NCAA Football 2023 Season Megathread

Yo ...you made that up. I said no such thing.

That was an iconic tip away. Up there with Richard Sherman in the Super .... against Harbaugh no less. Interestingly that play came up the other night when a poker dealer sat down looking dead on Sherman. I mentioned that he looked like him, he agreed. When I mentioned the play for the first time in a new way it dawned on me that the play call, seemingly inexplicable and terrible, a fade against Sherman, probably originated with the Sherman/Harbaugh feud and Harbaugh's hard on for the world and anybody who crosses him.

Well, ****
Hat's off to UW, they were the better team.
Penix is nuts. Those deep throws were unreal.
Ewers is so on and off. Was on last two games and bama game, was off for most of tonight.

Hopefully be back in the playoffs next year. Get to play Michigan and Georgia, should be a fun regular season.

I don't really understand the line. That's a bunch of winners and a clinic offense, the Huskies, with Steve Young at the helm. What Steve Young can't overcome is 300 yards rushing and sick pressure on the pocket. That's has to be the Wolverine plan but it doesn't mean they can pull it off effectively. I don't get the line Michigan -200.

I wonder if this post-Covid version of Michigan has played another team that could be described as "Winners with a clinic offense", maybe in the last game of every regular season.

Your QB finishing #2 in the heisman voting can cover a lot of warts.

Damn Washington tried to give that way several times for no reason

4/4 aint bad, nice lil +$2.5k to start the year

Michigan -2 [W]
Washington +4 [W]
Washington ML [W]
Washington O62 [W]

I could see them outgaining Michigan by 100+ yards and still finding a way to lose

I mean yeah, as of next year what Northern teams AREN'T B1G? Syracuse, BC, Cal and Stanford? lmao. Kansas, K-State and Iowa State?

Generational QB

Generational coaching

8-0 in 1-score games

Also, their hit rate was remarkable. Their recruiting rankings were mediocre, but they still have NFL talent on the team:

Rome 4*

Penix 3*

Trice 3*

All are projected first rounders

Fautanu 3*/4*

Polk 3*

McMillan 4*

are like 2-4th rounders

ZTF probably a late rounder

Yeah the surest way to compensate for BCR that's under historical threshold is to just have a 1st round NFL QB, WR, and edge LOL. Having another handful of NFL caliber players doesn't hurt either.

This is amazing when framed this way. Talk about finding diamonds in the rough and coaching them up. Washington has always struck me as a Kansas State type program that’s never going to be shopping in the same high 4*/5* aisles as your Bama/LSU/GA/OSU types.

What you thinking for the title game?

UM -4 seems nice to this CFB casual

Man, what a great night of football. The writers played it pretty obvious this season, giving us CFB's two biggest storylines (Connor Stallions and the Pac's last stand) in the championship, but it was still a great payoff.

I'm being greedy, but if there had ben a way to switch FSU and Oregon so we got Oregon/Georgia and FSU/Liberty instead of two massacres, that would've been even more fun.

If Washington can pull off just one more upset, this is going to be a season for the ages

Ward to the draft? And DJU to FSU a few days ago

What is Ohio State gonna do? Are there even any QBs better than McCord left?

Maiava maybe? McCloud?

2p2 Hero Diego Pavia?

Maybe Malachi Nelson?

I'm almost glad I'm not an Ohio State fan. The level of angst after an 11 win season with incredible 5 year title equity going forward is insane

fanduel has some 2024-25 lines up, but the limits are dust

Fired Ole Miss at 26-1, which seems crazy?

They play 4 cupcakes in the noncon then:

Georgia
Oklahoma
UK
Miss St

at home

and

LSU
Florida
Arkansas
South Carolina

on the road

That seems not horrible? Kiffin is doing his PORTAL KING thing, seems like this team has a great shot to playoff and make some noise

I don't hate Arizona and Utah (if Rising gets his 12th year of eligibility) at 100-1

I'm not sure what I would have done if the last muffed punt went for a safety.

I think at that point the entire Michigan fan base would just realize we're the tortured robots in Westworld and start going on massive drug and crime sprees because nothing matters.

Yeah, insane

Both games were among the most euphoric moments in program history for both teams, and both games were literally inches away form being not only losses, but the most unimaginably devastating losses possible

I think both their schedules are really bad

10 conference games, and going to be tons of solid teams in the 25-50 range that can beat you but you won't get a ton of credit for beating

Going 7-3 against the B12 would be pretty good, and I don't think 9-3 gets you into the playoff

Arizona / K-State and Utah / Baylor should've just broken their games and seen what they could find

WVU will return greene, both stud RBs, and most of their wrs and 3/5 linemen

losing a bunch on defense though

Sched is brutal though, 11 P5 teams plus Albany who made the FCS semis

Penn State at home is a chance for a marquee win though

Wouldn't be surprised to see Clemson back in the mix

they have two marquee games:
n UGA
@ FSU

then a couple solid games:
South Carolina
Louisville
NC State
@ VT

then:
@ Wake
@ Pitt
UVA
Stanford
App State

10-2 seems pretty reasonable