Mostly referring to these first few weeks before conference play begins, but it'll be the case in weeks after that, too. 65+ games and maybe a small handful are both competitive and of any significance whatsoever (and I'm not even talking playoff significance).
Hate to say it, but I really do think these new business-minded conference commissioners have the right idea. There is so much filler. I made the analogy before to the WWF (the one without the panda). Go back and watch a weekly taping from the early 90's, if you can make it through 90% squash matches and one mediocre to half-decent main event. But they eventually figured out that every match can be at least somewhat entertaining and got rid of the mega jobbers. I mean, they still had guys who mostly lost, but they were at least somewhat respected... just as West Virginia (random example), while a bum program, playing Michigan would be a little more palatable than Hawaii playing Michigan.
Not saying we need an elitist super league, but a good start would be no more games against FCS teams and only one (or even two) game(s) allowed against the G5.
Hate to say it, but I really do think these new business-minded conference commissioners have the right idea. There is so much filler. I made the analogy before to the WWF (the one without the panda). Go back and watch a weekly taping from the early 90's, if you can make it through 90% squash matches and one mediocre to half-decent main event. But they eventually figured out that every match can be at least somewhat entertaining and got rid of the mega jobbers. I mean, they still had guys who mostly lost, but they were at least somewhat respected... just as West Virginia (random example), while a bum program, playing Michigan would be a little more palatable than Hawaii playing Michigan.
Not saying we need an elitist super league, but a good start would be no more games against FCS teams and only one (or even two) game(s) allowed against the G5.