There are many undercurrents of this 2023 college football season.
Among them - for some rivalries, this may be the final curtain call.
It’s not a certainty that annual games against those like South Carolina or Auburn will still take place. Those rivalries matter an awful lot, even moreso in the case of Auburn for fans near Columbus and South Carolina in the case of those near Augusta.
As was said in a recent comment thread about Georgia Tech, they may not be the games you want to win the most, but they are certainly games you want not to lose.