What up! What up! WAZZZZZUP!!!! It is past time for PaS time! Man, it’s like I’ve been in hibernation or something leading up to one of the most important football seasons ever. Yeah, you guessed it; it’s important because it’s the inaugural season of PaS! Let’s get to it…
The CFB! Week zero! Or is it week 1? I don’t know, and they don’t either. What I do know is that if this is week 1, some teams will play 2 games during the “week”. The way things have evolved in the world of college football in the last couple of years, we shouldn’t be surprised of the redefining of any associated terms. The CFB, not to be confused with The CMB (although NIL would sho-nuff have Nino Brown’s attention), is on the verge of becoming the new, more legitimate XFL/USFL. I bet if The Rock and Brian Woods knew NIL was going to fly like it has, they may have not started their respective leagues. Athletes are getting paid in what is already a multi-billion dollar business that the public salivates after. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been counting down the days to the start of the season. I’ve been searching the net for nuggets of my favorite team and checking out the conference/division. The anticipation is unreal, with a rabid fan base of legit supporters. Truth be told, we are witnessing the emergence of the wealthiest minor league system in the history of sport! Wow!
Take a good look at the landscape of college athletics, and while you do, you might want to take a picture or a few notes. What you currently see is going to look totally different starting next year. Powerhouse conferences like the SEC and Big10 will become super conferences with contract magnetism that will rival their NFL big brother. Outliers like the ACC and Pac12 (10..8..?) will be scrapping over the remains in an attempt to retain their seat at that precious table. The NCAA is already trying to reinvent themselves before it’s too late – and it already is. The playoff committee will probably eventually evolve into a true governing body of the CFB. Let’s just face it, there is change on the horizon. NIL set in motion a locomotive on the level of Unstoppable, and there’s no Denzel or Chris Pine around to stop it.
With all that said, what should we do? What we always do – enjoy the season! Is Georgia on a dynasty run, or were they just the typical SEC stand-in? Will Bama be Bama again this year? And what should we expect from Texas A&M now that their boosters are the Jerry Jones of the CFB? What about Clemson? Are they just back to pulling a Clemson? Can Ohio State put the “The” back in front of their name? Does USC even exist this year, or should we wait until they are in the Big10? And why the heck do we still call it the Big10? Same with the Big12, but should we change the 12 or remove the Big? Is there a this year’s Cincinnati out there looking to crack the vaunted end of season top 4?
Lots of questions. The season has the answers. And so it begins. For now, we are held captive by Nebraska and Northwestern. This game is a microcosm of the weirdness we are experiencing in the world of college football. Why the heck are they playing a conference matchup, a division game at that, on zero week? Somebody tell Nino, they got the Carter!