2011 General College Football Predictions
by T Kyle King on Aug 31, 2011 8:45 AM EDT
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PrintWhen I posted my preseason conference championship predictions back on August 22---practically the Progressive Era, in blog years---I promised that general college football predictions were coming soon. Well, I guess this qualifies as "soon" in geological time (or if you’re waiting for vineyarddawg to update the lexicon), but, this year, we’re mixing it up a little bit. Think of it as a new strength and conditioning regimen for bloggers.
We all know I’m bad at these sorts of predictions, which is one of the many reasons why we are fortunate to have such a talented stable of contributors. Rather than botch another set of prognostications all on my own, I figured I’d turn to my co-authors, a few of whom offered the following forecasts:
Mr. Sanchez: Kwame Geathers will have a good, not great season, and leave for the NFL.
vineyarddawg: For the first time since 2005, the BCS National Championship Game will not feature an SEC team.
Spears: The Dawgs will win a game in which the offense scores 20 points or fewer for the first time since 2008.
MaconDawg: Alabama will sustain a second straight three-loss campaign. A.J. McCarron may be hip, but he's not Greg McElroy, and no one on that roster is Julio Jones. Trent Richardson may be the second coming of Mark Ingram (heck, he may be even better), but that remains to be established.
Mr. Sanchez: Brandon Boykin will score five touchdowns this season (via kickoff return, interception return, or, as we've been clamoring for for two years now, with a small offensive package like the smaller, less of a threat with the ball, Branden Smith has), and our crush on him will grow to Champ-like levels.
vineyarddawg: On January 10, 2012 (the day after the National Championship Game), the SEC will have 13 members/announced future members.
NCT: The winner of Oklahoma-FSU will lose a BCS bowl game, and the loser of Oklahoma-FSU will win a BCS bowl game.
RedCrake: Notre Dame, much ballyhooed as a darkhorse BCS bowl contender, will lose five games or more (including at least one loss to the service academies). Lou Holtz will weep, then predict Notre Dame will win the national championship next year. In other words, 2011 will be just like the four prior years.
DavetheDawg: Morning sun will give way to increasing clouds and a good chance for thunderstorms moving over the metro area, diminishing by later this evening. Highs generally in the upper 80s to low 90s, lows in low 80s. Winds will remain light and variable. Chance of rain 50%. Oh, and we're going to whip Boise.
Coming Soon: Football. Actual, honest-to-goodness, real, live college football.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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I`m just as horrible as anyone else at predictions so I might as well throw some humor in mine;
- Charlie Weis will be banned from every buffet in Gainesville by mid season.
- Trooper Taylor will throw his towel down and for the first time in his Coaching career possibly turn his hat around and wear it the right way in last few seconds if they lose to UGA.
- In agreement with Spears.. I think the game UGA wins with less than 20 pts is a defensive struggle against South Carolina.
- And for the prediction that makes me the most nervous but screw it ..I have faith… UGA beats Florida.. badly.
by JaxDawg on Aug 31, 2011 8:59 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Flagged for the WLOCP prediction.
That kind of wild, unreasonable optimism should only be reserved for hate week, when it’s ok to predict a reenactment of the 1942 game (which Georgia won 75-0).
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We've got cross-mojonations going this morning.
If I can steal a line you used last night.
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
All lines are open source...
… and can be freely redistributed at will. :-)
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Reserve wild delusional predictions for Hate week.. noted
LOL, 2 pots of coffee get me going sometimes, vineyarddawg.. Sorry
Interested to know who MaconDawg sees Bama losing to
I suppose I could see 3 losses for them if one of them is in the SEC title game or a bowl. But I see their regular season schedule as 10-2 or 11-1 (more likely IMO).
I would be ecstatic to see Boykin in some offensive sets. The guy flat out knows how to make people miss, get him the dang ball.
You know what a consultant is, don't you? A consultant is a guy that knows 100 different sex positions but doesn't know a woman.
-Erk Russell
by Dawg in Beaumont on Aug 31, 2011 9:00 AM EDT reply actions
BBQ
Not trying to threadjack here, but I’m traveling to Mobile/Spanish Fort, Alabama today, and thought this would be the spot to find out the best place to get some BBQ.
Go Dawgs!
by Themrmove on Aug 31, 2011 10:10 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Dude you are in luck. I happen to be from there
There is a place in the Daphne area called Moes BBQ or something like that. The ribs are great as are the pulled pork sandwhich, grilled cornbread and Banana Pudding are the bomb as well. As far as in mobile is concerned, there’s The Brick Pit, and a couple others, but my favorite is Moes. I’ll try to post address and website on here if I can. Hope you get this and I hope it’s worth your while, it always is for me.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 31, 2011 10:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thanks, Southern Dawg.
If this whole sports blogging thing doesn’t work out for us, we may just shut down this site and set up an on-line barbecue-facilitation practice.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 31, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe a side-bar posting?
For instance, if I knew you were coming to Vegas, I would have suggested Memphis Bar-B-Que to you. It’s not the greatest I’ve ever had (come on, I’m out west!), but it’s not bad and the hushpuppies are simply outstanding. AND you can get sweet tea there!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
by Inteljumper on Aug 31, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I just thought it was crazy...
…that a guy was posting on here looking for a good BBQ place in an area outside of Georgia where i am from and where my family lives today. Unfortunately though i think i was 12 hours late or so. But if he spends some time around there or goes back he can try it.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Sep 1, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Dave - you're my hero.
I stood up from my desk and saluted you.
by first and thom on Aug 31, 2011 10:36 AM EDT reply actions
And on the day it's posted...
… one of my predictions is 99% of the way towards becoming fact.
/POWERS
(Granted, it wasn’t much of a stretch when it was posted, but it was when it was first written.)
except we would possibly have more than 13 on that day, and you'd be wrong
http://sportsandgrits.com/
That's a good point.
I just don’t know, though. Something tells me they might add aTm and then wait until the offseason to make the next move. It might make for one really awkward season from a scheduling standpoint, but it would be the more prudent thing to do, rather than stirring all of this up in the middle of an active season.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
It would lead to such speculation...
and the open ended nature of “we have to add someone” would impact negotiations with the potential 14, if not possible 15 and 16 too. They’d have something on us knowing we couldn’t stick with 13 to play hard ball with, say if it was Va Tech wanting Virginia, or Oklahoma demanding Okie St come with. It’d lead to endless media speculation about who was gonna be 14, and probably a recruiting style plane watch on Slive where if he visits his mama in Tampa, “OMG South Florida to the SEC!” headlines pop up everywhere. Announcing 13 without having 14 lined up makes that process a lot bloodier. It’s just not good business. Slive is a business man, and blood is a big expense.
http://sportsandgrits.com/
You might be right about the situational strategery of it all...
… but I think if a 14th team really had already been lined up, we would have heard more leaks. I mean, everybody is speculating about FSU, VT, and Missou as a “target” of the SEC, but we’ve not seen multiple significant leaks from inside any university in the same way we’ve been seeing re: aTm for weeks.
The lack of a significant amount of smoke leads me to conclude that there is not yet any real fire.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
well not exactly
if we have more than 13, we still do have 13 because you cant have 14, 15 or more without first having 13.
/may be too tired to make sense
I can bake like a demon.
Or if you have 14, one must first have 13, so you always have 13, even if you have 14.
/Department of redundancy
//Thanks for backing me up!
by vineyarddawg on Sep 1, 2011 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm over here
in the department of redecorating and I am TIRED been at this for days but I finally get to move out of the guest room! Now I just have to clean up & put away stuff before company comes :)
I can bake like a demon.
There may have to be some legal interpretation on this one.
Anybody know where we can find a lawyer around here?
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm going with there was never a meeting of the minds on what vine meant by 13
http://sportsandgrits.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 1, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I feel like a heel for not getting my prediction in...
So I’m going to give it a shot here. I know I’m going to sound like a homer for saying this, but:
The Arkansas/LSU rivalry game will determine who faces UGA in the SEC Championship. After a four loss campaign from the Gators and a three loss one by the Gamecocks, UGA will have their appearance locked up by the second week in November.
"60% of the time, it works every time."
by Ludakit on Aug 31, 2011 12:32 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
You need a campaign manager?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Aug 31, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm going with....
We will have an all SEC first or second team member from every level of the team except wide receiver:
Offensive Line: Ben Jones (1st team)
Quarterback: Aaron Murray (1st team)
RB’s: Isaiah Crowell (2nd team)
Tight End: Orson Charles (1st team)
Defensive Line: either Kwanme of BBJ but not both (1st team)
LB: Alec Ogletree (2nd team)
DB’s: Brandon Boykin (1st team)
Both Kickers and Boykin as kickoff returner
in 2011 Georgia will force 35 turnovers
A division one team will have a -2 turnover margin per game
The highest scoring offense in the PAC 10 will score three times as many points per game as the lowest
In the Big 10 no team will have a red zone touchdown % of less than 50%
A division one team will average less than two punts per game
Isaiah Crowell will average 129 yards from scrimmage per game.
Aaron Murray will pass for 273 yards per game and complete 63% of his passes.
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Aug 31, 2011 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Bonus predictions:
UGA will win at least as many games in October, November, and January as the Atlanta Falcons.
At some point during the season, Uncle Verne Lundquist will make us all uneasy by drawing favorable comparisons between Aaron Murray and Tim Tebow.
Our two leading rushers will have more combined yards and TDs than last year’s duo.
The Dawgs will finish the season ranked no worse than 6th but no better than 2nd in the conference in all major offensive and defensive statistical categories.
Both of the BCS MNCG teams will have 1 loss.
A bunch of people are going to make a bunch of money taking the unders on season win totals for Nebraska (10) and LSU (9.5/10).
One more bonus prediction:
- Vineyarddawg will reply to at least 50% of all Verne Lundquist references by saying, “What is Britney doing with her life??”… in the process forgetting that, in fact, it was Mike Patrick that made the auspicious remark, not Uncle Verne.
/I have trouble telling ’em apart.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 31, 2011 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
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