How irritating was it to watch the strongest teams in the college football universe front-load their schedule with non-conference cupcakes year after year? For the first three weeks of the season, high-profile matchups featuring squads like Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of the historically strong Southeastern Conference were sparse.
Want interesting football before conference play takes off? Hold your breath and cross your fingers for a major upset, because the giants of the land prefer to warm up against the serfs of the FCS, Sun Belt, Conference USA, and the like. In a product developed for the viewer, the welfare of the bloated blue-bloods took priority.