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At what point is Alabama vs Clemson bad for CFB?

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Last week I saw the question of Alabama vs Clemson facing off in the National Championship tournament for a fourth consecutive time discussed on ESPN, with the general assessment that it was a good thing. This was a question posted on Canespace, and I’ll ask it here...if four straight years is a good thing...how many more years would make it a bad thing? Would it still be good if Alabama and Clemson faced off ten consecutive times, with Alabama winning eight? How about twenty? Or thirty? Or fifty years?

At what point Is it mentioned that this instead might point to a lopsided imbalance that is not just driven by “great coaching”?
 
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It's bad now. The tickets are dirt cheap for this large of an event, and they can't even sell them. I guess part could be to where it is located this year, but I just think people are over it. ESPN/ABC love it and push it because their darling the SEC is there every time, but they have to justify their 2billion dollar investment somehow.
 
If ESPN ever loses the SEC (and I’ve read reports that their rapidly dwindling subscriber base will make their ability to bid highly on rights fees in the future questionable, with Apple and Amazon being more likely destinations), might they then begin to do some critical reporting on sacred cows like Alabama or Lebron?
 
If Bama blows them out to go 3-1 in the head to head, there isn't going to be much to sell another one of these games in the immediate future. Sadly though I don't think there's much hope out there. It's UGA, Bama, Clemson and that's it for the next couple of years.
 
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305407cane said:
It’s definitely not quite as exciting leading up to the game that’s for sure. But we can’t complain. Gotta beat em simple as that
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They've been beat.

Clemson lost to Pitt in 2016
Bama lost to Auburn in 2017

They still weasel their way in there. Part of what makes this so frustratingly boring.

/they're obviously the top 2 programs
 
I could give two ***** about conference "pride" and that gheyness BUT there is a net positive overall if Clemson can beat Baga. Every ***** in their armour and mystique brings us one day closer to Sabag getting the Paterno & Bowden treatment.

Other than that, eff this matchup. Hilarious that neither of these fanbases that get sooooooo much love and respect from da media are traveling well for this game. I don't care about the distance or cost either. When you claim "it just means more" and pencil yourselves into the championship game before the season starts then you have no excuse.
 
GojiraCane said:
Last week I saw the question of Alabama vs Clemson facing off in the National Championship tournament for a fourth consecutive time discussed on ESPN, with the general assessment that it was a good thing. This was a question posted on Canespace, and I’ll ask it here...if four straight years is a good thing...how many more years would make it a bad thing? Would it still be good if Alabama and Clemson faced off ten consecutive times, with Alabama winning eight? How about twenty? Or thirty? Or fifty years?

At what point Is it mentioned that this instead might point to a lopsided imbalance that is not just driven by “great coaching”?
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At what point was Miami ND bad for CFB? At what Point was Miami FSU bad for CFB?

These sorts of questions are absurd. The best two teams playing each other is what sports is about.
 
It’s already bad. No one else has hope going into the season. Reminds me of the nba last year or European soccer (my favorite sport) where there’s 1-2 teams, the ones that spent the most money (sound familiar?), competing for the chip
 
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With Alabama, let’s assume that Saban stays another ten years, and that enhanced recruiting and other conditions remain the same. It’s quite reasonable to assume that the Crimson Tide will at the very least qualify for the next ten national championship tournaments, and would likely win at least seven. It goes beyond a dynasty then, and just becomes boring and kills off interest - as well as a lot of coaching careers in the SEC.

A comparable situation would be the AFC East...the Patriots have won 15 out of 17 AFC East titles. Their success led to a tremendous amount of coaching turnover with the other three AFC East teams, and gradually declining interest in the fan bases of the Dolphins, Jets, and Bills as their organizations have proven incapable in the last two decades to topple New England.
 
Ethnicsands said:
At what point was Miami ND bad for CFB? At what Point was Miami FSU bad for CFB?

These sorts of questions are absurd. The best two teams playing each other is what sports is about.
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None of us thought Miami vs ND or Miami vs FSU was bad for CFB...because we're Miami fans!!!

That's the point.

No one outside of Bama fans or Clemson fans is interested in this anymore. Fans of those two teams love it. The other 99% of the country is over it.
 
Ethnicsands said:
At what point was Miami ND bad for CFB? At what Point was Miami FSU bad for CFB?

These sorts of questions are absurd. The best two teams playing each other is what sports is about.
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I get your point. Miami played for a lot of championships in a ten year period. But with Alabama and the evolution in recruiting and college spending, it is at the point where I can see the same level of dominance easily going on indefinitely. With Miami, they went through three coaches between 83-92 and by the 1991 season you could tell things were beginning to slip a bit. There is no sign that Alabama is in decline...if anything they are only getting stronger.
 
Now!!!!! Once it becomes predictable, like it is now, it is bad for CFB. Btw these two teams will meet in the semi-final or final for the next 2 or 3 years.
 
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