Though January, we’re already working on putting together our game schedule starting this August for 2022 . Moving on to Game 635 this season, some great games loom for us already. Check out our latest updates by clicking on our Tentative 2022 schedule here. As we wait for conference scheduling updates (ACC, American, MAC, SunBelt, and FCS among others), specific dates, changes from Saturdays to weekdays, and kickoff times to be determined, we’ll continue to weigh our options to get to as many games as possible. We’ve already started plugging in some pretty definite possibilities to start focusing on some local contests to be played Week Zero and consecutive days leading into Week One. These provide us some quick numbers to not only build up quantity, but to get to a few new venues we haven’t attended yet.
Playoff picture
Attended the Bengals-Titans game on the 22nd and watched other on TV. Unbelievable finishes, of course! We’re always amazed at the talent at this level we’ve seen play collegiately. We usually hold off on these for our “Super Memories” we do before the Super Bowl, but here’s a fun sampling of some of the key players we all watched play last weekend in the Divisional playoffs. As stated in the past, you just never know who you see rise at that level. It’s fun going back to see if we captured some of these guys inadvertently never suspecting they would make it to this level. Others seen were evidently destined to become household names.
Delaware LB Troy Reeder (9) now of the LA Rams in action against Elon in 2018 in UD’s 28-16 win.
CB Rashad Fenton (16) of South Carolina in 2018, now with KC, on defense in 37-14 win over Vanderbilt.
Gamecock WR Deebo Samuel (1), seen here against Vandy in 2018, is heralded now as the 49ers’ primary offensive weapon this season.
KC DB Charvarius Ward, (2) seen in action here for Middle Tennessee State against Minnesota in 2017, got run over by Josh Allen of the Bills, and he will hopefully be back in action against Cincinnati for the AFC title game on Sunday.
In the 2015 CFP Capital One Orange Bowl, OU Sooners’ Sam Perine (32) tried to block for Joe Mixon (25) in loss to Clemson. Both will see action for the Bengals against the Chiefs this weekend.
In 2015, we watched Georgia Tech’s Harrison Butker convert a 35-yard FG with 54 seconds left to tie No. 9 Florida State, 16-16. Tech upset in OT, 22-16. Sunday, he converted from 49 for KC as time expired to tie the Bills. The Chiefs won in OT as well, 42-36.
By Steve Koreivo, ed. Author of Tales from the Tailgate: From the Fan who’s seen ’em all! Click on our title to get our copy to see our history of other football greats we’ve seen play during their college careers.