NCAA football 2023

[Phantom]

It’s about time

Breaking: Northwestern has fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald, sources told Pete Thamel on Monday.

https://wgntv.com/sports/northwestern-f ... -says/amp/

[Cheb]

It’s about time

Breaking: Northwestern has fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald, sources told Pete Thamel on Monday.

https://wgntv.com/sports/northwestern-f ... -says/amp/

Well that was only a matter of time.

Also only a matter of time? Northwestern's slip back into irrelevance.

[Snake]

And here I thought Northwestern peeps were a bunch of astronauts.

[BuccaNOLEer]

Either Fitz knew what was going on or he didn't.

If he knew, he obviously allowed it to go on. If he didn't know, he lost control of the program.

Either way, he's gotta go. Both are fireable offenses.

[Phantom]

Coach O to Northwestern?

Splash hire if the rumor is true

[Phantom]

Week 0 | Sat., Aug. 26

Hawaii at Vanderbilt

Navy vs. Notre Dame (Dublin)

San Jose State at USC


So will Notre Dane will win the first game? How good is Navy?

[Snake]

Seems like Army is good for a big upset or near upset every season.

What’s the state of Navy these days? Honestly couldn’t say.

[Buc2]

TBT Matt Baker weighs in on Florida college football.

Setting the bar for Florida, FSU, USF, UCF and Miami

With Big 12 media days behind us, SEC media days ongoing, and ACC and AAC events coming next week, it’s college football talkin’ season. I’m still digesting the preseason magazines sitting next to me, and my Associated Press top 25 ballot has 19 blank slots. While I continue to formulate my final predictions for the fall, here are my initial, reasonable expectations for the state’s five biggest programs:


Florida: Make a bowl game and hold onto a great recruiting class. It’s hard to believe that playing in the Birmingham Bowl would be a successful year at this proud program, but that’s where I see the Gators thanks to a mediocre SEC roster and arguably the toughest schedule in the nation. It’s fair to expect UF to show on-field improvement, even if it only results in a 6-6 regular season. The bigger long-term sign will be whether a middling record weakens a class that sits No. 3 nationally. If Billy Napier can retain those recruits, that will be a great sign for the Gators’ future.


Florida State: Win the ACC and make the College Football Playoff. Considering the Seminoles’ recent struggles, a playoff-or-bust mentality doesn’t seem fair ... but here we are. Playoff or bust. Mike Norvell has had a relatively stable staff and has built a roster that can (and should) win now, especially with Clemson wobbling. Standout quarterback Jordan Travis is in his final season, so this looks like FSU’s window to break through from very good to great.


USF: Improve as the season goes on. Forgive the coaching cliche, but it applies. Even though Alex Golesh turned over half the roster in his first offseason, it’s going to take time to elevate a team that has been among the worst in the country. USF’s last seven games are against Alabama Birmingham, Florida Atlantic, UConn, Memphis, Temple, Texas San Antonio and Charlotte. That’s three AAC newcomers plus two other teams that should be in the bottom third of the country. The Bulls don’t have to win all or any of them, but competitive performances would be an encouraging sign as Golesh works through his first season as a head coach.


Miami: Get a statement victory. Mario Cristobal’s 5-7 first season and the loss to Middle Tennessee raised a lot of doubts in my mind about his ability to manage games and maximize the excellent talent he signs. He’ll have plenty of chances to prove himself this year with marquee matchups against Texas A&M and Clemson, plus North Carolina and Florida State on the road. Let’s see if Cristobal can win one of them. Beating a team with comparable or greater talent will tell me as much, if not more, about Cristobal’s long-term prospects than an uneventful 7-5 or 8-4 season.


UCF: Be competitive as Big 12 rookies. Seven of the conference’s 10 members finished between 3-6 and 6-3 in league play last year, and the conference will probably have a large middle class again this fall. I don’t expect the Knights to have the depth to challenge Texas, Oklahoma or Kansas State for the conference title in Year 1, but UCF can be in the bloated next tier with teams like Baylor, Oklahoma State and Kansas. That’d be a fine Power Five debut.

[Phantom]

Who?

[Phantom]

The Big Ten preseason media poll is in and one thing is crystal clear:

Michigan is expected to dominate.



JJ McCarthy is expected to win the Heisman

[Cheb]

The Big Ten preseason media poll is in and one thing is crystal clear:

Michigan is expected to dominate.



JJ McCarthy is expected to win the Heisman

The former is somewhat expected. The latter? Not sure about that, but he has definite traits and I'm excited to see what he can do this year.

He plays better than his stats imo, and his stats are pretty solid.

[Phantom]

No big deal.. Michigan first 4 opponents are easy win



East Carolina
UNLV
Bowling Green
Rutgers

Breaking: Michigan Football and the NCAA are negotiating a resolution to an investigation into the Wolverines' recruiting practices that would result in a four-game suspension for HC Jim Harbaugh, a source told Pete Thamel.

Harbaugh would serve the suspension to start the season, the source said.

[Phantom]

It’s official!!

Rumors Oregon to follow… not to big 10

[Snake]

PAC 12 collapsing is too funny

[Phantom]

FSU is looking to leave the ACC as soon as possible

If Seminole join SEC, will the Gators leave SEC to join big 10?

[Kress]

Why would they do that?

[Phantom]

[Phantom]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEGINS THIS MONTH!!

[Phantom]

What is your boldest prediction for the 2023 College Football season?

[Snake]

What is your boldest prediction for the 2023 College Football season?

Georgia and Alabama miss the playoffs.

[Phantom]

What is your boldest prediction for the 2023 College Football season?

Georgia and Alabama miss the playoffs.

QFT

[Phantom]

The Big Ten reportedly has started the process of exploring adding Oregon and Washington. The B1G is also looking at possibly adding Cal and Stanford to expand to 20 teams.

The talks are in the early stages and nothing is finalized.

[Kress]

What is your boldest prediction for the 2023 College Football season?

Propelled by their dominating win over Ohio State, a one-loss Wisconsin wins the B1G and gets in.

[Phantom]

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Breaking: The Big Ten is expected to move ahead with formal offer letters for Oregon and Washington, sources tell Pete Thamel.

Sources said a vote by the conference later today is expected to be unanimous.

Your move SEC

[Snake]

PAC is so finished lmao

March…

PAC-12 is fucked.

ASU, UA, and Utah join Big 12.

Oregon and Washington to B1G.

[Phantom]

Got it cover Snake

Breaking: The Big Ten is expected to move ahead with formal offer letters for Oregon and Washington, sources tell Pete Thamel.

Sources said a vote by the conference later today is expected to be unanimous.

Your move SEC

[Phantom]

The way the SEC media deal is done, the SEC only gets more money by adding new markets so Clemson and FSU are worthless to the SEC

UNC,NC State, Virginia, Kansas..

[Phantom]

ACC presidents were scheduled to meet tonight to further discuss the league’s latest expansion plan,

[Phantom]

[Cheb]

Taking a look at it should be smart, for sure.

Not sure how I'd redo the playoffs with all this realignment stuff. I've advocated for years that all the Power-5 conference winners should get automatic playoff bids with three spots available at large for a total of eight teams, but these days I don't know.

[Kona]

Taking a look at it should be smart, for sure.

Not sure how I'd redo the playoffs with all this realignment stuff. I've advocated for years that all the Power-5 conference winners should get automatic playoff bids with three spots available at large for a total of eight teams, but these days I don't know.

Agreed. Can still do it with the 4 winners of SEC/B1G/ACC/Big12 and top 4 at large. But if the ACC dissolves and we have 3 twenty something team conferences, then just do top 8.

[Kress]

The way the SEC media deal is done, the SEC only gets more money by adding new markets so Clemson and FSU are worthless to the SEC

Is that determined by market territory or by measure of new market share? Because US and FSU share a lot of territory, but nobody in an FSU house is watching UF games, and vice versa. The same with USC/Clemson. And with today's society, fanbases are so wonky anyway. People graduate and spread out, so, for example, I know Clemson has an oddly large following in the pacific northwest. No clue why, I've just read about it somewhere before.

[Phantom]

Coaches preseason poll

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Alabama
4 Ohio State
5 LSU
6 USC
7 Penn State
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Tennessee
11 Washington
12 Texas
13 Notre Dame
14 Utah
15 Oregon
16 TCU
17 Kansas State
18 Oregon State
19 Oklahoma
20 North Carolina
21 Wisconsin
22 Ole Miss
23 Tulane
24 Texas Tech
25 Texas A&M

[Buc2]

Coaches preseason poll

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Alabama
4 Ohio State
5 LSU
6 USC
7 Penn State
8 Florida State
9 Clemson
10 Tennessee
11 Washington
12 Texas
13 Notre Dame
14 Utah
15 Oregon
16 TCU
17 Kansas State
18 Oregon State
19 Oklahoma
20 North Carolina
21 Wisconsin
22 Ole Miss
23 Tulane
24 Texas Tech
25 Texas A&M

So, other than Notre Dame (of course) and Tulane, they don't see any other schools outside of the Power 5 being ranked?