Picking playoff contenders and a champion for 2023: The Midwest
The Big 10 got two teams into the playoffs last year. Which squads from the Midwest could find their way there in 2023?
If you missed my intro to this big 2023 college football playoff preview and prognostication, we’re going to evaluate college football’s contenders, region by region, to determine what the likely playoff field will be.
My main criteria will be:
Elite athleticism in the space force, particularly wide receiver and defensive tackle.
Rule of three defense (do you have at least three top notch cover men in the secondary?)
Pass game sophistication. Ideally a dropback passing game but at the very least some high level methods of involving game changing receivers.
Here at America’s War Game we’re big believers in air power and air power negation.
Today we head to the Midwest, which basically means the Big 10, Notre Dame, and any smaller school that can’t be described as being from the South. Last year this region produced two contenders, in 2023 I bet it slips back to one and I have a particular program in mind, but let’s tease it out to make sure.
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