College football picks Week 0 games to start 2023

college sports conference teeters on the brink of extinction and student-athletes brace for exhaustive cross-country travel, the attorney arguably responsible for these drastic changes says he's not particularly happy about it at all.

Andrew Coats, the lawyer who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984 to allow universities to maximize football revenue, leading to a television-driven money-grab and today's sweeping upheaval, now looks back with regret on the landmark case he successfully argued.

Oklahoma.

America’s highest court ruled in favor of Coats' clients and said that the governing body of intercollegiate athletics couldn’t restrain the trade rights of schools and their conferences.

No. 13 Notre Dame meets Navy in that aforementioned Ireland game, and there's no doubt that stands as the highlight entering Saturday, primarily due to the spectacle but also because there are no games between Power Five opponents in Week 0. The Fighting Irish are looking to soar to new heights with Wake Forest transfer quarterback Sam Hartman under center, while the Midshipmen are hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 4-8 record last season with new coach Brian Newberry taking the helm. Then in the biggest primetime game, reigning Heisman trophy winner Caleb Williams leads No. 6 USC against San Jose State at home. 

Sam Houston, kicks off a new era against Conference USA opponent UTEP. 

Last year saw a different set of teams that start with “N” play their opener in Dublin when Northwestern upset Nebraska for the Wildcats’ only win of the season. And somehow things only went downhill from there.

Now we get to see how the Irish do playing against a Navy team that has a new head coach for the first time in a long time after Ken Niumatalolo departs following 15 years in charge of the Midshipmen. You would expect Notre Dame to roll in this one but the triple option can do tricky things. Even though rule changes have made it really difficult to run the system which is why Army is largely abandoning it

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