Paul DiGangi

College football was my favorite sport growing up and is probably still my favorite sport now. I don’t believe it is controversial to say that the NFL’s on the field product is superior to college football’s. The games are generally more competitive and there is significantly more parity. I mean look at the Seahawks-Rams, Steelers-Lions, and Packers-Bears games we got in just this past week! What made college football great and unique was/is: 1. School pride 2. Unique game-day atmospheres 3. Rivalries 4. Regional pride and play styles 5. Tradition As the NIL era and national super conferences continue to degrade basically all of the bullets I mentioned above, what are we left with? Reskinned NFL with worse quality games. Notre Dame is perhaps single handedly holding college football together. Eventually, I do expect the dam to break and for Notre Dame to join the Big 10. When this happens, the ACC will get picked apart and we will be left with two super conferences (Big 10/SEC = AFC/NFC). All of the morons chanting for Notre Dame to “join a conference” will realize their mistake, but it will be too late. College football will already be a shell of what it once was.