The 2023 season is the final chapter of an era in college football, and it delivered all the on- and off-field drama one could have expected from a sport that keeps us talking 12 months a year despite only having 12 regular-season games in a campaign. We will remember the 2023 season as a true turning point for the sport, because when we return for 2024, nothing will be the same.
We will remember the conference realignment chaos of July and August, watching a 100-year-old league collapse in a matter of days while the Big Ten and Big 12 saw their future membership balloon to 18 schools. The news of the Pac-12 (as we knew it) falling apart reverberated throughout every corner of college athletics, setting the stage for a season that would be packed with angst and anxiety.
We will remember Coach Prime and the wild ride that was Colorado’s first month under Deion Sanders as the focus of the entire sports world turned to the start of the college football season. We will remember all the coaches who used on-field interviews as a chance to shoot their own wrestling promos, from Ryan Day’s call out of Lou Holtz to Dabo Swinney’s stock advice and so much more. We will remember Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan sign-stealing scandal, and how it drew such an intense and varied reaction across both fans and coaches. Depending on how things go for the Wolverines in the College Football Playoff, we may continue to remember that scandal as an extremely pivotal moment in the 2023 season.
Speaking of the CFP, it would take years of advanced hypnosis and therapy to not remember Florida State’s exclusion from the top four, marking the first time the CFP Selection Committee has ever left out an undefeated power conference champion. The bitter taste the news left…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2023-12-09 15:54:55
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