As you realize the college sports you grew up with doesn’t exist anymore, it hits you that it may have all been a facade.
The reason these teams below existed was largely to players being exploited with no ability to make money & punished for transferring.
NIL introduced….cream rises to the top. In 2012 a guy who fell through the cracks in recruiting would spend 4 years at a mid major and develop there…not anymore. 80% of those players trickle up to make the major conference teams that were losing in 2008 better in 2026.
College sports was prob better in 2010 but it was due to a model that unequivocally ripped off athletes.
I am open to being wrong here, but the game has changed forever and what we watched years ago was fake.
Michigan alum Jalen Rose trolls Ohio State after getting knocked out by TCU.
"It's only right that they're the second best basketball program in their own state. Why don't we just call Miami THE Miami University?"
I feel like you can physically see Aaron Judge’s body freeze up in big moments. I wouldn’t wish being a Yankee fan on my worst enemy. Must be infuriating