As a diehard Georgia fan, I can say with full honesty — they don’t. Last year I watched UGA lose to Ole Miss. Their fans stormed the field, and I didn’t feel that pit in my stomach I would’ve felt 5–10 years ago. Why? Because with a 12-team playoff, we all knew it didn’t really matter. UGA could lose one or two more and still be in. The stakes weren’t the same. The regular season used to feel like life or death — every Saturday could end your season. That’s what made it electric.
Now? It feels like a warm-up for the playoff bracket.
And then there’s the roster turnover. I help run recruiting for a high school program. I spend hours helping kids get offers, build relationships with coaches, and navigate a system that’s gotten more chaotic every year. When 20–30% of a college roster is new every year — not due to graduation, but because of portal movement — how can fans build any real connection with the players? You used to know a team’s core. Now you just hope your guys didn’t hit the portal after spring ball.
Conference realignment has made it worse. When USC is playing Rutgers in the same conference, what are we even doing? Rivalries are getting shoved aside. Geography doesn’t matter. Tradition is being sold off for short-term media deals.
I still love college football. I still plan my Saturdays around it. But the magic has dulled. The pageantry is still there, the bands still play, and the stadiums still roar — but deep down, fans know something’s off. It’s ok to admit that. It doesn’t make us less loyal. It just means we know what we’ve lost.
Stetson Bennett being left off this list is a joke, especially with Matthew Stafford being on it.
Individual Awards:
Stafford:
SEC Freshman of the Week
Bennett:
The Manning Award
The Burlsworth Trophy
2x SEC Player of the Week
4x College Football Playoff Offensive MVP (Including 2 National Championship Games)
So how is Stafford on the list, but Bennett isn't?
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"I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history...."
Tate Ratledge is a OG prospect in the 2025 draft class. He scored an unofficial 9.98 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 4 out of 1592 OG from 1987 to 2025.
Splits projected, times unofficial.
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If you watch the full Trump-Zelensky press conference, it is very clear that Zelensky, not Trump or Vance, became the antagonist. Both POTUS and VP were very respectful and cordial until Zelensky very publicly ignited a firestorm.
It all starts at 40:30
1) Zelensky essentially rejects how VP described the mandate of POTUS to conduct foreign affairs, and he insinuates that Trump term one did nothing to stop Putin.
2) He then basically tells Vance that his ideas are faulty and that the administration's diplomacy won't work.
These two comments are *deliberately antagonistic.* Everything was all well and good, but Zelensky took two major shots in a public forum, and they had to respond. And respond they did.
Recall, this is the guy who interfered in our electoral politics and called VP "too radical," and bashed Trump in an interview with New York Mag weeks before the election.
Zelensky is ENTIRELY at fault here. 100%.