BOWL SEASON OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2023
CONSISTENCY AMONGST CHANGE As College Football Rapidly Evolves, Bowl Season Remains a Vital Component to the Sport’s Postseason By KEVIN McNAMARA
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o, college football fans, what’s new as this 2023 season kicks off? What’s not new? How about some splashy new additions
to several major conferences, from the Big 12,
How about when the forces that are shifting the tides in college football intersect? So Cincinnati, which has roared through the American and into major bowl games the last few years, is jumping
to the American, to
to the Big 12. The
Conference USA. If
Bearcats also welcome
you can’t tell which
a new coach in Scott
conference is home to
Satterfield, who leaves
Central Florida, Rice or
Louisville. He replaces
Liberty, join the party.
Luke Fickell, who
Then there’s free
jumped to Wisconsin.
agency, or the transfer
Got all that?
portal. Yes, the Sam
Maybe that’s the
Hartman who starred
defining quality
and put up record
of college football
numbers in the ACC at
these days. Change
Wake Forest is the same gun-slinger now at Notre Dame. Don’t know what a Bear Alexander
Sam Hartman breaks the ACC career TD passing record in Wake Forest’s 27-17 win over Missouri in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
is everywhere, from conference realignment and TV network affiliation to Name-
is? The defensive lineman jumped from national
Image-Likeness and the growth of the College
champion Georgia to Southern Cal. Let’s just say the
Football Playoff. It’s best to embrace the changes
portal is good for game day program sales.
because more is seemingly around the corner. BOWL SEASON | September 2023
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