College football fans are already looking ahead to the 2023 season.
On Wednesday, 247 Sports college football analyst Brad Crawford attempted to predict every ESPN College GameDay location for this upcoming year.
Crawford believes the Week 1 edition of the show will take place in Fort Worth, Texas for a season-opening battle between the TCU Horned Frogs and the visiting Colorado Buffaloes.
With Deion Sanders opening up his new coaching stint and the Horned Frogs returning to the field fresh off a College Football Playoff appearance, this early-season matchup has plenty of intriguing storylines.
“There are several other big-time games pitting Power Five foes in a nonconference setting like LSU-Florida State in Orlando and South Carolina vs. North Carolina in Charlotte, but this one brings maximum exposure for first-year Colorado coach Deion Sanders and his new regime along with a program coming off its first playoff appearance in program history. TCU has only hosted College GameDay three times in school history, the last occurrence coming in 2018. This would mark Colorado’s seventh all-time appearance on College GameDay and could be the only opportunity the Buffs get in 2023 if things go sour in Year 1 for Coach Prime,” Crawford writes.
TCU will welcome Coach Prime and the new-look Buffaloes for this season-opening matchup on Saturday, Sep. 2.