Thursday, August 28, 2008

College Football

I am far too lazy and have way too much else to do to write up a real preview for the football season. So I took about 15 solid minutes to figure out how I think things might finish if all the games play out the way I think they will (read: want them to).

(Note: For people like Ron Burgandy, the teams are listed in order of predicted finish, the only time a conference champion is listed is when there is a split conference and a championship game. Otherwise the team at the top is the conference champion. And Yes, there are more teams in the non-BCS conferences, but don't pretend for a second that you or I care about them.)

ACC
Atlantic Coastal
Clemson Virginia Tech
Boston College Georgia Tech
Wake Forest Miami
Florida State North Carolina
NC State Virginia
Maryland Duke

Champion: Clemson



Big 12
North South
Missouri Texas Tech
Kansas Oklahoma
Nebraska Texas
Colorado Texas A&M
Kansas State Oklahoma State
Iowa State Baylor
Champion: Missouri



Big East
Pittsburgh
WVU
Cincinnati
South Florida
Rutgers
Uconn
Louisville
Syracuse



Big Ten
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Penn State
Illinois
Michigan
Purdue
Indiana
Northwestern
Minnesota
Iowa



Pac 10
USC
Arizona State
Oregon State
California
Arizona
Oregon
UCLA
Stanford
Washington
Washington State



SEC
East West
Georgia Auburn
Florida LSU
South Carolina Alabama
Tennessee Mississippi
Vanderbilt Arkansas
Kentucky Mississippi State
Champion: Auburn


Sun Belt WAC
Florida Atlantic Fresno State


Mountain West Notre Dame
BYU Notre Dame


MAC
West East
Central Michigan Miami (OH)
Champion: Central Michigan


C-USA
West East
Tulsa Southern Miss
Champion: Southern Miss

And lastly since I don't believe in preseason top 25s, a look at what the top 25 could look like at the end of the year (before the bowls) if all these things play out...

Top 25
Ohio State
Missouri
USC
Auburn
Clemson
Georgia
Texas Tech
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
BYU
Florida
Texas
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Arizona State
WVU
Virginia Tech
LSU
Cincinnati
Michigan State
Penn State
Alabama
Fresno State
Wake Forest
Illinois

Heisman Finalists:
Graham Harrell -- Texas Tech
Chase Daniel -- Missouri (winner)
Chris Wells -- Ohio State
Pat White -- WVU
Knowshon Moreno --Georgia

So yeah, I am a homer and think (hope) Ohio State can knock USC off and have another shot at a mythical national title. Since these predictions will probably be wildly off the mark feel free to make as much fun as possible of the picks when Northwestern wins the Big 10 and Tim Tebow passes for 3,000 yards, rushes for 2,000 yards and performs 6 miracles to equal Archie Griffin* in the Heisman department.

Week 1 round up of games

*even spelled correct now

3 comments:

I'm Ron Burgundy? said...

Harrell over Crabtree, and no Tebow?

Interesting picks for the Heisman finalists.

You'd think they'd have to have Tebow there just because - hell Jason White was there the year after he won it.

Unless you think Harvin will steal some of Tebow's thunder. Which I can see happening with Crabtree and Harrell also.

Red Headed Yeti said...

Yeah Harrell over Crabtree.

Crabtree is just a receiver, every ball he touches gets to him out of Harrell's hand. If he starts return kicks and punts this year and does well he could be ahead of Harrell.

Harvin could steal some of Tebow's votes but I just don't see Tebow having a good of season as he did last year (statistically speaking)just because Florida should have a couple other players to run the ball effectively this year.

I think Tebow would have to have an absolutely monster year to win a second Heisman by the time he is a junior, if he stays for year 4 and leads Florida to a title he probably joins GriffIn.

dAndy ManCandy said...

Bold predictions there man. I would hope Florida would end up a little higher at the end of the year, but who knows with our weak secondary. Georgia should be good, but there will be a najor upset somewhere along the lines. I also think Wake Forest will finish a little higher too. This is the first post I've seen at your site, decent stuff bro.