2023 season

Pages in History from July 2023 to June 2024, oldest first.

A football season runs from July to June, so a January bowl game or a spring rule change sits with the season before it.

Every game The 2023 season, game by game

Each dot is a page. The space between dots is drawn to the real calendar.

1. Jul 27, 2023Colorado returns to the Big 12
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   Deion Sanders, Colorado head football coach

   This move is a game changer, and we plan on changing the game.

2. Aug 4, 2023Oregon and Washington go to the Big Ten, and the Pac-12 answers the same day
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   Kirk Schulz and Pat Chun, Washington State president and athletic director

   While we had hoped that our membership would remain together, this outcome was always a possibility, and we have been working diligently to determine what is next for Washington State athletics.

3. Aug 4, 2023Arizona, Arizona State and Utah leave the Pac-12 for the Big 12
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   Kirk Schulz and Pat Chun, Washington State president and athletic director

   While we had hoped that our membership would remain together, this outcome was always a possibility, and we have been working diligently to determine what is next for Washington State athletics.

4. Sep 1, 2023Stanford, Cal and SMU join the ACC over objections from inside the league
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   Michael Alford, Florida State athletic director

   All three schools are outstanding academic and athletic institutions, and our vote against expansion does not reflect on their quality, …

5. Oct 7, 2023Oklahoma 34, Texas 30
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   Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma quarterback

   The rest is history …

6. Oct 13, 2023Stanford rallies from 29 points down to beat Colorado in double overtime
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   Troy Taylor, Stanford head coach

   It’s a special game for these guys to be down 29-nothing against a really good football team and just not quit …

7. Oct 14, 2023Washington beats Oregon on a late touchdown pass, and Oregon’s coach says the loss was on him
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   Dan Lanning, Oregon head coach

   This game’s 100% on me. I don’t think you guys have to look anywhere else but me …

8. Oct 21, 2023Utah 34, USC 32
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   Kyle Whittingham, Utah head coach

   But we’ve got ourselves a pig farmer at quarterback, and we’re proud of that guy, too. What a warrior he is.

9. Nov 12, 2023Texas A&M fires head coach Jimbo Fisher a day after beating Mississippi State
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   Ross Bjork, Texas A&M athletic director

   The assessment that I delivered was that we are not reaching our full potential …

10. Nov 14, 2023A judge puts Oregon State and Washington State in control of the Pac-12 board
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    Gary Libey, Whitman County Superior Court judge

    Oregon State and Washington State will be the sole members of the board

11. Nov 25, 2023Alabama beats Auburn on a touchdown pass on fourth-and-31
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    Nick Saban, Alabama head coach

    We’ve been on both sides of the good fortune and the misfortune, and I’ve gotta admit, we had good fortune

12. Dec 22, 2023Florida State sues the ACC over its agreement to stay in the league
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    Peter Collins, Florida State Board of Trustees chairman

    Today we’ve reached a crossroad in our relationship with the ACC

13. Jan 8, 2024Michigan beats Washington for the national title, and its coach calls it a glorious feeling
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    Jim Harbaugh, Michigan head coach

    It’s just such a glorious feeling. I really don’t have any more words than that

14. Jan 10, 2024Saban retires; Alabama hires DeBoer
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    Nick Saban, Alabama head coach

    It is not just about how many games we won and lost, but it’s about the legacy and how we went about it.

15. Jan 24, 2024Jim Harbaugh leaves Michigan for the Los Angeles Chargers after winning the national title
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    Jim Harbaugh, Chargers head coach

    There’s no Lombardi Trophy in college football. I got so many sands left in the hourglass and I want to take a crack at that.

16. Feb 23, 2024A federal judge issues a preliminary injunction against the NCAA’s NIL recruiting rules in a suit by Tennessee and Virginia
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    Charlie Baker, NCAA president

    I think in the end, we are going to need Congress to do something …

17. May 23, 2024House v. NCAA: from an agreed settlement to a judge’s approval over objections
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    Judge Claudia Wilken, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of California

    We are not adjudicating if it is an antitrust violation ... We are adjudicating whether it is a proper balance of risks and rewards …

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