rinse, repeat except pay the next HC even more money.

Last time I looked, only one team each year wins a championship. Yes, every job comes with expectations but, at some schools, expectations are way out of whack with reality. Every single season there are maybe 10 schools that will have a chance of winning the championship. In many years, 7 or more of the 10 will be the same names that have had great football for many years: Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, USC, et al. The fortunes of those programs wax and wane but it's extremely rare (and short-lived) when one of these storied programs have more than a year or two of being 'down'. The other 3 can fluctuate from great-but-not-quite-elite programs (LSU, Oregon, Clemson, FSU, et al) to big surprises (IU, Boise, SMU, TCU, et al). But, this arms race with HC and staff salaries plus NIL has fundamentally changed CFB (for the worse, imo) and will lead, eventually, to a much smaller subset of basically semipro teams and everyone else. May take a few years but I think it's coming. In football, I believe UK would be smart to become one of the 'everyone else' and not try to compete with the elite, cash-rich schools. And, if we're in a conference with UofL, Cincy, WVa, IU, IL, MO, Vandy, VA, and similar teams, I'll still watch and support and root just as hard for UK. But, that's just my opinion.

[Pobilly]

The whole money / sports world making college sports as important if not way more important than the Pro sports franchises as there are more college towns than all the sports towns put together. SEC / BIG 10 / ACC / BIG 12 have huge followings and then add in all the smaller group below them and then the smaller group below them all with college town folk following their teams. Then the broadcasters started putting in big money, bigger money and then outrageous money and you have the problem of today.

If this was back in the 50's the coaches that are failing would be canned. There would be no buyouts (or not much of any buyouts) and you would still have your big boys on down.

The problem is greed, greed of money all the way down to fans making their teams their religion and finally seeing the world and all its greed wanting to control it all. Add in the WWW and now we have exploded where we are today. Dont worry one day it all will not matter again for each of us as we lose our tinted glasses and lose our desire to follow the sport as closely as we once did. My dad passed when I was 18 and he was 50. But even at 50 he no longer watched the games with me or my brother. He would get the Herald Leader and read what the writers wrote about the game. That was about it. He had taken off the tinted glasses several years before.

[Matt Dillon]

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Not everyone loses their edge as they get older but that definitely happened to me. I used to be an avid Baltimore (Later Indy) Colts fan, also a Brooklyn (later LA) Dodgers fan as well as a Boston Celtics fan. Beginning in 1954 (at the age of 10) I would follow UK fb and bb no matter whether they were competitive or not. I haven't watched a UK fb game in nearly two seasons simply because it hasn't been entertaining. I haven't watched a pro game of any kind in decades.

[ganner918]

Put all the top teams in the same few conferences together, some of them are gonna take Ls. There are about 10 SEC teams that are disappointed if they aren't in the top 4 and the rest are going to be disappointed to not at least make a bowl game.

[Pobilly]

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Not everyone loses their edge as they get older but that definitely happened to me. I used to be an avid Baltimore (Later Indy) Colts fan, also a Brooklyn (later LA) Dodgers fan as well as a Boston Celtics fan. Beginning in 1954 (at the age of 10) I would follow UK fb and bb no matter whether they were competitive or not. I haven't watched a UK fb game in nearly two seasons simply because it hasn't been entertaining. I haven't watched a pro game of any kind in decades.

I myself am over 60 and stopped following MLB - NBA - NFL. Reds - Steelers (before the first superbowl) - Lakers fan along with UK sports. I have watched football UK a few games this year but usually have on app on laptop while wife and I watch a movie or binge a show. I have the sound off on the game. Basketball my wife knows since Pope is here (not Cal years), I will have the game on. I did watch 2 parts of the world series for the first time in probably 10 years. I have not watched a superbowl in at least 5 years (besides clicking during a commercial to see the score update).

I have lost a ton of my wanting to follow sports. Mainly due to the greed of the major league sports and now college sports.

Last MLB game I went to was 1990 Cincy - Pitt Pennant race. We got our seats for my boss as he was friends with the Reds dugout manager. We sat just a couple rows behind home plate close to the clocking device. Was awesome games. We even went to one of the world series games that year. My wife was 7 months pregnant but we had a blast. Now could really care less.

Hope I always have an edge with UK sports but can feel it slipping. I told my brother last year when we went to a game at Rupp that was going to be my last time in Rupp and said the same thing a month before about Commonwealth. I will catch a baseball game at UK as it is easier on the legs.

[Matt Dillon]

The greed factor hits home with me as well. All the pro players striking was a big turnoff for me.

[Catgrad7072]

77 here y.o.... not class of... LOL.

NIL and the portal have just about broken my 'give a darn' meter. I still watch a little SEC FB and UKBB when convenient.

Several years ago, I finally realized that my life wouldn't change one iota if UK won every game or lost every game. So no, I'm not really invested anymore.