With all of the 2023-24 sports now completed across the state, it’s time to look ahead to the summer break. That is unless you’re a football fan, then you’re breaking down the upcoming 2024 season schedules. The conference part of the schedules usually sits as a same ol’ same ol’ situation, but the spicy part begins right at the top of the lists with the non-conference games. These non-conference games stack up with rivalries, dream games, and games that may indicate how the season might go. For the southern programs of the 3A-1, the non-conference games for some teams might as well be a State Playoff game as they load up with opponents from the larger 4A conference while others throw in a mixed bag of 2A, 3A, and 4A schools to build up momentum leading into the regular season. A few teams have even sprinkled in a little bit of out-of-state spices to give their no-conference schedule a bit of a kick.