It is that time of year where everyone comes out and gives their title game predictions. The standard pick this year is Florida vs. Texas in Pasadena. The last time the sexy picks actually meet for the shitty crystal football was USC/Texas. You remember, ESPN running the non-stop claims of Reggie Bush being as good as Gale Sayers (he isn't) and USC being the greatest team ever (they weren't). I know 1 person picked Texas 41-31. I don't mean to brag but that person was me.
As I come across more predictions I will list them up. Of course, we could all look like assholes if Florida ends up in the Outback bowl and Texas in the Alamo bowl but we all know that isn't happening.
"We aren't stepping out there" picks:
Spencer Tillman UF/OU
Tim Brando UF/OU
Tony Barnhart UF/TEX
CLM UF/TEX
Bruce Feldman UF/TEX
Mark Schlabach UF/TEX
NBC.com UF/TEX
Colin Cowherd: TEX/UF
Rece Davis: TEX/UF
Chris Fowler: UF/OU
Ivan Maisel: TEX/USC
Todd McShay: TEX/UF
Joe Schad: UF/TEX
"Our picks suck but we are old and senile" picks:
Lou Holtz UF/Notre Dame
Beano Cook UF/Notre Dame (Penn St. still can't teach the Big1011 how to play football)
"I'm insane and I'm still pissed at ABC" picks:
Gary Danielson UF/LSU
Now Gary didn't think Michgan should have got another shot at Ohio St. in 2006. He was right. So now that he is over on the SEC network, he thinks UF will lose to LSU in the title game and should get another shot at LSU in a NT game (in which that game would be their 3rd meeting).
The man has lost his damn mind. He also went on to state that only teams that have a conference championship game should be considered for the BCS national title. So let me get this right. Since the SEC decided to do a money grab and throw up a conference title game, everyone else should have to? This doesn't make any sense. If you want to look at the correct model, take a look at the Pac-10. Each team plays all the others and you throw up 4 non-conf games. Real tidy.
Gary, do us all a favor and stop talking. The guy is quickly becoming the Joe Morgan of college football. Thankfully, Gary can't point to the hall of fame since he spent his time getting his ass kicked in the NFL.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
2009 Thoughts and Predictions
1. Florida’s Tim Tebow will win the Heisman and will go down as the greatest college football player of all time.
2. Texas and OU will both beat Oklahoma State, sparing all of us from another 2008 disaster.
3. Notre Dame will win 9 games due to a fairly weak schedule. Notre Dame fans will proclaim them “back” and will be outraged when they aren’t selected for a BCS bowl.
4. Ole Miss and Oklahoma State will compete for the title of most over hyped team of 2009.
5. Southern Cal won’t have the chance to approach the Rose Bowl about getting out of their going there for the 900th year in a row. Instead they will beat Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl in front of 14 USC fans as the biggest bandwagon in the nation is evacuated.
6. Missouri will go back to their rightful place as a totally average program.
7. The horrible term “BCS Buster” will finally be laid to rest after Boise St. makes a BCS bowl again.
8. Michigan will pack Ford Field with 60,000 fans when they are selected to play in the Motor City Bowl. Fuck.
9. Bobby Bowden will cry about his wins that are being taken away. He already pulled a bullshit move with the Samford wins. Then again he hasn’t really coached a game since 1987.
10. There will be 3 players invited to the Heisman award ceremony. They’ll also be the same 3 that were there in 2008.
11. Penn State will be 3-0 with the average score being 63 – 7 after their 3rd game. We’ll hear their idiot fans talking about how they get no respect.
12. Gary Danielson will attempt to tell us why the SEC should hold the 12 top rankings in the coach’s poll. We get it Gary, ABC/ESPN let you walk and now you have a bug up your ass. Stop being a douche.
13. Oklahoma and Ohio St. will both make a BCS bowl game. Both will win those bowl games.
14. Nobody will care about the Big East and only 7 more will care about the ACC. A total of 56 people will watch the Orange bowl when Rutgers and VT square off.
15. The MAC will send three teams to bowl games. And they will lose all of those bowl games.
16. SEC and Big 12 fans will bitch and complain that is isn’t fair they have a championship game. They still won’t realize it was just a money grab and other conferences shouldn’t be forced into a title game.
17. The “pre-game handshake” will last 1 season and most teams won’t do it. The last thing I want to see is Ohio St./Michigan, Bama/Auburn or Texas/OU shaking hands prior to kick off. Pussies.
18. Utah and Utah fans will be crying about something.
19. The curse of Lou Holtz and his pep talks will live on. Unless ESPN got rid of him and I am not aware of it.
20. I will hope that Mark May dies no less than 14 times. By the end of week 1.
21. Beano Cook will pick Penn State to play for the national title.
22. Michigan State fans will run their mouths like mad this year knowing their short winning streak over Michigan is about to come to an abrupt halt.
23. The BigXII North will once again play second fiddle to the BIGXII South. Nebraska would finish 4th in the South.
24. The Pac-10 will catch shit all year long but some team from there will put together a quiet 9 win season and thump someone in a shitty bowl game to get to 10 wins.
25. PAC10 fans will cry “east coast bias”, SEC fans will cry “ESPN/ABC bias” despite ESPN running a ton of SEC games, non-SEC fans will cry “CBS bias” and Maryland fans will just cry.
26. One LS2 member will proclaim TCU a top 4 team at some point during the season.
27. Lee Corso will pick less than 50% of the onsite games correct. “Herby” will still be a fucking asshole.
28. Big 6 Conference winners: Florida (E), Alabama (W), Florida Overall; Texas (S), Nebraska (N), Texas Overall; California; Penn State; Rutgers; FSU (A), VT (C), VT Overall.
29. BCS Bowls:
BCS: Florida over Texas
Rose: Cal over Penn State
Fiesta: Oklahoma over Boise St.
Sugar: Ohio State over Alabama
Orange: Virginia Tech over Rutgers
30. The Curse will be broken.
2. Texas and OU will both beat Oklahoma State, sparing all of us from another 2008 disaster.
3. Notre Dame will win 9 games due to a fairly weak schedule. Notre Dame fans will proclaim them “back” and will be outraged when they aren’t selected for a BCS bowl.
4. Ole Miss and Oklahoma State will compete for the title of most over hyped team of 2009.
5. Southern Cal won’t have the chance to approach the Rose Bowl about getting out of their going there for the 900th year in a row. Instead they will beat Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl in front of 14 USC fans as the biggest bandwagon in the nation is evacuated.
6. Missouri will go back to their rightful place as a totally average program.
7. The horrible term “BCS Buster” will finally be laid to rest after Boise St. makes a BCS bowl again.
8. Michigan will pack Ford Field with 60,000 fans when they are selected to play in the Motor City Bowl. Fuck.
9. Bobby Bowden will cry about his wins that are being taken away. He already pulled a bullshit move with the Samford wins. Then again he hasn’t really coached a game since 1987.
10. There will be 3 players invited to the Heisman award ceremony. They’ll also be the same 3 that were there in 2008.
11. Penn State will be 3-0 with the average score being 63 – 7 after their 3rd game. We’ll hear their idiot fans talking about how they get no respect.
12. Gary Danielson will attempt to tell us why the SEC should hold the 12 top rankings in the coach’s poll. We get it Gary, ABC/ESPN let you walk and now you have a bug up your ass. Stop being a douche.
13. Oklahoma and Ohio St. will both make a BCS bowl game. Both will win those bowl games.
14. Nobody will care about the Big East and only 7 more will care about the ACC. A total of 56 people will watch the Orange bowl when Rutgers and VT square off.
15. The MAC will send three teams to bowl games. And they will lose all of those bowl games.
16. SEC and Big 12 fans will bitch and complain that is isn’t fair they have a championship game. They still won’t realize it was just a money grab and other conferences shouldn’t be forced into a title game.
17. The “pre-game handshake” will last 1 season and most teams won’t do it. The last thing I want to see is Ohio St./Michigan, Bama/Auburn or Texas/OU shaking hands prior to kick off. Pussies.
18. Utah and Utah fans will be crying about something.
19. The curse of Lou Holtz and his pep talks will live on. Unless ESPN got rid of him and I am not aware of it.
20. I will hope that Mark May dies no less than 14 times. By the end of week 1.
21. Beano Cook will pick Penn State to play for the national title.
22. Michigan State fans will run their mouths like mad this year knowing their short winning streak over Michigan is about to come to an abrupt halt.
23. The BigXII North will once again play second fiddle to the BIGXII South. Nebraska would finish 4th in the South.
24. The Pac-10 will catch shit all year long but some team from there will put together a quiet 9 win season and thump someone in a shitty bowl game to get to 10 wins.
25. PAC10 fans will cry “east coast bias”, SEC fans will cry “ESPN/ABC bias” despite ESPN running a ton of SEC games, non-SEC fans will cry “CBS bias” and Maryland fans will just cry.
26. One LS2 member will proclaim TCU a top 4 team at some point during the season.
27. Lee Corso will pick less than 50% of the onsite games correct. “Herby” will still be a fucking asshole.
28. Big 6 Conference winners: Florida (E), Alabama (W), Florida Overall; Texas (S), Nebraska (N), Texas Overall; California; Penn State; Rutgers; FSU (A), VT (C), VT Overall.
29. BCS Bowls:
BCS: Florida over Texas
Rose: Cal over Penn State
Fiesta: Oklahoma over Boise St.
Sugar: Ohio State over Alabama
Orange: Virginia Tech over Rutgers
30. The Curse will be broken.
Friday, August 14, 2009
2009 Top 10 - Predicted Final Rankings
These rankings are how I think the teams will be ranked after the regular season and conference games are complete. (losses)
1. Florida. 13-0
2. Texas. 13-0
3. California. 12-0
4. Boise St. 13-0
5. Oklahoma. 11-1 (Texas)
6. Alabama. 11-1 (Ole Miss)
7. Penn St. 11-1 (Illi)
8. Ohio State. 11-1 (PSU)
9. Southern Cal. 10-2 (Cal, Ohio St.)
10. Baton Rouge. 10-2 (UF, Bama)
Four undefeated teams is probably a bit of a stretch and of course we'll have a couple major upsets, like we do every year.
I think Virginia Tech, Oregon and Ole Miss are coming into the season horribly overrated. I also think Notre Dame will be much better than the 7 wins they came away with last year and that Ohio State has an outside shot at an undefeated regular season. It all depends on how Pryor comes around as he is going to be dynamite.
1. Florida. 13-0
2. Texas. 13-0
3. California. 12-0
4. Boise St. 13-0
5. Oklahoma. 11-1 (Texas)
6. Alabama. 11-1 (Ole Miss)
7. Penn St. 11-1 (Illi)
8. Ohio State. 11-1 (PSU)
9. Southern Cal. 10-2 (Cal, Ohio St.)
10. Baton Rouge. 10-2 (UF, Bama)
Four undefeated teams is probably a bit of a stretch and of course we'll have a couple major upsets, like we do every year.
I think Virginia Tech, Oregon and Ole Miss are coming into the season horribly overrated. I also think Notre Dame will be much better than the 7 wins they came away with last year and that Ohio State has an outside shot at an undefeated regular season. It all depends on how Pryor comes around as he is going to be dynamite.
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