2023 College Football. The Year We Needed 8 Teams***Official Discussion***

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Pliny Pete]

Go Blue

 

[Corona]

Jacaleb vs Mcgoathrey national championship is looming

 

[Marce Porter]

Since they had to drop Oklahoma, Georgia has, by far, the softest schedule of any top 15 team.

Ohio State probably has the toughest road schedule of the top teams. They have to go into Notre Shame, Michigan, and Wiscansin.

Utah’s schedule is surprisingly loaded too and 11 of their 12 opponents are from the Power 5.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Irish in the top 5 incoming..

 

[Spounman]

Navy might be the worst team I've ever seen. 0 passing yards 3/4 of the game over. Who pays these QB & WR coaches? What a joke.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Down 42 points and you kick a field goal. Only in Football...

 

[ferrisjso]

Down 42 points and you kick a field goal. Only in Football...

4th quarter and they wanted to avoid the shutout.

 

[rocketskates]

Hawaii vs Vanderbilt may be the strangest game I’ve heard of in awhile

 

[Marce Porter]

Hope Notre Dung is ranked in the top 10 heading into the Ohio State match. Will be fun to see ND get their poo pushed in by OSU

 

[Poon Goon]

Never really hated Tebow before, but goddamn he is pretty annoying on the netflix show. Always whispering and trying to sound profound. Goes from being inspiring to just a fucking weirdo real quick.

 

[heavyarms21]

As you can clearly see the USC defense will help Caleb Williams because he will have to score a shit ton of points to make up for how shitty they are on D.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

As you can clearly see the USC defense will help Caldb Williams because he will have to score a shit ton of points to make up for how shitty they are on D.

It worked for Reggie Bush and USC having to come back from 30 points ... and the fact the Heisman Committee is a joke.

 

[My Spot]

 

[ralphc1]

Since they had to drop Oklahoma, Georgia has, by far, the softest schedule of any top 15 team.

Ohio State probably has the toughest road schedule of the top teams. They have to go into Notre Shame, Michigan, and Wiscansin.

Utah’s schedule is surprisingly loaded too and 11 of their 12 opponents are from the Power 5.

I'm not expecting much from Wisconsin this season even though they have a relatively easy schedule. Somehow they are ranked 19, probably because they hired Luke Fickell. I suspect Fickell will, like Gary Anderson, bail out as soon as he figures out that Wisconsin expects all students, including football players, to meet their high academic standards and don't have the cupcake classes to allow them to maintain GPA.

 

[My Spot]

Wisconsin expects all students, including football players, to meet their high academic standards and don't have the cupcake classes to allow them to maintain GPA.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (50 first-place votes)
Best case: A third straight national championship. Georgia would become the first FBS program in the modern era to win three straight national titles. Minnesota was the last team to do it in 1934, 1935 and 1936. Yes, Georgia's nonconference schedule is especially soft after the SEC ordered the Bulldogs to cancel a home-and-home series against Oklahoma, which is joining the conference next year. The Bulldogs replaced the Sooners with Ball State. They'll also play FCS opponent UT Martin, UAB and struggling Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs play South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri and Ole Miss at home. They'll play only three true SEC road games -- at Auburn, Vanderbilt and Tennessee -- and will face Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Georgia will be heavy favorites in every game it plays. If Carson Beck steps in and plays well at quarterback, the offense should be explosive. The defense has to replace a number of key contributors again, but four of the top five tacklers are back in Smael Mondon Jr., Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Malaki Starks and Javon Bullard.

Worst case: Two losses? For the schedule reasons stated above, it's difficult to imagine the Bulldogs losing twice in the regular season. If we're talking lowest floor, then Beck would have to struggle in his first season as a starter and Georgia's running game would have to be less productive. Beck will benefit from having what might be the deepest receiver corps in school history after the Bulldogs added Missouri transfer Dominic Lovett and Mississippi State transfer Rara Thomas. All-America tight end Brock Bowers and receiver Ladd McConkey are back as well. Maybe Georgia slips up against Ole Miss at home and then falls at Tennessee on Nov. 18. Probably not. Losing at Tennessee and then falling to Alabama or LSU in the SEC championship is probably a more plausible scenario. If Georgia finishes unbeaten in the regular season and falls in the SEC championship game, will it get the benefit of doubt from the CFP selection committee? Or will its nonconference schedule keep it out of another playoff? -- Mark Schlabach

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ollege-football-preseason-2023-power-rankings

 

[My Spot]

Really sad what's happened with Arik Gilbert. @PhilCam

 

[SoCalprodigy09]

Finally got to see the USC game last night. The defense wasn't great but overall the starters only gave up 21 points. 1 TD came from blown coverage on a short field, the other came on the SJSU WR making a great play. Would like to see better LB play, especially against the run. Really liked the front 4 though. Too early for me to get the pitchfork for Grinch.

Branch is the truth. Haven't seen that at USC since Adoree.