Titles by Bill Connelly

College football in 2025 would look unrecognizable to a fan, player, or coach from even the recent past. Between massive influxes of television money, dramatic conference realignments, a restructuring of how the game crowns its national champion, and even a full revision of what it means to be an &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; athlete, America&rsquo;s most popular sport is rupturing, evolving, destroying itself, or getting with the times&mdash;depending who you ask.<br /><br />And the dramatic changes won&rsquo;t be stopping any time soon. A complex media landscape, a transfer portal and endorsement money for players, and coaches carrying themselves like branded celebrities unto themselves are just a few reasons why the game will continue transform at a breakneck pace. &nbsp;<br /><br /><em>Forward Progress </em>is the definitive and most comprehensive examination of how we got to this wild era in college football and what&rsquo;s in store for the game&rsquo;s future. Rather than offer easy or trite predictions about the game&rsquo;s future, renowned sports-data journalist Bill Connelly examines the crucial factors and forces that will drive these changes, showing fans how factors like influxes of private capital or a shift toward actually paying the game&rsquo;s players the money they are worth could lead college football in new directions.<br /><br />Travelling from the pivotal 2006 Rose Bowl&mdash;a game so loaded with stars and money it felt silly calling any part of it &ldquo;collegiate&rdquo;&mdash;to the present day, Connelly&#39;s compelling storytelling and&nbsp;trademark data distillations illuminate the many moving parts that compose this shifting landscape.<br /><br /><strong>The result is a&nbsp;cinematic celebration of college football&rsquo;s exploding influence and a rigorous look at how and why the sport may look totally new once again</strong>