College football is back, and talkin' season is over. But boy, what a season of discontent it was.
USC and UCLA set off another round of cataclysmic realignment discussions, announcing the plan to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten a year after Texas and Oklahoma declared their intentions to leave the Big 12 for the SEC.
Jim Harbaugh flirted with the NFL then returned to Michigan. Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin dubbed himself the "Portal King." New USC coach Lincoln Riley brought in star power in transfers like quarterback Caleb Williams and wide receiver Jordan Addison.