I went 5 for 6 in Saturday’s conference title games last week, bringing my record this season to 624-231 (.730).
Bowl Season starts on Saturday, the same day as the Army-Navy game, and what had an enormous amount of hype has decreased since Navy lost three straight games earlier in the year after a 7-0 start.
Today is also the announcement of the Heisman Trophy winner. I’d love for it to be Ashton Jeanty, but I think Travis Hunter will get it. it’s too good to pass up his combined presence (I think he has played twice as many snaps as anyone because he plays two ways full time and hardly gets taken off the field). Rightfully, he won the Biletnikoff award along with the Bednarik award. If he isn’t drafted no.1 overall I’d be surprised.
Army-Navy game prediction:
22) Army (F -6) def. Navy, 24-20 (X)
First Round playoff game predictions
7) Notre Dame (F -7.5) def. 10) Indiana, 34-24
6) Penn State (F -8.5) def. 11) SMU, 45-38
12) Clemson def. 5) Texas (F -11), 31-28 (X)
9) Tennessee def. 8) Ohio State (F -7), 38-35 (X)
Bowl game predictions
December 14 (2 games):
Jackson State def. South Carolina State (F -3), 31-24
South Alabama (F -9) def. Western Michigan, 38-27
December 17 (1 game):
25) Memphis (F -4.5) def. West Virginia, 30-27
December 18 (2 games):
James Madison (F -8.5) def. Western Kentucky, 34-27
24) UNLV def. California (F -1.5), 27-24
December 19 (1 game):
Georgia Southern (F -6) def. Sam Houston State, 27-20 (X)
December 20 (3 games):
Ohio (F -3) def. Jacksonville State, 29-27
Florida (F -14) def. Tulane, 35-21
Indiana vs. Notre Dame is a playoff game.
December 21 (3 games):
Please refer to the first round playoff games.
December 23 (2 games):
UTSA (F -8.5) def. Coastal Carolina, 30-26
Northern Illinois (F -3) def. Fresno State, 20-17
December 24 (1 game):
San José State (F -4) def. South Florida, 35-30
December 26 (3 games):
Pittsburgh (F -7) def. Toledo, 30-23 (X)
Kansas State (F -7) def. Rutgers, 35-21
Bowling Green (F -7) def. Arkansas State, 27-23 (X)
December 27 (5 games):
Navy def. Oklahoma (F -8.5), 24-21
Georgia Tech (F -2.5) def. Vanderbilt, 38-34 (X)
Texas Tech (F -3) def. Arkansas, 31-28 (X)
21) Syracuse (F -8) def. Washington State, 38-31
Texas A&M (F -3) def. USC, 27-17 (X)
December 28 (8 games):
UConn def. North Carolina (F -2.5), 31-24
Nebraska (F -2.5) def. Boston College, 27-20
TCU (F -11.5) def. Louisiana, 35-20
13) Miami (FL) (F -4) def. 18) Iowa State, 42-38 (X)
Colorado State def. Miami (OH) (F -3), 27-26 (X)
NC State (F -5) def. East Carolina, 33-27 (X)
23) Colorado (F -3) def. 17) BYU, 38-31 (X)
22) Army (F -16.5) def. Marshall, 35-21
December 30 (1 game):
19) Missouri (F -3) def. Iowa, 23-17
December 31 (5 games):
Michigan def. 11) Alabama (F -10), 23-20
Louisville (F -2.5) def. Washington, 31-17
20) Illinois def. 15) South Carolina (F -9.5), 27-24
Baylor def. LSU (F -1), 34-31 (X)
6) Penn State (F -11.5) def. 3) Boise State, 38-35 (CFP Quarterfinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl)
January 1 (3 games):
5) Texas (F -12.5) def. 4) Arizona State, 41-31 (CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl)
1) Oregon def. 8) Ohio State (F -2.5), 36-31 (CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential) (X)
2) Georgia (F -1.5) def. 7) Notre Dame, 34-20 (CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl) (X)
January 2 (1 game):
14) Ole Miss (F -14.5) def. Duke, 38-24
January 3 (2 games):
Texas State (F -10) def. North Texas, 37-30
Minnesota (F -6.5) def. Virginia Tech, 24-17
January 4 (1 game):
Liberty (F -1.5) def. Buffalo, 27-25 (X)
January 6 (1 game):
North Dakota State def. Montana State (F -3), 37-34 (FCS Championship game)
January 9 (1 game):
7) Notre Dame def. 6) Penn State, 41-37 (CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl)
January 10 (1 game):
8) Ohio State def. 5) Texas, 30-28 (CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic)
January 20 (1 game):
7) Notre Dame def. 8) Ohio State, 34-31 (CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
I don’t predict it to happen, but if Montana State wins over North Dakota State, AND Oregon wins the national championship, there will be 16-0 champions in both the FBS and FCS levels of Division I college football.
Oregon is eliminated so there will be no 16-0 champion on the FBS level. Give credit to the seeds 5-8, whom played sound football. The semifinalists were the 3rd (Texas), 4th (Penn State), 5th (Notre Dame), and 6th (Ohio State) best teams in the country. I don’t think too many people saw it coming that every team that got a first-round bye lost. The top 2 seeds lost by a combined 33 points.
The two teams playing for the title were the pre-season number 7 (Notre Dame) and number 2 teams in the country. As far as the teams that made the CFP, 2 of the 12 teams were unranked heading into the season (Boise State, Arizona State) and ended up having first-round byes.
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