Welcome to the Hotline’s preview of the 2019 football season, a month-long rollout of content scheduled for three installments.
Starting today and continuing into next week, we’ll examine issues specific to training camp, the conference’s top newcomers and staff changes most likely to impact performance.
In the middle of the month, we’ll transition to team previews that include the Hotline’s annual game-by-game predictions and an expanded offering of commentary and analysis.
The final wave will look at bowl projections, all-conference picks, quarterback ratings and more (much more).
For the South preview below, note that we avoided diving into QB matters except in the case of the one team without a returning starter (Arizona State); nor did we assess the impact of coordinator/staff changes.