2017 Prediction Thread

[agavi...@gmail.com]

I think AU has all the pieces and the rest of the league is down a bit.

The teams that worry most are SPUAT, MSU and a little bit UGA and Ole Miss. SPUAT is super talented 2-deep, MSU has a talented QB and Mullens seems to coach them well. A bad UGA beat AU last year because the only QB had a shoulder injury and Ole Miss was expected to have a great offense before their coach quitted. sasnakrA might have something with their QB and LSU has Guice. Who knows?

Nonetheless, I think AU goes undefeated and wins the SEC outright.

W Ga Southern
W Clemson
W Mercer
W Missouri
W Miss St
W Ole Miss
W LSU
W Arkansas
W Texas A&M
W Georgia
W UL Monroe
W Alabama

[unclejr]

8-4.

[agavi...@gmail.com]

Who?

[michael anderson]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 8:44:48 AM UTC-5, the_andr...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Who?

i think he was referring to auburn....

[JGibson]

Not that I ever come close to being right:

Penn State:
W 9/2 Sat vs. Akron
W 9/9 Sat vs. Pittsburgh
W 9/16 Sat vs. Georgia State
L 9/23 Sat @ *Iowa
W 9/30 Sat vs. *Indiana
W 10/7 Sat @ *Northwestern
W 10/21 Sat vs. *Michigan
L 10/28 Sat @ *Ohio State
L 11/4 Sat @ *Michigan State
W 11/11 Sat vs. *Rutgers
W 11/18 Sat vs. *Nebraska
W 11/25 Sat @ *Maryland

9-3, whatever Tier2 Bowl that puts them in, no playoff controversy, no share of a division title.

[dotsla...@gmail.com]

You haven't been following the Spartans much for the last year, eh? Not just their last season results, more the ongoing dumpster fire during the off-season...

Cheers.

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 04:25:08 -0700 (PDT), "the_andr...@yahoo.com"
<agavi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I think AU has all the pieces and the rest of the league is down a bit.
>

>The teams that worry most are SPUAT, MSU and a little bit UGA and Ole Miss.=
> SPUAT is super talented 2-deep, MSU has a talented QB and Mullens seems to=
> coach them well. A bad UGA beat AU last year because the only QB had a sho=
>ulder injury and Ole Miss was expected to have a great offense before their=
> coach quitted. sasnakrA might have something with their QB and LSU has Gui=

>ce. Who knows?
>
>Nonetheless, I think AU goes undefeated and wins the SEC outright.
>
>W Ga Southern
>W Clemson
>W Mercer
>W Missouri
>W Miss St
>W Ole Miss
>W LSU
>W Arkansas
>W Texas A&M
>W Georgia
>W UL Monroe
>W Alabama

That's a courage I don't have. I don't like disappointment so I reduce
my expectations. No matter how many times Bama wins I believe they can
lose the next game.

Of course I hope you will all but the last.

If you beat LSU and UGA Ohio State should be easy.

Hugh

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[agavi...@gmail.com]

He must be a UGA fan. He's been humping my leg for a while.

[JGibson]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 10:16:42 AM UTC-4, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:
> You haven't been following the Spartans much for the last year, eh? Not just their last season results, more the ongoing dumpster fire during the off-season...
>

Big let down after the exciting win over Michigan. That leads to a crushing loss to Ohio State. Hangover into the Michigan State game.

[michael anderson]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 9:16:42 AM UTC-5, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:
> You haven't been following the Spartans much for the last year, eh? Not just their last season results, more the ongoing dumpster fire during the off-season...

one could say you aren't following penn state very closely then....I don't see any evidence that they are good.

[michael anderson]

florida state- L
Fresno State- W
CO State- W
Vanderbilt- W
OleMiss- W
Texas A&M- W
Arkansas- W
Tennessee- W
LSU- L
MS State- W
Mercer- W
Auburn- L

Win SEC W at 7-1(outright, LSU goes 6-2)

SEC championship- beat Auburn

get in as the first 2 loss team in playoff history so far

Win two games there....and bring home another national title

[michael anderson]

ooops change the Auburn game to a win

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:25:11 AM UTC-5, the_andr...@yahoo.com wrote:

> I think AU has all the pieces and the rest of the league is down a bit.
>

Badger Badger Badger

UTah State - w
FAU - W
@BYU - W
Northwestern - L - we *always* lose this game on a fluke
@UNL - W
Purdon't - W
Maryland - W
@Illannoy - W
@Indiana - W
Iowa - W
Meatchikken - W
@Minnie - W


Very young last year and still young this year, but with a lot more depth and experience. Schedule much friendlier than last year w/ two toughest games at home altho @BYU could be a trap. Always seem to stumble once. Running game should be great w/ James and Shaw and a still-young line filled with Wisconsin roadgraders - and passing will be fine. Hornibrook has grown a ton and now puts a lot of zip on the ball. D will be quite solid - only glaring weakness is along the d line - not as much depth as they'd like. Linebackers tho - look out, they're gonna be great.

11-1 or 10-2 seems right. This is going to be a very good team - well coaches, good players. Talent-wise just a step down from the top 4 or 5 elites programs despite the lack of top level recruits. Depending on a few breaks here and there, this could be a playoof team.

[agavi...@gmail.com]

I don't think FSU wins against SPUAT.

And LSU is coached by Orgeron.

Need to leave that L beside AU though.

[agavi...@gmail.com]

Some folks are calling badgers a dark horse playoff team.

[michael anderson]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 1:11:24 PM UTC-5, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:25:11 AM UTC-5, the_andr...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I think AU has all the pieces and the rest of the league is down a bit.
> >
>
> Badger Badger Badger
>
> UTah State - w
> FAU - W
> @BYU - W
> Northwestern - L - we *always* lose this game on a fluke
> @UNL - W
> Purdon't - W
> Maryland - W
> @Illannoy - W
> @Indiana - W
> Iowa - W
> Meatchikken - W
> @Minnie - W
>

wow that's an easy schedule....just one top 25 team on it total? And no non-home games against top 25 teams?

Depending on how Michigan looks, they may be favored in every game.

[darkst...@gmail.com]

That would be a disaster scenario. I actually think they were a rogue member or two of the Committee from being National Champions last year. Thank God they weren't.

I think you're going to see a lot of shenanigans with Pedophile State. They'll need them for better than 9-3. That's a tough schedule.

I'm definitely thinking laying the 20-1.

Mike

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

In the preseason books, they were. Just the Badgers and Bama were the only teams favored in all games preseason - don't know if that still holds true or not now that we're closer to the games

[michael anderson]

i think they will beat NW(who sucks) at home...@Nebraska or v Michigan seem like the most likely losses...but jesus I cant get over how easy that schedule is. Im not sure thats a schedule where losing 1 game and winning the bigten title game gets in over a 2 loss conference champ with a much tougher schedule. There is just nothing there.

[dnrapp]

How can bama beat Auburn in the SEC Championship game? Aren't they in the same division?

[agavi...@gmail.com]

It's the SPUAT/UGA fan predictions thread.

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:08:16 -0700 (PDT), dnrapp <dnr...@aol.com>
wrote:

>How can bama beat Auburn in the SEC Championship game? Aren't they in the same division?

If Bama and Cow U. are the only undefeated teams in the conference the
Iron Bowl should be for the SEC Championship.

If the Iron Bowl winner clobbers the East winner, the Iron Bowl game
WAS the championship game. I don't let technicalities confuse issues.

All you asked was "How can". :)

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 14:40:37 -0700 (PDT), "The Cheesehusker, Trade
Warrior" <iamtj...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Depending on how Michigan looks, they may be favored in every game.
>
>In the preseason books, they were. Just the Badgers and Bama were the only teams favored in all games preseason - don't know if that still holds true or not now that we're closer to the games

To get in the Final Four a team from the Can't Count Conference has to
beat Ohio State. The season only matters to fans of other schools.

[michael anderson]

meant florida

[dotsla...@gmail.com]

Lol. Coming from the conference universally achnowledged as being on top (preseason) I'm pretty sure if any two loss team is coming in its from the big ten.

Four teams in the top ten vs two from most other conferences, except the sec... which has one? Weak.

Cheers.

[michael anderson]

On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 8:32:43 AM UTC-5, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:
> Lol. Coming from the conference universally achnowledged as being on top (preseason) I'm pretty sure if any two loss team is coming in its from the big ten.

As usual, you assume wrong.

[dotsla...@gmail.com]

As usual, you're a couple years behind... hard to see a two loss bama team without a win over anyone respectable getting in...

Cheers.

[Futbol Phan]

Averaging across multiple polls, B1G does have more top 10 teams than any conference. SEC has ... Bama

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/1/18/14300370/college-football-rankings-2017-early-top-25-polls

[michael anderson]

On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 10:46:09 AM UTC-5, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:
> As usual, you're a couple years behind...

lmao...dude, you havent been reality based in some time. Your team has won half a national championship since MY FREAKING DAD WAS BORN. Hell saban shits half a national title after breakfast most mornings....your coach continues to run his mouth at meaningful programs(tOSU, Bama) who continue to kick his ass either on the field or in accomplishments since he has been there. To make up for these shortcomings now you're using your own cutoff and standards arbitrarily(why is top 10 the basis...why not top 25) in preseason polls which dont enough have any value anymore...I mean how pathetic is that. If you're going to use preseason polls to indicate a conferences strength, the bigten only has 4 teams in the top 25(vs 6 for the sec) and really only 4 in the top 30 or so when looking at the also recieving votes category...which is lower than just about every conference I believe...so that is sorta pathetic.

[unclejr]

I don't even know what his team is.

[michael anderson]

his team is michigan

[unclejr]

Wasn't that your team, too?

[michael anderson]

not in a very very long time...certainly not since I've lived in god's country(Alabama)

[unclejr]

It must be nice to switch allegiance to any team whenever you feel like it.

[Futbol Phan]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 1:11:24 PM UTC-5, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:

This ain't gonna help:

http://www.mlive.com/sports/2017/08/wisconsin_linebacker_jack_cich.html#incart_river_home

[agavi...@gmail.com]

Just a scratch.

[dotsla...@gmail.com]

"To make up for these shortcomings now you're using your own cutoff and standards arbitrarily(why is top 10 the basis...why not top 25)"

Bet I can find a conversation between us from a few years back where I pointed out there were more big ten teams in the top 25 and you did a similar frothy reaction only you claimed anything past the top 10 was meangingless.

Also, don't get your capris in a knot, dude. The sec had a great run through the old "hype means everything" bcs system - they're sort of settling back to their natural state, but bama should still be good for a couple more years - hell, given the lack of competition in-conference, they should collect a ton of wins no problem.

Cheers.

[michael anderson]

On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 1:00:18 PM UTC-5, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:

> Also, don't get your capris in a knot, dude. The sec had a great run through the old "hype means everything" bcs system - they're sort of settling back to their natural state

their natural state(for most of my life at least up to now) has been to be the premiere conference in college football...there is the sec and everyone else.

As has been pointed out to you again and again, it's a trend decades and decades old now that will only continue to grow as demographics push it that way slowly. Look at the top 100, top 250 prospects each year...now look at where they are from. It's not rocket science...look at where the top 6-7 sec schools recruit in terms of rankings every year. The #6 sec team in any given year is typically #10 or #11 in the whole country. The #6 acc/bigten/pac12/big12 team is typically in the 40s or so....thats why you get what you get.

Look at the last 10+(heck even go back a little farther) national titles....even when the sec doesn't win, a school deep in the southeast does. tOSU is the one big outlier right now(really in all of college football) of a program that can be competitive with the dominance that is southeastern football...

The non-tosu bigten schools arent going to be competitive with the best southern school every year. Just not going to happen.

[michael anderson]

Furthermore alabama's competitors/wannabe peers every year are generally LSU, Auburn when they are good, Florida when they are good, Georgia when they are good, tOSU, and then teams like USC or Texas when they are good. Or FSU when they are good(like the opener this year). Or clemson if they have a special team and special qb the last couple years. It's basically whichever other power sec teams are up and then whichever other sun belt power tends to be way up(obviously not texas now). Alabama is not measuring themselves year by year against Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, etc....it's a nonissue. Thats what makes Harbaugh's trolling so absurd. Michigan needs to establish themselves at the top of the bigten before they start such talk.

[dotsla...@gmail.com]

What's telling is the part of my reply you skipped, Mr "why did you use the top ten".

Good run from the late 90s until a few years back, though. Losing miles is gonna hurt their competitiveness.

Cheers.

[michael anderson]

On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 1:21:46 PM UTC-5, dotsla...@gmail.com wrote:
> What's telling is the part of my reply you skipped, Mr "why did you use the top ten".

as opposed to the top 12, top 5, top 15, top whatever....I didnt respond because it didn't seem like you had any point. I don't remember what I wrote then. If I was cherry picking then too, well...two wrongs dont make a right. Note I said if...I dont even remember what I wrote. Besides, preseason rankings have a lot more to do with coaches/writers sometimes ordering teams based on where they think they could finish. Wisconsin, for example, sure as hell wouldnt be favored on a neutral field against all but 8 teams....a lot of that is people looking at their schedule and seeing only 1 ranked team and thinking "hmmm, where are the losses...they may go 10-2 or better". I only see 1 team amongst that bunch with the potential to be very good. In the sec it wouldnt shock me if LSU or Auburn turns in a really big year.

>
> Good run from the late 90s until a few years back, though.

ummm...thats going back almost 30 years. The trend will only continue based on what I wrote about players/demographic shifts/recruiting.

>Losing miles is gonna hurt their competitiveness.
>

lmao...Miles had lsu underachieving based on their recruiting/talent. The head coaches now(Canada and Aranda are essentially co-head coaches, bozo is just there in name only) are going to be far superior.

> Cheers.

[Ken Olson]

My allegiance hasn't changed - ever.

[Eric Ramon]

I was enjoying this exercise until, by my count, I had the Ducks with a 6 game losing streak, so I decided to bag the whole project.

[plai...@gmail.com]

Well, Mia, if history is so important to the playoff selection process, why don't we save time and just invite Yale now.

[Some dued]

Don't forget Nebraska and Michigan, his favorite teams.

[agavi...@gmail.com]

Maybe Oregon loses the first 6, then finishes with a strong winning streak?

At least tickets will be cheap.

[Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger]

Eli's coming, hide your heart, girl...

[jim brown]

You are a fucking moran.

[jim brown]

NICE?? I find it hollow and quite pathetic.

[jim brown]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 1:11:24 PM UTC-5, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:25:11 AM UTC-5, the_andr...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I think AU has all the pieces and the rest of the league is down a bit.
> >
>
> Badger Badger Badger
>
> UTah State - w
> FAU - W
> @BYU - W
> Northwestern - L - we *always* lose this game on a fluke
> @UNL - W
> Purdon't - W
> Maryland - W
> @Illannoy - W
> @Indiana - W
> Iowa - W

Last 5 years, I believe the road team has won...just sayin' :)

[unclejr]

I do, too. Nice was the wrong word. A thousand apologies.

[jim brown]

IOWA


vs Wyoming ....W (though very close)
# Iowa State....W
vs N. Tejas....W
Penn St.......W
@ Mich St.....W
vs Illinois...W
@ Northwestern....L
vs Minnesota....W
vs tO$U........L
@Wisconsin....W
vs Purdue....W
@ Nebraska...W


10-2 and we finally break our 5 year bowl losing streak.

[J. Hugh Sullivan]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:28:19 -0700 (PDT), jim brown
<jimbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You are a fucking moran.

Statements like that are so odd.

He earns a pretty fair living in a profession where he treats morans
vice being one.

And one would hope he is successful in the activity mentioned.

It's good to be outstanding in your field especially if you are a
farmer.

Hugh

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[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

The Weaufx Gods were quick to smite my optimism

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

Yeah yeah yeah

[Michael Press]

In article <ab76222c-53b5-4810...@googlegroups.com>,

Eric Ramon <ramon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was enjoying this exercise until, by my count, I had the Ducks with a 6 game losing streak, so I decided to bag the whole project.

Washington State through Arizona?

--
Michael Press

[Michael Press]

In article <c8db2c95-ccab-4c04...@googlegroups.com>,

"Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger" <damon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Eli's coming, hide your heart, girl...

<http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2009_09/boola.html>

A girl from Chicago will beseech you.
A girl from Washington she will impeach you.
But a New York girl will always want to teach you
A thing or two about hoola hoola boola hoooo lahhh
Boola---la hoola boola---la hoola boola---la hoola boo.
After she takes you through the Bowrey
You'll have the hoola---la hoola boo.

--
Michael Press

[Eric Ramon]

that's it. It could be grim again this year. 5-7 maybe.

[The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior]

BTW - sounds like Toren is #2 on the depth chart so far - that's the guy from my kids' hs

[Michael Press]

In article <7e0f2c74-2e6b-4343...@googlegroups.com>,
"the_andr...@yahoo.com" <agavi...@gmail.com> wrote:


[...]

Michigan

9/2 L vs. Florida
9/9 L vs. Cincinnati
9/16 L vs. Air Force
9/23 L @ *Purdue
10/7 L vs. *Michigan State
10/14 L @ *Indiana
10/21 L @ *Penn State
10/28 L vs. *Rutgers
11/4 L vs. *Minnesota
11/11 L @ *Maryland
11/18 L @ *Wisconsin
11/25 W vs. *Ohio State

--
Michael Press

[agavi...@gmail.com]

Perfect season