5 college football teams that won’t be as good as you think in 2023
By John Buhler
Scott Satterfield and Cincinnati are poised for a baptism by fire joining the Big 12
Here is to being wrong, but I am shorting the Cincinnati Bearcats next year for so many reasons. Though UC is well-equipped to make the leap to the Power Five, the Bearcats do not have Luke Fickell anymore and Scott Satterfield is not the answer, I’m sorry. Cincinnati will also be two years removed from having Koby Bryant, Sauce Gardner, Alec Pierce and Desmond Ridder in the building.
In time, I do think all four programs joining the Big 12 will have success. However, Cincinnati may have the toughest go of it initially. BYU, Houston and UCF all retain their head coaches. Dana Holgorsen and Gus Malzahn have significant Power Five experience. Kalani Sitake always played a tough schedule in Provo. Satterfield may have been at Louisville, but it was a rather weird fit there.
Ultimately, Cincinnati is bound to be closer to West Virginia than TCU upon joining the Big 12. WVU may be a close proximity rival, but do not overthink how much travel has been an issue for the Mountaineers in the last decade. UCF has to overcome that too, but Malzahn is the best head coach joining the new league. The Knights shall be fine. As for the Bearcats, 2023 could be rough.
We must accept Satterfield’s Big 12 program will be way different than Fickell’s AAC powerhouse.
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