College Football Predictions!!!
Native Americans hunted bison in packs because no one man could stop a beast that weight over 2,000 pounds and could run up to speeds of 35mph. Natives would hurl spears or rocks at them to take them down. Others would herd them in groups, chase them off of cliffs and collect their rewards at the bottom of it. Taking on an animal of that stature alone could be overwhelming to strongest of men, but just as David defeated Goliath in the realm of the animal kingdom known as college football anything can happen.
There are an abundance of analogies that can be made from the bison or Native Americans. The bison could be seen the seemingly unstoppable Oregon offense, Johnny Football on and off the field talent, the bruising Stanford defense, Urban Myer’s near perfect game plans at Ohio State, or the most obvious the Alabama Crimson Tide. While the Native Americans could be seen as anyone facing the opposition, but just as one could make comparisons, college football is a beast in its own right when it comes down to unpredictability. Who would have thought that Alabama would actually lose a game? That the numbers 1 and 2 teams would lose in the same weekend and face each other in a bowl game? Or the biggest one being a seemingly unknown redshirt freshman winning the Heisman?
So much seems set in stone like Alabama pulling off the 3-peat (don’t charge me Pat Riley), Johnny Manziel or Braxton Miller winning the Heisman, Louisville winning the AAC, USC will have another disappointing season, or Notre Dame failing to repeat the same success it had last season. Well I say let’s hold off all reservations till the end of the season because just as Gusto said in Ratatouille “Anyone can cook!” I believe anyone can win! Now on to my predications!
Clemson has the most talent on offense than any other team in the conference. They even seemed to get the “monkey off of their back” with a big late game win over LSU in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Tajh Boyd looks garner Heisman attention in the first week with a game against Georgia and if he happens to fall out of the race early he can surely pick himself back up with an impressive performance at South Carolina, then the ACC championship game. Ultimately the season will rest on how many stops the defense can come up with. They ranked 64th in total defense last season allowing 395.6 yards per game with 156 of those yards coming against the run. If this defense can find a way to slow down the opposing run game Clemson could set themselves up with nice shot at the National Championship. Florida State will be the biggest challenge to Clemson, but that all depends on how redshirt freshman Jameis Winston plays.
Winner: Louisville (12-0)
The Cardinals are overwhelming favorites to win the American Athletic Conference coming into the season. That’s a lot of pressure on any team….well this team doesn’t play a ranked opponent all season. Last year they started the season 9-0 before losing 2 straight games to Syracuse and UConn. There are two games on their schedule that could prove to undo a potentially undefeated season, at USF and at Cincinnati. Yes, Louisville should win both games, but as always in college football anything can happen. UL’s biggest strength is Heisman candidate Teddy Bridgewater, if he can consistently perform well against inferior talent the season should cake walk.
Winner: Ohio State (12-0)
The Ohio State University is near a national consensus to win the Big 10 Championship in what would be consecutive years, but thanks to the Golden Pants incident the championship went to Wisconsin. New year, same OSU, Miller back, Hyde back, Shazier back. From the outside this team is stacked but can Urban Navagte them to another undrafted season and a possible national championship?
Winner: Oklahoma State (10-2)
Wait! Wait! Wait! Hear me out on this one! The Big 12 top to bottom is probably the deepest conference in the country. You could make a case for 5 teams to win the championship. Their schedule sets up perfect to win the conference championship. They have TCU, K-State, Baylor, and Oklahoma all at home. Their toughest road game? At Texas. They can afford at least one loss to still have a chance at the championship. To quote Bill Connelly of SBNation the Cowboys are a “plug and play team”. Which means Mike Gundy has created a system that can flourish no matter who plays in it, which I believe to be true.
Oregon and Stanford play each other Thursday November 7th. Ahhh crazy Thursday night games on ESPN…Which means anything can happen!! Up is down, down is up, and fish is potato. Stanford looks to be in the hunt for the national title which I feel they will be even after a win over Oregon on that crazy Thursday night. The Cardinal have a highly favorable schedule in which they play all of the ranked opponents at home. USC seems to be their toughest test, but the game I think they lose. I have a feeling Notre Dame will pull the upset in their season finally. Call me insane or crazy as I am sure you have after my last pick, but when I am right I will be smiling!
Yes I do believe there will be 3 undefeated teams, I mean why not? It is the last year of the BCS so it would only be fitting. Alabama may actually have the most complete offense in terms of blocking, passing, and running. AJ Mccarron looks to shed the game manager title even though he led the nation in passing efficiency last season. I think the real hero of this team will be running back TJ Yeldon (more on him later). Alabama’s biggest threat will be a trip to Aggieland on September 14th, but a loss to them last year did not keep them from the big game.
He impressed everyone in last year’s National Championship game where he ran for 108 yards on 21 carries and one touchdown. This year he will not have split carries with Eddie Lacy so the entire backfield is his. He is also running behind an offensive line that could produce multiple NFL draft picks. While AJ Mccarron will garner most of the early season attention, Yeldon will come on late as the closer for the Crimson Tide. Finishing a close second to him will be Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller followed by Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater, and Jadaveon Clowney.
Fiesta: Oklahoma State vs. Boise State
Sugar: Louisville vs. Texas A&M
Orange: Clemson vs. Notre Dame
BCS National Championship: Alabama vs. Ohio State
It is almost too easy to pick them to win their third straight National Championship, but a game against Ohio State is anything but that. Nick Saban meets his coaching equal Urban Myer in a battle of heavyweights. I have a feeling this game could rival the Texas-USC battle in 2005. I am giving the deciding edge to Alabama’s tough physical defense.
A big thank you to anyone who has read this thus far!! Enjoy your football season, because you have earned it!!
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