We're a month away from the college football season, aka the official start of Fall, so naturally it would be as good a time as any to share my bowl predictions for next season. Is this too early? Absolutely. But unlike the NFL, where things that happen in the offseason actually have a significant impact on the upcoming season, we can pretty much make predictions for the next NCAA season immediately after the National Title game, and they wouldn't be much different the day before the kickoff of the first game. So unless Tim Tebow decides to become a full-time circumsizer (more on Tebow in an upcoming post), nothing that happens in the next month should matter too much.
I got a record two right last year, and I'm hoping to hit the big three this time around. Of course, these are basically impossible to predict. There are certain conference match-ups for each game (Pac-10 plays the ACC in the Emerald Bowl, for example) so it's not a completely blind guess. Without any further ado...
New Mexico Bowl- Nevada vs. BYU
- This is absolutely the best case scenario for my Fightin Irish, in my opinion. People are talking about the BCS. Really? Have you been watching this team for the last two seasons? Yes, the talent is there, and that talent should equal 8, possibly 9 wins, but even that is optimistic. They still don't show up against good teams, luckily they aren't playing too many of those this season.
- Rematch of these two in the Rose Bowl. USC might have a "down year", but they'll still win the Pac-10. OSU will win the Big 10, but will stumble somewhere along the way to keep them out of the title game.
- Alabama is digusting on defense, but they lost a ton on offense. They'll win a lot of ugly games. Oklahoma win will the Big 12, but no way are they going undefeated in that conference.
- Rutgers plays in Mexico North, again. Apologies to all the Mexicans out there.
- An all PA battle in Miami. Penn State should finish second in the Big 10 to Ohio State, and will probably be looking at 10 wins. Honestly, you could pick the Big East champion out of a hat right now, but I think Pittsburgh has the most talent this season.
- Florida is of course everyone's pick to repeat as national champions this season. No doubt, they are loaded, and have a great chance of running the table even in the murderous SEC. Virginia Tech is kinda a left field pick, but hear me out. Yes, they have a showdown with Alabama to start the season. If they get past the Crimson Tide, their schedule plays out favorably. Most of their difficult games are at home, with the exception of Georgia Tech (definitely a bit of a fluke last season, if you ask me) and a potentially scary game at East Carolina. But the ACC isn't anything great, and I can definitely see Va Tech running the table or finishing with one loss. Of course, they'll probably get slaughtered by Florida, but oh well.
It should be fun to look back on this post in 5 months and see how horribly wrong I was, but hey, that's what all this blog stuff is for: completely pointless, generally incorrect opinions.
You post two entries then call it quits? To make a bold statement that your blog is better than the lifting journal you need a lot more than two posts.
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