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In Week 1 of the college football season, fans across the nation are lucky enough to see a rematch of one of the best bowl showdowns of 2012. The Boise State Broncos and the Washington Huskies closed out last season with a 28-26 battle in Las Vegas for the MAACO Bowl.
The Auburn Tigers are only a few years removed from being crowned the NCAA champions, but boy does that feel like a lifetime ago. The Tigers went just 3-9 in 2012, and they were 0-6 against the SEC West. Washington State wasn’t any better last season, as they went just 3-9 also.
The USC Trojans and the Hawaii Warriors are set to kick off the 2013 college football season in a Thursday-night matchup Aug. 29. Both teams have a lot to prove, as both are coming off of disappointing 2012 campaigns.
Ole Miss finished strong last season winning both their annual battle with Mississippi State and their bowl game against Pittsburgh, creating a feeling of confidence heading into the 2013 season.
Auburn had a staggering fall last season to a season of zero wins in the SEC and a 3-9 overall record. The performance, or lack thereof, cost coach Gene Chizik his job and it is hard to believe that this program won a national title within the last recruiting cycle.
Last year was a disaster of a season for Arkansas. They followed up an offseason of upheaval with a season that included embarrassing performances against Alabama and Texas A&M – getting outscored 108-10 – as well as a loss to Louisiana-Monroe of the Sun Belt.
Ever since Alabama rose to the top of the SEC West, and the nation, LSU has been forced to take a backseat…and they don’t like it. These two teams have waged some great battles over the last few seasons but the majority of the time Alabama has come out on top so they have grabbed the spoils.
Teams from deep in the heart of Texas often don’t like to leave the state during the first month of the season – and they usually don’t have to with all the programs down there.
The Penn State Nittany Lions will match up against the Syracuse Orange for the 71st time on the gridiron, as they open the 2013 season with a neutral-site game on Aug. 31, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The No. 13 Oklahoma State Cowboys will open their 2013 season as the top-ranked team in the Big 12 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.
The two-time defending champion No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide look to start their 2013 campaign with a win over unranked Virginia Tech in what looks like a pretty one-sided affair.
The Temple Owls will open at Notre Dame on national TV on August 31, hoping to take the new Midwest-dominated American Athletic Conference by storm.
In some ways writing about Alabama is hard because there isn’t much to write that hasn’t already been written. Yes they are the two time defending national champs (3 in 4 years). Yes they have one of the best coaches in America (Nick Saban).
Finally we have some genuine action and not just talk. This border state battle is easily the best game of the first day of action as it pits two teams who though not favourites in either the SEC or ACC, are at least in the discussion of possible conference champs respectively.
There won’t be any love lost between the Utah Utes and Utah State Aggies when they open their schedules against one another for the first time since 2009. A staple of each program’s non-conference schedule, the Battle of the Brothers dates way back to 1892, with the Utes holding a 77-29-4 all-time edge in the series.
Florida state bragging rights will be on the line when the Florida State Atlantic Owls travel to Miami to take on the Hurricanes to open the 2013 college football season.
