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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Ok-Elk9512 on 2025-10-15 18:13:56+00:00.
Let’s say a couple rich people wanna troll CFB (which is tribal) and bankroll a tiny FBS school (like Middle Tennessee, Akron, Tulsa etc) for a few years. Could they pull it off and win a title?
Idea:
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offer 3x the total NIL of any school
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hire a respectful coach away
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announce to world 2 years before that you will be bankrolling the program so every recruit and coach is on alert and can prepare to sign up
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do it for only a few years (3-4 years) and then end the experiment. No investment in facilities, just players and coaches
Could they pull it off or would top players and coaches he skeptical? And if they did, would it brake the psyche of CFB (imagine if Akron steamrolled OSU in the CFP 45-10 and destroyed any image OSU fans of their program being special / elite / different). In other words money just destroys any “culture” or “tradition.”
I just go back to CFB is tribal in nature and something as insane as this scenario would make it very evident the tip toeing the sport is in between tradition and money.