2010 Predictions: Glendale or ... Glendale!
by Hopkins Horn on Aug 24, 2010 11:29 AM CDT
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PrintSo I was going to do a summary of what all the national media figures were predicting for the season, but being the easily-distracted type, I gave up after about 30 seconds of Googling. I'm lazy that way.
Instead, let me just simply open it up to the BON peanut gallery. How do you see the season unfolding? Want to put your thoughts in writing so that we can revisit this thread in January and see how much smarter you were than everyone else?
I mean, at least smarter than me, I would hope. I was that idiot who kept insisted we'd be on our way to the Big 10, and we saw how that turned out.
Time for some predicting after the jump...
The rules are easy.
Predict (1) the six major conference champions*, (2) the four at-large BCS bids, and (3) the outcome of the BCS Championship Game. If you want, throw in a sentence or two explaining some of your picks.
No need to predict any other individual bowl match-ups other than the championship game.
(The * goes to the fact that, for the purposes of this thread, we're looking at the six schools who'll represent their conferences in the BCS, so [1] don't pick a school which might happen to be on probation and ineligible for the BCS and [2] if School A and School B tie for a conference title, and School A receives the automatic BCS bid from the conference, and you picked School B, you're SOL.)
Also, feel free to mock anyone else's picks, but if you mock, I would encourage you to put up or shut up! Throw your own picks up here as well if someone else's are that bad.
We'll look back on this in January, and if anyone nails their predictions 100%, he or she will receive a celebratory thread on BON dedicated solely to their own all-knowing powers. And maybe some other zero-cost goodies as well.
I think this means I'm first up:
ACC: Virginia Tech
Big 10: Ohio State
Big 12: Texas
Big East: It doesn' matter Do I have to pick a team? UConn
Pac 10: Oregon State
SEC: Alabama
At Large Berths: Boise State; Florida; Oklahoma; Notre Dame
BCS Championship Game: Boise State over Alabama
Notes: I don't know to whom, but I don't see us escaping October without a loss . . . Take a look at Notre Dame's schedule if you don't believe me . . . Also Oregon State's . . . Bama plays Florida in Tuscaloosa . . . Ohio State will never go away.
And the big game? I believe that Boise State is a legit Top 5 team, and I will also acknowledge the obvious that their path to Glendale is easier than that of any of the other contenders, even though I am predicting they will defeat not one but two other BCS conference champions during the regular season. The second fact does not negate the first, and the fact that I see only Boise State joining the SEC champ as being undefeated at the end of the season makes this an easier prediction.
And then they'll beat Bama, and all of their BON critics will love every minute of it.
So who you do you have?
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Big XII – Texas
Big Ten – tOSU
SEC – Florida (I think they lose at ‘Bama, but win the CCG)
ACC – FSU (The other division may destroy themselves)
Big East – Pitt (who cares)
Pac Ten – Stanford (I think USC is the best team, but obviously can’t win it)
BCS at large – OU, Arkansas, TCU, Boise St
BCS Championship Game – Texas over tOSU
Pac 10 is banned from post season bowls, but I think they can win the Pac 10 still?
by Displaced Longhorn on Aug 24, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
USC is banned from post season bowls*
by Displaced Longhorn on Aug 24, 2010 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
It can't win in this "contest"
“The * goes to the fact that, for the purposes of this thread, we’re looking at the six schools who’ll represent their conferences in the BCS, so 1 don’t pick a school which might happen to be on probation and ineligible for the BCS”
by Texas Wahoo on Aug 24, 2010 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I am leaving predictions for this year alone
There is just to many damn questions this year about teams inside and outside the Top 10.
Dear Beergut,
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Irrational to think that it will be TU
Tu has a good team this year but this is your rebuilding year, you cannot seriously expect to win if you lose to A&M and OU in season play. Alabama, Florida and Ohio State have better chances. Texas A&M has an outside chance if we play to our potential.
who says I expect to lose to A&M and OU? Alabama is going to tank and Auburn will beat them in the regular season to face Florida in the SECCG
A&M has no potential.
by Displaced Longhorn on Aug 24, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
A&M has tons of potential
and always will.
by Magnificent Bastard on Aug 24, 2010 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Where do I begin...
Even in an infinite number of worlds where every possible reality exists still there is none where A&M win the national championship. Sir what we have there is a contradiction of terms… A&M’s very existence is defined by 1. their inferiority to the University of Texas 2. their constant ability to not matter, and 3. their willingness to constantly and completely suck in every way. Therefore if they ever found themselves in a reality where any of those 3 three ceased to be true they would no longer exist as an entity, a university, and certainly as aggies.
by BSnyder on Aug 24, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
please bookmark this post for reference in 2 months
there is absolutely ZERO chance that Texas A&M has even an outside shot at playing for the national championship. Mike Sherman is an atrocious coach and Jerrod Johnson is only marginally better than Tyrod Taylor of VT, without the sick special teams and Ryan Williams to save his ass. Although I may view the world through burnt orange colored glasses, I would hardly say there is any possibility of the Aggies playing in any BCS game
You're not counting the fact that many of A&M's players have been bitten by genetically altered university bats
Their newly realized “bat-powers” will make them an unstoppable force.
A&M students have a mysterious addiction to touching the bats outside ___ building, too?
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
I'll play
BigXII: Texas — rides dominating D
BigTen: tOSU — overrated, but who’s going to beat them?
SEC: Arkansas — improved defense and an offense that can out-gun any team on the schedule other than Auburn, and a conference schedule that boils down to Auburn and Bama
ACC: UNC — I dunno why
BigEast: Cinci — ditto
Pac10: Stanford — Andrew Luck is the truth
BCS at large: Florida, OU, Boise, Oregon
NCG: Arkansas 48 – Boise 32
Predictions sure to go wrong
Championship: Ohio State (Big 10) over Florida (SEC)
Fiesta: Texas (Big 12) over TCU (at large)
Rose: Wisconsin (at large) over Stanford (Pac-10)
Orange: Miami (ACC) over West Virginia (Big East)
Sugar: Virginia Tech (at large) over Arkansas (at large)
I put about 5 minutes of thought into this.
I don't always watch football, but when I do, I prefer Dos Achos. Stay thirsty, my friends.
I'll play before I run out the door
ACC: Va. Tech
Big 10: tOSU
Big 12: Texas over OU, coming down to the RRS for the Big 12 South Title.
Big East: Pitt
Pac 10: Washington, a real conference win, after USC self-destructs under Kiffin, Slick Rick drops one to said Kiffin, and the sheriffs’ departments of Oregon ruin both teams chances.
SEC: Florida
At Large: Boise (With a loss to Va Tech), Bama, ND (though I can see 3 losses without using my imagination),
BCS: tOSU over Florida in the BCS championship game, despite throwing 2 ints and 1 td Terrell Pryor is credited with making the entire team faster by association to fit the ESPN narrative. Kirk Herbstreit is suspended for streaking across the set yelling “Big 10 Speed! I know you can see me Gary Danielson, SUCK MY BUCKEYES”.
proud to swim home
Oh, well
Florida . . . Ohio State . . . Virginia Tech . . . Stanford (I think USC wins on the field) . . . OU (sorry) . . . Big East, truly don’t know or care — Pittsburgh
At large . . . Nebraska . . . Boise State . . . Alabama . . . Notre Dame
BCS title game: Florida over Ohio State
SEC is absolutely loaded . . . Could have three of the best 7 or 8 teams, six of the Top 20 . . . Never been a fan before, but I’m a big GEORGIA fan this season.
Atrocious Picks
Haha…he says TU as if they will goad us into a fight…and then thinks they can play for it all.
Big10: Ohio State
Big 12: Texas
Big East: Pitt
ACC: Miami
Pac10: Stanford
SEC: Florida
At Large: OU, TCU, Alabama, VT
Most of these will be wrong...
Big XII – Baylor
Big Ten – Northwestern
SEC – Vanderbilt
ACC – Duke
Big East – Syracuse
Pac Ten – Washington St.
BCS at large – Iowa St., Mississippi St., Utah St., Army
BCS Championship Game – Duke over Utah St.
"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."
--GA Horn--
Don’t be so hard on yourself, those’re solid picks.
by Displaced Longhorn on Aug 24, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Are those basketball picks?
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
by LonghornEm on Aug 25, 2010 8:10 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lets do this..
Big 12 – TEXAS
Big 10 – Iowa
ACC – North Carolina
SEC – Auburn
Pac 10 – Oregon
Big East – Pitt
At Large – OU, Boise, Alabama, Ohio St
BCS – TEXAS over Oregon (can’t go against the horns)
PB might very well offer $1 million to the winner...
as this will be quite the challenge to correctly pick all conference champions AND at large berths. Here we go:
Big 10: Iowa – they get tOSU, Penn St, and WIsconsin at home this year.
Big East: Pitt – all that is wrong with the BCS is exemplified by THIS conference’s champion receiving a bid.
Pac 10: Oregon State – With USC ineligible, they are the biggest benefactor IMHO.
ACC: FSU – Christian Ponder should be the difference maker and Jimbo Fisher will revitalize this once proud school.
SEC: Alabama – Sidenote: Greg McElroy has to lose a game eventually. This is the year. Arkansas is the team.
Big 12: Nebraska – Ugh…With 18 returning starters, their offense will not have to score a ton of points to win games.
BCS At Large: Texas, Florida , Boise St., TCU
BCS Title Game: Nebraska over Boise St.: While this may be a stretch, so is this prediction vestibule. Boise clearly has the easiest path to the MNC. I am taking the Huskers to leave the Big 12 with a MNC and begin their return to national prominence.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." ~ Will Muschamp
"I always felt like, and I paid a price for it, that it didn't seem right for one guy to bring me down." ~ The Tyler Rose
"I'm Colt McCoy and I Am Second." ~ Colt McCoy
I can't even begin to pick the ACC or Big East, I'd have to go look up what teams are even in those conferences
But I’m seeing an tOSU v. Texas title game, or a tOSU v OU title game depending on how the RRR goes.
Boise will get the shaft once again, gets an at large bid. Loser of the RRR gets an at large bid and gets a trip to the Rose Bowl to fill tOSU’s slot against the Pac-10 champ.
SEC and Pac-10 are too close to call.
We need some confidence on this thread
I for one, know all of my predictions are going to come true.
Big 12 – Texas
Big 10 – Ohio State (they will have a huge scare against Michigan, however)
ACC – Miami (the talent from recent recruiting classes is finally going to come together)
SEC – Alabama (as much as I hate to say it)
Pac 10 – Oregon
Big East – West Virginia (this was just a huge guess)
At Large – Boise, Alabama, Nebraska, TCU
BCS – Texas over Alabama:
in a huge role reversal, Greg Mcelroy is hurt on the 5th play of Alabama’s first drive. Bama fans use this as an excuse, even though he isn’t good anyways. Gilbert shines, and Blake Gideon intercepts a pass much like the one he dropped against Tech in ’08. Balance is restored in the universe).
Alabama
It’s going to quite something if you Alabama pick comes true as both SEC champ and at large bid…BCS might just be that screwed..
ACC: Virginia Tech
Big 10: Ohio State
Big 12: Oklahoma (2008 rerun)
Big East: Pitt
Pac 10: Washington
SEC: Florida
At Large Berths: TCU, Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame
Rose: Washington over Notre Dame
Fiesta: Oklahoma over TCU
Orange: Virginia Tech over Pitt
Sugar: Texas over Alabama
BCS Championship Game: Ohio State over Florida
by Infield Elephant on Aug 24, 2010 2:24 PM CDT reply actions
Here goes nothing (more than likely I'm batting under .600)
ACC: Virginia Tech (Probably w/ 2 losses)
Big 10: Ohio State (1 loss- In whatever game Pryor chokes his chicken in)
Big 12: OU – (Goes undefeated – I know, what a homer)
Big East: Pitt (meh)
Pac 10: Oregon State (with 2 losses)
SEC: Auburn (1 loss, but they bite Bama in the butt in the CCG)
At Large Berths: ; Florida; Texas; TCU, Bama
BCS Championship Game: OU over Boise State (redemption is ours)
I refuse to put ND in the conversation
Boise State wins the whole thing and Nebraska has 3-4 losses, that aint a guess, thats whats gonna happen
"We'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"
by greenspointexas on Aug 24, 2010 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
Then spell out all the conference champs
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 24, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
MNC Boise State vs. Houston FTW
Harrison Smith guarantees it.
I don't always watch football, but when I do, I prefer Dos Achos. Stay thirsty, my friends.
by jc25 on Aug 24, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Can I borrow your crystal ball?
I want to make some extra money day trading on the stock market and pay off my student loans.
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
It pains me to type this:
ACC: Georgia Tech (I hate the flexbone)
Big 10: Ohio State (is there anyone in the Big Ten who can challenge them this season?)
Big 12: Oklahoma (it pains me to type this, but I think Texas drops one or two early before the o-line/running game gel)
Big East: Pitt (most Big East fans will be watching too much basketball to notice)
Pac 10: Oregon (tied with three other Pac 10 teams)
SEC: Alabama (one or two losses in regular season, but they pull it out for the SEC championship game)
At Large Berths: Boise State, Florida, Iowa, Texas (there will be many protests when undefeated TCU or Cougar High aren’t taken)
BCS Championship Game: Ohio State over Boise State (Pryor will be widely compared to Vince Young by people who have no memory and can’t differentiate between mobile black quarterbacks)
Rose Bowl: Iowa over Oregon (before bowl, Oregon will lose no fewer than four players to arrest/academic ineligibility)
Sugar Bowl: Texas over Alabama (Alabama will pout over not going to the MNC (like they did with Utah) and Texas will have something to prove)
Orange Bowl: Florida over Georgia Tech (Urban Meyer hates the flexbone too)
Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma over Pitt (the only way Stoops will win another BCS game is when the Fiesta Bowl has the last pick and is stuck with a Big East team)
The French haven't the nature for war. Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces than fight.
Here goes...
Big XII – Texas
Big Ten – tOSU
SEC – Bama
ACC – The U
Big East – Pitt
Pac Ten – Oregon
BCS at large – OU, Florida, TCU, Boise St
BCS Championship Game – UT beats tOSU
Vince Young = Greatness
This makes my brain hurt.
But here’s my shot…
Big X(II) Texas. I think Nebraska is overrated, and ou has too many tough games before mid-October.
Big Ten – tOSU. Just don’t think anybody else is set up to take them down this year.
SEC – Auburn. Schedule sets up nicely for them. Alabama has a murderer’s row and I don’t see them getting through unscathed. Florida is old news.
ACC – VaTech. No reason. Just happens to be a team I know in that league.
Big East – Pitt. Ditto.
Pac Ten – No idea. Going with Oregon.
BCS at-large – ou, Florida, Boise St., Wisconsin
BCSCG – Texas defeats tOSU for part 1 of a back-to-back MNC run.
You heard it here first, folks.
If the world was a school, we'd be homecoming king...
Are we truly going to run the table with GG and a 50% new system?
I would love to see some objectivity here. Truly. The voting totals indicate the Burnt Orange lenses are firmly implanted. IF we cannot run the ball effectively, we are going to lose 1-2 games this season.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." ~ Will Muschamp
"I always felt like, and I paid a price for it, that it didn't seem right for one guy to bring me down." ~ The Tyler Rose
"I'm Colt McCoy and I Am Second." ~ Colt McCoy
Polls like this...
…are most interesting to look at when you eliminate the favored school.
Doing that, there’s a hell of a lot more love for tOSU than I would have imagined, and I guess everyone realizes how important Tebow was with the relative lack of respect for the Gators.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 24, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
August is all about hope...
…much like April for baseball. Anything is possible, the world is ours for the taking, keep hope alive, today is the first day of the rest of your life (add whatever other optimistic aphorisms you like).
You can’t blame people for predicting what they hope will come to pass. It’s called the power of positive thinking.
Conversely, optimists are often disappointed, while pessimists are often delighted.
Hmmmm
I do not equate objectivity to pessimism anymore than I equate idealism to optimism.
Ideally the Horns will win it all and I will correctly pick the 6 numbers for the next drawing.
Objectively, this season with GG at the helm has 11-2 written all over it while I miss out on my lotto picks.
There is nothing pessimistic about the aforementioned forecast.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." ~ Will Muschamp
"I always felt like, and I paid a price for it, that it didn't seem right for one guy to bring me down." ~ The Tyler Rose
"I'm Colt McCoy and I Am Second." ~ Colt McCoy
by Mulliganville on Aug 24, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess you missed my point...
…which was perhaps ill-defined; that people can be forgiven for lacking objectivity in the days before a sports season begins.
Fan(aticism) and objectively seldom reside together.
By definition, you don’t even have to forgive them.
Yeah.... homerific here too
Big XII – Texas (over….. MIZZOU!)
Big Ten – tOSU
Pac 10 – Stanford
SEC – ’Bama (but with 2 losses) (over Florida)
ACC – VaTech (over Florida St.)
BIg East – Pitt
At large – TCU, Miami (ACC finally gets 2), Florida, Oklahoma
Boise loses 3, Peterson leaves, and we never have to hear about them again. God I hate Boise St.
Va Tech is going to beat them like UGa did several years ago. I can’t wait.
By the end of the year Texas will be the best team in the country (just like they were the last 2 years) So if they stay undefeated while Gilbert gets experience they’ll beat Ohio state in the championship game. And Texas will beat Nebraska at least once. The defenses and special teams even out. Texas clearly has the better offense. I’m not gonna predict all the conferences but Ohio state will win the big 10 and Alabama will win the sec
by Imalonghornfan on Aug 24, 2010 8:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Apparently there are 38 people who know absolutely nothing about college football...
…38 being the number of people who thought Boise was going to win the MNC, that is. Ohio State has the best chance. Ohio State or Alabama, but I’m giving the Buckeyes the edge because playing in the SEC takes it out of you.
In-VINCE-able.
Ha!
And I say that anyone who says this:
Ohio State or Alabama, but I’m giving the Buckeyes the edge because playing in the SEC takes it out of you.
…knows nothing about college football. Unless those four straight championships by SEC schools happened in an alternate college football universe in which playing in the SEC doesn’t take it out of you.
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by Hopkins Horn on Aug 24, 2010 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
If Texas goes undefeated...
and makes it into the champ game, it will be a miracle. They have at least two more years of seasoning to go before they can get there again. I’m a homer as much as the next guy, but let’s be realistic here.
In-VINCE-able.
I'll counter...
Look at Mack Brown’s record. Ok, let’s assume Mack can pull together 10 wins. Now, where are the potential losses:
A&M, OU, TT, UCLA, NU, KState. I may have missed one or two, but I’ll start with these 5.
A&M – we get them at home, and they’re starting 3 freshman on their offensive line. Colt McCoy could outrun their safeties, and Muschamp has a bone to pick with them.
OU – holding open tryouts for kickers in a season where we’ll match up with them in a defensive showdown in Dallas. I’ll take those odds.
TT – Brand new head coach who is taking a step back from the tried and true upset formula that Leach was so good at. Again, like the odds.
UCLA – Terrible offseason luck with injuries and attrition. We’ve got them at home.
NU – Zac Lee is still quarterback. Suh is gone. They lost at home to Iowa State last year. They play complete garbage teams the entire season until they meet us. We’ve never lost after OU. We have an off week to prepare.
KState – I’m very worried about this game. They’ve cursed us. If they injure GG, I’ll burn my house down.
Lots of possible losses, but I don’t feel there’s a single team out there where we’re playing the underdog. It’s unlikely that we’ll go undefeated, but it won’t take a miracle. Just a little luck. Worst case scenario, IMO, we lose 2 of the above five.
At Large Berths: Boise State; Florida; Oklahoma; Notre Dame
I love you.
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
Had I known picking Notre Dame makes women fall in love with you....
ACC: Notre Dame
Big 10: Notre Dame
Big 12: Notre Dame
Big East: Notre Dame
Pac 10: Notre Dame
SEC: Notre Dame
At Large Berths: Notre Dame; Notre Dame; Notre Dame; Notre Dame
BCS Championship Game: Notre Dame over Notre Dame
It comes with a stip though
You have to watch Lou Holtz 40 hours a week.
AFB Condensed- New name, same flavor.
Quoting yourself doesn't require your own name attached to it. I'm going to assume if there isn't anyone else's name attached it's yours.
Does it matter?
His spit will be hitting the camera lens anyway.
(Sorry Lou, I kid because I love.)
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
Okay. I give! I give.
Just give the crystal ball to ND. I can’t take 40 hrs of Lou.
by soonerspeak on Aug 25, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Even I rec'd this
Awesome
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
I'm usually pretty good at this (if you overlook the fact that I pick Texas every year)
Big XII=Texas. My heart says Texas, but my head says Nebraska. Heart wins every time.
Big 10=Penn State. In what turns out to be JoePa’s final season, the Nittany Lions upset OSU, in the Horseshoe, on their way to the Rose Bowl.
ACC=Miami. Randy Shannon and Jacory Harris bring it back to the U.
Big East=West Virginia. I’m not sold on this pick. The winner is decided in the Backyard Brawl.
SEC=Alabama. Hardest conference to predict. I’m taking the coward’s way out.
Pac 10=Oregon St. The Beavers run all over as Jacquizz puts up Heisman numbers.
At large Bids: TCU, Ohio St., LSU and Nebraska.
National Championship: Texas over TCU in a defensive struggle. Unlikely heroes, ’Tre Newton and Blake Gideon, emerge. A late TD run by Newton and controversial interception by Gideon propel the Longhorns to their 5th Championship.
Instead of commending a deserving Longhorn squad, ESPN analysts and journalists from around the country talk about the season that could have been (Non-AQ winning the title).
TLDNR…I know.
Whatever, at least we don’t have to wait much longer.
Hook ’em.
edit - I'm going to go ahead and amend my pick of UNC.....
seeing as how their whole defense is apparently getting kicked of the team
ACC – Miama!
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