STATE COLLEGE -- On one of the darkest nights in the history of College  football, Dan Williams shed some light on the root of the problem.

"The money and greed of the CCFFL. Does that have an effect on our competitive nature? Yeah, you can write that,'' Dan said.

The College team lost again late Saturday night, losing 69-48 to Palmetto State University dropping the Students to 1-4 and their worst start in league history.

Many of the College players were in the lobby of their hotel with their bags packed hour after the loss to PSU, eager to get out of town as quickly as possible and put this monumental failure behind them.

"I still think we're the best, the model for the league, but people are catching up. They beat us, and they beat us bad. We have to tip our hat to them,'' Dan said.

There will be much debate in the College football community in the upcoming months about how to correct the problem.

The problem, however, might have deeper roots than any quick fix can repair.

Gone are the private jets and Escalades for the Students during there glory days. Pictured here are the Students traveling to a recent away game versus Slacker University.

Football purists at College have been complaining for years about the programs big pimping style and decreased emphasis on fundamentals.

In short, after winning two titles College became complacent, believing in the invincibility of College football. Gone were the two a day practices, the puke bins on the practice field and the strict 8:00 curfews. In their place were gourmet meals, VIP passes to the Gold Club and beer... lots of it. But as the results on the field have diminished, so has the support of the free spending boosters. Once wealthy enough to buy large south pacific islands, the College athletic program now must beg and borrow to scrap together plane fair for the away games.

While the money is gone, the College name is still strong enough to draw in some of the nations top talent. In Chris Simms, Willis McGahee, Roy Williams and Andre Johnson, College boasts some of the marqee players in the CCFFL. But these pieces don't always fit together, and the Students have failed on more than one night to play as a functioning, cohesive unit. Combined, these factors equal vulnerability on any given night.

"I personally think some of the other teams in the league are giving recruits better cars then we are,'' Williams said. "There's no question in my mind the Escalades attract the top quality talent to other schools.''

"This is a good experience (for the Students) to establish what happens when you lose, and to analyze it, because the league is changing,'' PSU AD Charlie Tisdale said.