2023 College Football Write-Ups

[Leonardfan]

It's getting close to that time of the year for the annual college football write-ups. Feel free to volunteer. Just reply to this thread with any team(s) you would like to write-up. Best practice for the write-ups is to wait until at least early August to start and as the month goes on the depth chart movement becomes more settled with fall camps ongoing. Of course some of the smaller schools can be done earlier just because this is always a pretty big project that takes up our free time and it's a small group of us doing the research and doing the write-ups. Also, if you do volunteer please reference the previous year's write up to capture the White starter count as we use it as a metric to track White starters going back 18 or so years now.

As usual I reserve Michigan for @Phall , Wisconsin for @Bucky and Iowa for myself.


ACC
Boston College Eagles - Leonardfan - Done
Clemson Tigers - Carolina Speed - Done
Duke Blue Devils - Leonardfan - Done
Florida State Seminoles - Carolina Speed - Done
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - Leonardfan - Done
Louisville Cardinals - Bucky - Done
Miami Hurricanes - Phall - Done
NC State Wolfpack - Leonardfan - Done
North Carolina Tarheels - Leonardfan - Done
Pittsburgh Panthers - Don Wassall - Done
Syracuse Orange - Leonardfan - Done
Virginia Cavaliers - Phall - Done
Virginia Tech Hokies - Phall - Done
Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Carolina Speed - Done

American
Charlotte 49ers - Phall - Done
East Carolina Pirates - Phall - Done
Florida Atlantic Owls - Leonardfan - Done
Memphis Tigers - Heralded_Defender - Done
Navy Midshipmen - Heralded_Defender - Done
North Texas Mean Green - Leonardfan - Done
Rice Owls - Rocky B - Done
SMU Mustangs - Heralded_Defender - Done
Temple Owls - Phall - Done
Tulane Green Wave - Leonardfan - Done
Tulsa Golden Hurricane - Heralded_Defender - Done
UAB Blazers - Leonardfan - Done
USF Bulls - Leonardfan - Done
UTSA Roadrunners - Leonardfan - Done

Big 12
Baylor Bears - Heralded_Defender - Done
BYU Cougars - Heralded_Defender - Done
Cincinnati Bearcats - Leonardfan - Done
Houston Cougars - Heralded_Defender - Done
Iowa State Cyclones - Leonardfan - Done
Kansas Jayhawks - Red Raider - Done
Kansas State Wildcats - Leonardfan - Done
Oklahoma Sooners - Leonardfan - Done
Oklahoma State Cowboys - Leonardfan - Done
TCU Horned Frogs - Leonardfan - Done
Texas Longhorns - Red Raider - Done
Texas Tech Red Raiders - Red Raider - Done
UCF Knights - Heralded_Defender - Done
West Virginia Mountaineers - Phall - Done

Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini - Bucky - Done
Indiana Hoosiers - Leonardfan - Done
Iowa Hawkeyes - Leonardfan - Done
Maryland Terps - Phall - Done
Michigan Wolverines - Phall - Done
Michigan State Spartans - Phall - Done
Minnesota Golden Gophers - Heralded_Defender - Done
Nebraska Cornhuskers - Leonardfan - Done
Northwestern Wildcats - Heralded_Defender - Done
Ohio State Buckeyes - Phall - Done
Penn State Nittany Lions - Don Wassall - Done
Purdue Boilermakers - Leonardfan - Done
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Phall - Done
Wisconsin Badgers - Bucky - Done

Conference USA
Florida International Panthers - Heralded_Defender - Done
Jacksonville State Gamecocks - Leonardfan - Done
Liberty Flames - Phall - Done
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs - TwentyTwo - Done
Mid Tennessee State Blue Raiders - Leonardfan - Done
New Mexico State Aggies - Bucky - Done
Sam Houston Bearcats - Leonardfan - Done
UTEP Miners - Phall - Done
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - Leonardfan - Done

MAC
Akron Zips - Leonardfan - Done
Ball State Cardinals - Leonardfan - Done
Bowling Green Falcons - Phall - Done
Buffalo Bulls - Leonardfan - Done
Central Michigan Chippewas - Phall - Done
Eastern Michigan Eagles - Rocky B - Done
Kent State Flashes - Heralded_Defender - Done
Miami (OH) Redhawks - Phall - Done
Northern Illinois Huskies - Phall - Done
Ohio Bobcats - Phall - Done
Toledo Rockets - Phall - Done
Western Michigan Broncos - Leonardfan - Done

Mountain West
Air Force Falcons - Claimjumper - Done
Boise State Broncos - TwentyTwo - Done
Colorado State Rams - Claimjumper - Done
Fresno State Bulldogs - Heralded_Defender - Done
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors - Phall - Done
Nevada Wolfpack - Phall - Done
New Mexico Lobos - Bucky - Done
San Diego State Aztecs - Heralded_Defender - Done
San Jose State Spartans - Leonardfan - Done
UNLV Rebels - Phall - Done
Utah State Aggies - Heralded_Defender - Done
Wyoming Cowboys - Heralded_Defender - Done

Pac 12
Arizona Wildcats - Heralded_Defender - Done
Arizona State Sun Devils - TwentyTwo - Done
California Golden Bears - Heralded_Defender - Done
Colorado Buffaloes - Claimjumper - Done
Oregon Ducks - Leonardfan - Done
Oregon State Beavers - Leonardfan - Done
Stanford Cardinal - TwentyTwo - Done
UCLA Bruins - Phall - Done
USC Trojans - Phall - Done
Utah Utes - Red Raider - Done
Washington Huskies - Leonardfan - Done
Washington State Cougars - Phall - Done

SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide - Heralded_Defender - Done
Arkansas Razorbacks - Leonardfan - Done
Auburn Tigers - Heralded_Defender - Done
Florida Gators - Leonardfan - Done
Georgia Bulldogs - Heralded_Defender - Done
Kentucky Wildcats - Heralded_Defender - Done
LSU Tigers - Leonardfan - Done
Mississippi State Bulldogs - Heralded_Defender - Done
Missouri Tigers - Phall - Done
Ole Miss Rebels - Heralded_Defender - Done
South Carolina Gamecocks - Heralded_Defender - Done
Tennessee Volunteers - Phall - Done
Texas A&M Aggies - Leonardfan - Done
Vanderbilt Commodores - Phall - Done

Sun Belt
Appalachian State Mountaineers - Claimjumper - Done
Arkansas State Red Wolves - Claimjumper - Done
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers - Claimjumper - Done
Georgia Southern Eagles - Claimjumper - Done
Georgia State Panthers - Claimjumper - Done
James Madison Dukes - Claimjumper - Done
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns - Claimjumper - Done
Marshall Thundering Herd - Claimjumper - Done
Old Dominion Monarchs - Claimjumper - Done
South Alabama Jaguars - Claimjumper - Done
Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Claimjumper - Done
Texas State Bobcats - Claimjumper - Done
Troy Trojans - Claimjumper - Done
UL Monroe Warhawks - Claimjumper - Done

Independents
Army Black Knights - Leonardfan - Done
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Leonardfan - Done
UCONN Huskies - Phall - Done
UMass Minutemen - Phall - Done

 

[Bucky]

Already getting to that time of year again. I’ll knock out Wisconsin and help out with some of the unwanted teams as others choose as they like!

 

[Leonardfan]

Already getting to that time of year again. I’ll knock out Wisconsin and help out with some of the unwanted teams as others choose as they like!

Thanks as always @Bucky

 

[Carolina Speed]

I'll take care of Clemson and Wake Forest and I'm sure I'll get to others as well.

 

[Don Wassall]

I'll do Pitt and Penn State again, and others time permitting. Every year I tell myself I'm going to get back into following college football more, but with what free time I have on weekends devoted first to the NFL, it still has yet to work out that way. . .

 

[Leonardfan]

@Don Wassall @Carolina Speed

Thanks to you both!

 

[Phall]

Michigan's non-conference opponents this year are powerhouses East Carolina, UNLV, and Bowling Green, so I'll be happy to write up what I learn is going on with them. I'd also like to write up Rutgers, Maryland (since that will only take about five seconds), Michigan State, and Ohio State unless someone here has a strong preference for them. Add UMass to my list as well, since I'll be hopeful for ol' Don Brown to turn things around there.

Also happy to write reprises for UCLA, USC, Washington State, Miami (FL), Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo, Central Michigan, UConn, Liberty, Hawaii, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Temple, Army, Northern Illinois, UTEP, New Mexico State, Charlotte, Nevada, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Missouri. Maybe even some more as needed once the dust settles.

Thanks as always @Leonardfan for organizing this important project.

 

[Rocky B]

Count me in on a a bunch....I’ll take some white running back friendly teams, along with a few straggler teams no one wants because they’re not very lunch pail friendly......

 

[Leonardfan]

@Phall thanks for volunteering for quite a large portion of the teams.

@Rocky B I'll see what I can do in terms of White friendly teams


I updated the list for both of you, also added a team for Bucky.

 

[Claimjumper]

I’ll snag CU, CSU, AFA, Wyo, and the sun belt!

 

[Leonardfan]

I’ll snag CU, CSU, AFA, Wyo, and the sun belt!

Thanks as always!

 

[Leonardfan]

Just updated the assignment list. I know @Red Raider has taken care of the Big 12 so I will reserve the rest of those teams for him until he either confirms he wants them or we get into August without hearing from him.

 

[Heralded_Defender]

I can take the American and remainder of the SEC plus Northwestern and BYU

 

[TwentyTwo]

Impressive how many are stepping up with so many teams! Trying to sift thru what's left...
I can take Louisiana Tech ; Stanford ; Arizona State ; Boise State;

If we don't hear from Red Raider by August....will gladly take TCU

Thanks Leonardfan for your dedication to the Yearly write up's!
I like how some posters take teams from their Regions..that's really cool!

 

[Leonardfan]

I can take the American and remainder of the SEC plus Northwestern and BYU

Impressive how many are stepping up with so many teams! Trying to sift thru what's left...
I can take Louisiana Tech ; Stanford ; Arizona State ; Boise State;

If we don't hear from Red Raider by August....will gladly take TCU

Thanks Leonardfan for your dedication to the Yearly write up's!
I like how some posters take teams from their Regions..that's really cool!

All set. Thanks to you both for the help!

 

[Red Raider]

Hey guys, life has gotten busy and I haven’t been on here in a while. Still following our guys as close as always! I’ll take the remainder of the Big 12 as I usually do, looking forward to seeing some new names this year.

Happy to do Utah as well, they have some exciting players that I’d love to write about.

 

[Leonardfan]

Hey guys, life has gotten busy and I haven’t been on here in a while. Still following our guys as close as always! I’ll take the remainder of the Big 12 as I usually do, looking forward to seeing some new names this year.

Happy to do Utah as well, they have some exciting players that I’d love to write about.

All yours. Thanks!

It’s a shame this thread gets less action than the flat earth thread.

 

[Leonardfan]

Bumping - plenty of teams left

 

[Leonardfan]

This fell of my radar but several teams switched conferences yesterday and a few FCS teams joined the FBS. I have updated the master list accordingly.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ols-changing-conference-affiliation-saturday/

 

[Leonardfan]

Hey guys, life has gotten busy and I haven’t been on here in a while. Still following our guys as close as always! I’ll take the remainder of the Big 12 as I usually do, looking forward to seeing some new names this year.

Happy to do Utah as well, they have some exciting players that I’d love to write about.

@Red Raider - I am going to give the new Big 12 teams to @Heralded_Defender as he volunteered for them prior to the conference changes. I had forgotten those were to take place this season. The rest of the Big 12 is all yours though - apologies for the screw up on my end.

 

[LucasBryant]

It's getting close to that time of the year for the annual college football write-ups. Feel free to volunteer. Just reply to this thread with any team(s) you would like to write-up. Best practice for the write-ups is to wait until at least early August to start and as the month goes on the depth chart movement becomes more settled with fall camps ongoing. Of course some of the smaller schools can be done earlier just because this is always a pretty big project that takes up our free time and it's a small group of us doing the research and doing the write-ups. Also, if you do volunteer please reference the previous year's write up to capture the White starter count as we use it as a metric to track White starters going back 18 or so years now.

As usual I reserve Michigan for @Phall , Wisconsin for @Bucky and Iowa for myself.


ACC
Boston College Eagles - Leonardfan
Clemson Tigers - Carolina Speed
Duke Blue Devils - Leonardfan
Florida State Seminoles -
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets - Leonardfan
Louisville Cardinals - Bucky
Miami Hurricanes - Phall
NC State Wolfpack - Leonardfan
North Carolina Tarheels - Leonardfan
Pittsburgh Panthers - Don Wassall
Syracuse Orange - Leonardfan
Virginia Cavaliers - Phall
Virginia Tech Hokies - Phall
Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Carolina Speed

American
Charlotte 49ers - Phall
East Carolina Pirates - Phall
Florida Atlantic Owls -
Memphis Tigers - Heralded_Defender
Navy Midshipmen - Heralded_Defender
North Texas Mean Green - Leonardfan
Rice Owls - Rocky B
SMU Mustangs - Heralded_Defender
Temple Owls - Phall
Tulane Green Wave - Leonardfan
Tulsa Golden Hurricane - Heralded_Defender
UAB Blazers - Leonardfan
USF Bulls - Heralded_Defender
UTSA Roadrunners - Leonardfan - Done

Big 12
Baylor Bears - Red Raider
BYU Cougars - Heralded_Defender
Cincinnati Bearcats - Heralded_Defender
Houston Cougars - Heralded_Defender
Iowa State Cyclones - Red Raider
Kansas Jayhawks - Red Raider
Kansas State Wildcats - Red Raider
Oklahoma Sooners - Red Raider
Oklahoma State Cowboys - Red Raider
TCU Horned Frogs - Red Raider
Texas Longhorns - Red Raider
Texas Tech Red Raiders - Red Raider
UCF Knights - Heralded_Defender
West Virginia Mountaineers - Phall

Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini - Bucky
Indiana Hoosiers -
Iowa Hawkeyes - Leonardfan
Maryland Terps - Phall
Michigan Wolverines - Phall
Michigan State Spartans - Phall
Minnesota Golden Gophers -
Nebraska Cornhuskers - LUCASBRYANT
Northwestern Wildcats - Heralded_Defender - Done
Ohio State Buckeyes - Phall
Penn State Nittany Lions - Don Wassall
Purdue Boilermakers - Leonardfan
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Phall
Wisconsin Badgers - Bucky

Conference USA
Florida International Panthers -
Jacksonville State Gamecocks - Leonardfan
Liberty Flames - Phall
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs - TwentyTwo
Mid Tennessee State Blue Raiders - Leonardfan
New Mexico State Aggies - Phall
Sam Houston Bearcats - Leonardfan
UTEP Miners - Phall
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - Leonardfan

MAC
Akron Zips -
Ball State Cardinals -
Bowling Green Falcons - Phall
Buffalo Bulls -
Central Michigan Chippewas - Phall
Eastern Michigan Eagles - Rocky B
Kent State Flashes -
Miami (OH) Redhawks - Phall
Northern Illinois Huskies - Phall
Ohio Bobcats - Phall
Toledo Rockets - Phall
Western Michigan Broncos -

Mountain West
Air Force Falcons - Claimjumper
Boise State Broncos - TwentyTwo
Colorado State Rams - Claimjumper
Fresno State Bulldogs -
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors - Phall
Nevada Wolfpack - Phall
New Mexico Lobos -
San Diego State Aztecs -
San Jose State Spartans - Leonardfan
UNLV Rebels - Phall
Utah State Aggies -
Wyoming Cowboys - Claimjumper

Pac 12
Arizona Wildcats -
Arizona State Sun Devils - TwentyTwo
California Golden Bears -
Colorado Buffaloes - Claimjumper
Oregon Ducks - LUCASBRYANT
Oregon State Beavers - LUCASBRYANT
Stanford Cardinal - TwentyTwo
UCLA Bruins - Phall
USC Trojans - Phall
Utah Utes - Red Raider
Washington Huskies LUCASBRYANT
Washington State Cougars - Phall

SEC
Alabama Crimson Tide - Heralded_Defender
Arkansas Razorbacks - Heralded_Defender
Auburn Tigers - Heralded_Defender
Florida Gators - Leonardfan
Georgia Bulldogs - Heralded_Defender
Kentucky Wildcats - Heralded_Defender
LSU Tigers - Heralded_Defender
Mississippi State Bulldogs - Heralded_Defender
Missouri Tigers - Phall
Ole Miss Rebels - Heralded_Defender
South Carolina Gamecocks - Heralded_Defender
Tennessee Volunteers - Phall
Texas A&M Aggies - Heralded_Defender
Vanderbilt Commodores - Phall

Sun Belt
Appalachian State Mountaineers - Claimjumper
Arkansas State Red Wolves - Claimjumper
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers - Claimjumper
Georgia Southern Eagles - Claimjumper
Georgia State Panthers - Claimjumper
James Madison Dukes - Claimjumper
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns - Claimjumper
Marshall Thundering Herd - Claimjumper
Old Dominion Monarchs - Claimjumper
South Alabama Jaguars - Claimjumper
Southern Miss Golden Eagles - Claimjumper
Texas State Bobcats - Claimjumper
Troy Trojans - Claimjumper
UL Monroe Warhawks - Claimjumper

Independents
Army Black Knights - Phall
Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Leonardfan
UCONN Huskies - Phall
UMass Minutemen - Phall

I added my name to Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State and Washington. Plus, I'll gladly take care of North Dakota State, South Dakota state, Montana, Montana state, Holy Cross, Incarnate Word and Samford.

 

[Leonardfan]

I added my name to Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State and Washington. Plus, I'll gladly take care of North Dakota State, South Dakota state, Montana, Montana state, Holy Cross, Incarnate Word and Samford.

All yours! I don't track FCS schools but I'm certainly not opposed to you doing some write-ups for them as well.

 

[Heralded_Defender]

Any chance I could snag Wyoming from you? @Claimjumper

 

[Leonardfan]

Assigned myself a few more teams.

 

[Red Raider]

@Red Raider - I am going to give the new Big 12 teams to @Heralded_Defender as he volunteered for them prior to the conference changes. I had forgotten those were to take place this season. The rest of the Big 12 is all yours though - apologies for the screw up on my end.

All good! I forgot to account for them as well.