After an offseason dominated by discussions of board meetings and television contracts and featuring more than enough uses of the phrase “grant of rights” to last several lifetimes, the 2023 season is finally set to kick off this weekend.
For hardcore fans of the sport, it will likely be the last version that resembles the product we’ve been accustomed to for decades. Realignment will finally remove practically any semblance of regionality, and an expanded College Football Playoff will drastically change the stakes of the regular season.
