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Week 0 of the 2022-2023 season kicks off on Saturday, August 27th with a few high-power matchups. Vanderbilt going to the Islands to take on Hawai'i, Nebraska vs Northwestern in an International Game in Dublin, Ireland, Wyoming taking on Illinois, and one of the Battles of Texas in North Texas at U. of Texas at El Paso.
Week 1 starts with the high-powered Alabama Crimson Tide taking on the Utah State Aggies and the Louisville Cardinals taking on the Syracuse Orange on Saturday. It continues Sunday with the LSU Tigers taking on the Florida State Seminoles and then the Clemson Tigers taking on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Lots of news in the offseason. Some things to keep in mind as the season goes along:
- How have the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rules affected Football so far after its acceptance?
- With UCLA and USC officially leaving the Pac-12 and joining the Big 10 by 2024, how will their last few years in the Pac-12 play out?
- Arch Manning giving a Verbal Commitment to the Texas Longhorns, how does that affect other D-1 schools and their recruitment efforts throughout this season?
1. I think the NIL Rules have not affected things that much if any at all. Although, with only one season in the books for these rules, we will see how things will change for this season if they adapt any more than they already have, or if things get better.
2. Wow, some new news hit this off-season, didn't it? Last year it was the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners jumping ship from the Big 12 to the SEC, now this year it's the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans jumping ship from the Pac-12 to the Big10. Are we seeing the start of another major reorganization in College Football?
3. And now, we have the big news out of Louisiana. Arch Manning, the grandson of Archie Manning, Son of Cooper, and Nephew of Eli and Peyton, has verbally committed to playing with the Texas Longhorns after he graduates High School at the end of the 2022-2023 season. How will this affect recruiting throughout the season? Will other teams, such as the Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, THe Ohio State Buckeyes, or other high-powered teams in their recruitment efforts? Will they double their efforts, or stay on the path?
What's your take, college football fans? What bold predictions do you have for this season? Will the Georgia Bulldogs repeat? Will Alabama finally take back the crown? With Ohio State shock everyone? Or will some other unknown upstart team come in out of nowhere and lift the FBS National Championship Trophy high into the air on January 9th, 2023? Who do you have?