
College football is here. With the more weeks that go on, more news and notes will be put together. Here are some of the things happening around the sport of college football heading into week 1.
During a Tuesday practice, Alabama Dylan Moses went down with a knee injury that is now confirmed as a torn ACL. He will miss the entire 2019 football season. The news was first reported by Al.com.
Alabama will now look for inexperienced players to step up at the position. Shane Lee and Markail Benton will likely be the players chosen to fill in for Moses.
The game between Florida and Miami was sloppy, but it was the highest-rated game for ESPN since 2016 according to a press release. It had a 4.1 overnight rating. This was the best rating for a Saturday game in August and for Labor Day Weekend.
Now it will be interesting to see how teams and network schedule week 0 games moving forward. Florida and Miami likely drew a lot of ratings because it was a rivalry and it was the only game on at the time.
Due to Hurricane Dorian hitting Florida this weekend, the game between Boise State and Florida State has been moved from Jacksonville to Tallahassee. It was supposed to be a neutral site game, although Florida State is way closer to Jacksonville than Boise State, but the weather led to both teams agreeing to change the venue.
Kickoff has also been moved to 12 p.m. EST to help the teams avoid the inclement weather.
Florida State has named their starter for the season-opener against Boise State in James Blackman. Blackman started the majority of the 2017 season, as Deondre Francois injured his knee in the first game of the season against Alabama. Last season he was resigned to the backup role for Francois.
Francois was kicked off the team this offseason. Florida State added Wisconsin-transfer Alex Hornibrook, but Blackman was able to beat him out for the job.
In his career, Blackman has thrown for 2,740 yards, 24 touchdowns and 12 interceptions on 59.2 percent completion.
Here is the list of starting quarterbacks announced leading up to week 1:
Cedric Benson, a Texas football legend, passed away due to a motorcycle accident. Texas will now honor him with his number 32 sticker on their helmets.
This will be updated up until week 1 kicks off!
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