As it pertains to national titles, the theme for 2023 has been «succession.» Freshness. At the FBS level, on Monday night, either Michigan or Washington will win its first national title since the 1990s.
At the smaller-school level, we got a run of first-timers: Harding, SUNY Cortland and Keiser University all won their first national titles at the Divisions II and III and NAIA levels.
If that theme holds in Sunday's FCS championship game in Frisco, Texas (ABC, 2 p.m. ET), then congratulations in advance to Bobby Hauck's Montana Grizzlies.
Montana is one of the power programs of college football's second subdivision, a physical team with a passionate fanbase, but the Griz haven't won a ring since 2001.
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