College Football Has a Big Scheduling Problem

Paul Dalen2019 was the year I stopped being a college football fan. It wasn’t a sudden decision, more of slow drifting apart. College football and I just have irreconcilable differences. There’s no animosity, and I certainly wish it well in the future. But the fire is gone.

Here’s what happened.

College football isn’t very interesting anymore. It’s fun sometimes, and every so often you get a game like the Kick Six Iron Bowl or the 2005 Rose Bowl, but far too often this year I looked at the slate of games and, other than the Nebraska game, couldn’t find a single one that was more important to me than spending time with my kids, building stuff in my garage, riding my bike or doing just about…