Episode 150: The 2023 College Football Season Preview!
The 154th college football season kicks off August 26th and concludes December 9th with the National Championship game to be played on January 8th in Houston, Texas. Georgia is the defending back-to-back champion and preseason AP #1 ranked team heading into the year. Bowl Mania will consist of forty-three bowl games and we will get you up to speed on all the conference realignments and big games to watch for! Heisman hopefuls and College Football Semifinal predictions too!
House Cleaning Items To Note:
Northwestern’s former Head Coach, Pat Fitzgerald fired July 10th for hazing allegations
First year for CBS’s Big Ten TV deal which also included NBC and Fox
10th and final year of four team college football playoff; Expanding to 12 teams next year
Conference Realignment:
Sam Houston and Jacksonville State making their D1 FBS debut in Conference USA
Liberty and New Mexico State also joined Conference USA this season
Six Conference USA schools joining the American Athletic Conference
Cincinnati, Houston and UCF left the American Athletic Conference and will begin their BIG 12 Conference play this season. BYU also joined the BIG 12 Conference this season too.
This will be the final season for Texas and Oklahoma in the BIG 12 as they bolt to the SEC
Almost all of the PAC 12 will be leaving after this season too, due to no media contract
With conference realignment everchanging and more to come in 2024, we’ll save that for next year’s preview.
GAMES
Week 0 Kickoff Game to Note:
Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland: Navy v. Notre Dame
Week 1 Kickoff Game to Note:
Duke’s Mayo Classic: South Carolina v. North Carolina
Biggest Games of the Season
September 3rd – LSU v. Florida State
September 9th – Texas v. Alabama
September 23rd – Ohio State v. Notre Dame
September 23rd – Florida State v. Clemson
October 14th – Oregon v. Washington
October 21st – Penn State v. Ohio State
November 4th – LSU v. Alabama
November 11th – USC v. Oregon
Final Four Semifinal Teams: Who will be this season’s TCU?
LSU
USC
Texas Quinn Ewers QB
Ohio State
LSU defeats Ohio State
Clemson
Tennessee
Oregon
Heisman Hopefuls
Caleb Williams, USC QB 4,537 yards 42 TD 8 INT
Drake Maye, UNC QB 4,321 yards 38 TD
Blake Corum, Michigan RB 1,463 yards 18 TD 8 straight 100 yard games
Bo Nix, Oregon QB 3,593 yards 29 TD
Jayden Daniels, LSU QB 3,798 yards 28 TD 800 rush yards
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