Year after year it's the same thing in the NCAA. The schedule is put together by a bunch of uneducated bean counters that don't want us as fans to have too many good matchups, while Alabama seemingly gets a number one ranking before the season even starts. College football has become very predictable in the last decade, and it's taking all the fun out of what are usually good games and exciting teams to watch, including some underdogs every year that surprise us.
Now onto my main issue: Alabama. You can disagree with me all you want and keep mentioning the fact that they were national champions last year, but it won't change my opinion. College football is a money game. As long as Alabama (who, by the way have the RICHEST football program next to Ohio State at around one BILLION dollars annually) continues to pay off everybody, this will keep happening. When a team is good for a few seasons or more, that's fine. When a team stays at the top and never commits any kind of error and can do no wrong, that's a problem. Consider the following:
Alabama almost always gets a weak schedule, full of crap schools that have crap football teams/programs. This season alone, Alabama plays teams like Arkansas State, Ole Miss (who have a good season once in a blue moon), Louisiana (yawn), Tennessee, and The Citadel (are you freaking kidding me?). The only decent team they play all season is LSU, and maybe Auburn (even though I'm not convinced of the Tigers this year). This happens every season. Alabama gets weak as shit opponents, and then we get to hear how 'good' they are. Add to the fact that Nick Saban is an annoying prick who has been caught cheating and scheming (Belichick anyone?) every so often, and it's no wonder a lot of us now believe the NCAA is rigged.
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