Is this the last season of "normal" college football?
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USA TODAY
4.1 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
College sports are in an existential crisis. And nowhere is that clearer than its biggest cash cow – college football, an essential part of America’s cultural fabric. But now a combination of fragmented leadership and an all-out chase for money, are upending century-old traditions. Meanwhile, neither college athletes nor fans have any say. Where does college football go from here? USA TODAY Sports Columnist Dan Wolken who co-hosts the podcast College Football Fix joins for a special deep-dive to explain.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to Five Things. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:05.9 | Today is Thursday, the 31st of August, 2023, |
| 0:10.2 | and this is a special episode of Five Things. |
| 0:15.6 | College sports are in an existential crisis, |
| 0:18.6 | and nowhere is that clear than its biggest cash cow, |
| 0:21.5 | College Football, an essential part of America's |
| 0:24.2 | cultural fabric. |
| 0:25.6 | But now a combination of fragmented leadership |
| 0:28.4 | and an all-out chase for money |
| 0:30.2 | are upending century-old traditions. |
| 0:32.9 | Meanwhile, neither college athletes |
| 0:34.8 | nor fans have any say. |
| 0:37.5 | Where does College Football go from here? |
| 0:40.0 | USA Today Sports columnist Dan Wolken, |
| 0:42.4 | who co-hosts the podcast College Football Fix, |
| 0:45.3 | now joins me to dig into it. |
| 0:47.6 | Dan, thanks for coming on the podcast. |
| 0:49.4 | Happy to be here, thank you. |
| 0:51.2 | So Dan, week one of College Football |
| 0:53.0 | officially kicks off this weekend |
| 0:54.6 | with a full slate of games after week zero. |
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