It was a terrible college football weekend, nearly all blowouts. Also, even (and especially?) the media outlets whose job it is to hype this sport ended up devolving into open worry over it. ESPN’s College Gameday, located this week at the seat of CFB controversy at LSU, took to discussing Ted Cruz’s Protect College Sports Act, which includes a provision referred to as “The Lane Kiffin Rule,” aimed at stopping coaches from transferring midseason. LSU head coach Kiffin supports the rule that bans his own infamous move. I’m reminded of Stephen Jackson’s praying hands gun tattoo that exists because “I pray I never have to use it again.”
Nick Saban voiced his support of the PCSA, saying that the proposed bill is imperfect but “80 percent good.” Pat McAfee agreed, offering, “I think 80 percent is better than 0 percent because obviously it’s absolute chaos.” The analysts happily hosted Lane Kiffin while simultaneously coalescing around a position that future Kiffins must be stopped. Game Day somehow doubled as a celebration of both firefighting and arsonists. Once again I ask, before attempting to explain: What the hell is happening in college football?