YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2022-23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON - Saturdays are for football, friends and food - Last Night's Game
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YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2022-23
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SEASON
Saturdays are for football,
friends and food.
Say sayonara to summer and hello to the fall and college football season.
CONVERSATION STARTERS
Well this is awkward. Major programs like Oklahoma, Texas, USC and UCLA have
announced they are leaving their conferences, but not for a few years.
Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) has changed the landscape of college sports since being
announced last year. Restaurant chain Hooters signed 51 offensive linemen. Plenty of
players are making money but none like Alabama quarterback Bryce Young who is
bringing home an estimated $3.2M.
Speaking of getting paid, how 'bout them coaches? The highest paid coaches are:
Nick Saban , Alabama, $10.7 million
Kirby Smart, Georgia, $10.5 million
Lincoln Riley, USC, $10 million
You can't talk football without talking about tailgating. Unsurprisingly, the average
tailgater is a male between 25-44 years old who spends over $500 a year on tailgating
food by attending or hosting 6-10 parties a season. But that number may rise this year
as beer prices have gone up 5% and groceries up 13%.
The Saturday morning staple, ESPN 's "College GameDay," has a new addition -
Peloton instructor Jess Sims.
ON THE FIELD
Look for leading Heisman Trophy candidates Ohio State's quarterback C.J. Stroud and
Alabama's quarterback Bryce Young to lead their team on the field.
Former Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley made a hasty exit from Oklahoma
last year and is now living the California life as the head coach of USC Football.
The Georgia Bulldogs are the reigning champions.
The BIG10 (Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska) have a new, huge TV deal with CBS, FOX
and NBC
Could there be trouble in Texas and Clemson? Will this be the year we hear something
from them after a quiet season last year.
College Football Top 10 Poll (as of 8/26)
1. Alabama 6. Michigan
2. Ohio State 7. Texas A&M
3. Georgia 8. Utah
4. Clemson 9. Oklahoma
5. Notre Dame 10. Baylor
TRIVIA
There are only a handful of universities that has a mascot not ending in 'S.' Can you
name them?
Alabama Crimson Tide North Texas Mean Green
Illinois Fighting Illini Stanford Cardinal
Navy Midshipmen Syracuse Orange
Nevada Wolf Pack Tulane Green Wave
North Carolina Wolf Pack Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
In 1920, the University of Texas football players had their mascot (a longhorn cow) at
the annual sports banquet under less than ideal circumstances. What were those
circumstances?
A: He was dinner. The university couldn’t afford the upkeep of Bevo so they
fattened him up and slaughtered him before the banquet.
College GameDay mainstay Lee Corso played football in college at Florida State.
Who was his football playing roommate who became a famous actor?
A: Burt Reynolds. The two played together at Florida State in the 1950s and
Corso is said to have been a catalyst in Reynolds’ acting career. Maybe his football
experience is what drew him to the role in the 1974 version of “The Longest
Yard.”
HOW TO WATCH
The 2022 season is set to begin on Saturday, Aug. 27 in this year's "Week Zero." Most of
the nation in the FBS will start their seasons the following week.TAILGATE TREATS
AVOCADO AND
CORN SALSA
Ingredients
3 ears of corn, cooked and cut off the cob
2 ripe avocados, peeled and chopped
1 1/2 bell peppers, seeded and chopped (a mix
of red/green/yellow)
1 red onion
1/2 cup of fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
Hot sauce (Tabasco/Frank’s Red Hot) to taste
2 fresh limes, juiced
1 Tbsp cumin
1 tsp salt
2 garlic cloves, chopped
GREEK DIP
1 Tbsp olive oil
Instructions
Ingredients
1. Mix together and serve
1 family-size classic Sabra hummus (or
hummus of choice)
Thanks to our Water Me Wednesday guest
1 cucumber, chopped
Lauren Craft from FC Tulsa for sharing her
2 red peppers, chopped
favorite family recipe.
Jar of Kalamata olives, no pits
1/2 red onion, diced
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
lengthwise
Garlic powder
Feta cheese
Dried oregano
Instructions
1. Spoon out hummus into the dish
2. Layer with veggies, olives, and cheese.
3. Top with a sprinkle with garlic powder and
oregano - just a dash of each!
4. Serve with pita chips and/or veggies. (For
GF serve with veggies and no cheese for
vegan).
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