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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2016 7:22:34 GMT
The 15th annual NationalChamps.net Early Bird Preview is up on the site now. We waited until this week when the bowl games were over to see if we could get just a hair more accurate. LINK: 2016 College Football Early Bird PreviewIf you visit any other football forums, help us out and post a link there. Everything is free, but we only get paid by the number of visitors. Such is life on the web. Enjoy! |
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Post by bluehen on Jan 9, 2016 0:12:03 GMT
Interesting..thanks.
Tennessee will compete for the SEC championship and contend for the CFP Invitational. Rare prediction from the Hen house
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Post by GatorGrad on Jan 11, 2016 13:47:39 GMT
Correct, Hen. If the Vols can't finally win the division and at least get back to Atlanta with all of the returning talent they have coming back from Butch's last four recruiting classes, then he's just a poor gameday coach. Florida loses a lot and has to go to Knoxville with a new QB, most likely a walk-on or grad transfer who was benched at Purdue. Georgia is in transition with a new coach, same for South Carolina. Put lots of money on the Vols winning the SEC East.
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Post by doc on Jan 11, 2016 14:24:55 GMT
I'm not a betting man but I'd be willing to bet Ohio State winds up rated higher than both MSU and Iowa. I'll also predict Ohio State will have one of the top 10 highest scoring offenses in the country next season. But I am a homer....
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Post by kentflash_05 on Jan 11, 2016 14:58:53 GMT
I'm not a betting man but I'd be willing to bet Ohio State winds up rated higher than both MSU and Iowa. I'll also predict Ohio State will have one of the top 10 highest scoring offenses in the country next season. But I am a homer.... I'll go even further, Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin will all finish the year ahead of Michigan State and Iowa. Tennesee will play Mississippi for the SEC championship, and the Final Four will be 1) 'Ole Miss vs 4) Big Ten Winner Ohio State/Michigan 2) Clemson vs Baylor it's also extremely early though so these predictions can be revised! |
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Post by jameshowell on Jan 11, 2016 19:36:31 GMT
Michigan is going to have a tough time next season. New QB and the entire offensive line needing to be replaced. That doesn't bode well for the offense. It does bode well for future years as Harbaugh can get his recruits for his system in place to start getting experience. Harbaugh has always been a great motivator with his teams generally exceeding expectations everywhere he has been, so there is some hope for next year. The schedule helps. Should win all three OOC games (Hawaii, Central Florida, and Colorado). The first five games are at home with the last two of those five (PSU and Wisconsin) probably giving a good indication of the rest of the season. Seven likely wins. The other five are the PSU and Wisky games at home and MSU, Iowa, and tOSU all on the road.
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Post by doc on Jan 11, 2016 20:18:02 GMT
Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin as well as Michigan will all breaking in new QB's. Ohio State has absolutely no question as to who the QB will be. And I'm very excited to see the new crop of receivers - they should be a tremendous group...Campbell, Gibson, Brown (who broke his leg this year), Clark, McLauren, KJ Hill plus Samuel and Wilson at Hback. Defense will also be young and ready to go.
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Post by Bevo on Jan 11, 2016 22:08:51 GMT
If Texas doesn't crack the Top 25 next year, I think Charlie will be gone. That said, I can't disagree with you leaving them out. I don't know how anyone could predict/expect anything from them.
I think Louisville will be higher than you have them. For all his personal flaws, Bobby Petrino is an excellent football coach. They're returning nearly everyone, and starting to learn the system.
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Post by EvilVodka on Jan 13, 2016 14:11:17 GMT
ACC Rising....Clemson, Louisville, and FSU are all loaded...
North Carolina will only get better, and Miami and Virginia have new, good coaches.
LSU brings back 9 starters on each side of the ball...
Baylor gets their QBs back....
My early guess for the playoff is:
#1 Baylor vs. #4 Clemson
#2 Florida State vs. #3 LSU
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Post by EvilVodka on Jan 13, 2016 14:15:08 GMT
If Texas doesn't crack the Top 25 next year, I think Charlie will be gone. That said, I can't disagree with you leaving them out. I don't know how anyone could predict/expect anything from them. I think Louisville will be higher than you have them. For all his personal flaws, Bobby Petrino is an excellent football coach. They're returning nearly everyone, and starting to learn the system. I think Charlie is gone....but then again, he beat both Oklahoma and Baylor last year lol Louisville is a kept secret....they've been recruiting some Florida talent, and they're waiting to break out. That young QB they've got is pretty good (Jackson I think?) |
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Post by EvilVodka on Jan 13, 2016 14:24:16 GMT
Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin as well as Michigan will all breaking in new QB's. Ohio State has absolutely no question as to who the QB will be. And I'm very excited to see the new crop of receivers - they should be a tremendous group...Campbell, Gibson, Brown (who broke his leg this year), Clark, McLauren, KJ Hill plus Samuel and Wilson at Hback. Defense will also be young and ready to go. I like Ohio State in the Big 10 next year....I think it will be one of those years where they will either be 10-2 or 11-1. If they can hold on and win the Big 10 with 1 loss, they'll be playoff bound The schedule looks to be harder.... By week 3, you have a road trip to Norman, Oklahoma to play the Sooners. After the bye, you go 9 weeks straight with road games at Wisconsin, at Penn State, at Michigan State, with home games vs. Nebraska and Michigan tough road to the playoff |
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Post by EvilVodka on Jan 13, 2016 14:30:52 GMT
I'm not a betting man but I'd be willing to bet Ohio State winds up rated higher than both MSU and Iowa. I'll also predict Ohio State will have one of the top 10 highest scoring offenses in the country next season. But I am a homer.... I'll go even further, Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin will all finish the year ahead of Michigan State and Iowa. Tennesee will play Mississippi for the SEC championship, and the Final Four will be 1) 'Ole Miss vs 4) Big Ten Winner Ohio State/Michigan 2) Clemson vs Baylor it's also extremely early though so these predictions can be revised! Ole Miss opens up the season against Florida State...FSU brings back nearly their entire offense. And then Ole Miss has Alabama, Georgia, and Memphis all back to back. Then after the bye, they play AT Arkansas, then AT LSU, then home against Auburn Honestly, I think it will be extremely challenging to go 10-3 again with that schedule. They lose a lot of key players too... I do like your Baylor pick though....one of these years, things will click and Baylor will break through to the playoff.... |
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