This is an opinion piece.

9.7.

That’s not only the score I’d give Burger King’s Angry Whopper on a scale of 10, but it’s also the average margin of victory last season in the NFL. The league’s lowest number in 90 years.

What does that matter in college football?

Well, when we all wondered what NIL rules would mean in college football’s new landscape, it’s becoming evident the game is going the way of NFL-like parity.

Sure, championships are won with star-studded lineups. But they’re also won with deep, talented lineups. The second-stringers who can come and give the starters a break without the quality of player at that position dropping off much at all.