Oklahoma State HC Mike Gundy Makes Prediction About Future of College Football

The state of college football has rapidly changed over the last few years. With the transfer portal feeling more like some sort of a pro-style free agency with looser restrictions and conference realignment changing the trajectory of each Power Five conference, the sport is headed in a different direction.

These additions and subtractions to conferences are money-based and that's not been a secret from the beginning. Oklahoma and Texas got more money by taking off to the SEC from the Big 12 -- same for USC and UCLA for going to the Big Ten. 

So, how will the game of college football continue to change over time? Mike Gundy offered a prediction last week during his press conference. 

“We’re gonna go to a subdivision,” Gundy said. “We’re gonna go to 30 teams or 40 teams that are controlling the market and television money, and those schools will be the ones that run college athletics based on football. And then there will be another group that plays."

The Power Five programs are the true money makers across the sport. They're also the teams continually competing for National Championships and providing the most talented teams to the playoffs. 

"That’s what’s gonna happen. It’s just a matter of time now because I don’t think it’s within reach and will be stable financially for schools to maintain the level of the direction we’re going right now,” Gundy continued.

Conference realignment and the transfer portal have changed plenty of things around the sport, but parity will continue to be a big thing across the sport as not even blue bloods are able to retain their talented players with all of the changes.

Money is going to continue and be a discussion across the sport and will be a driving factor as to where the game continues to go. 

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