So lets finish the discussion about football before thegames begin in both College and the NFL. They stories in College are extremely intriguing. What kind of season will Penn St. have? They will be the most scrutinized team this year and now the story wont go away. I blogged how disappointed I was that the school did not fight for their rights, and now the members of the trustees are finally stepping up and in. It is bad for the school because everyone just wants to sweep the situation under the "football rug". The school is uniting in all sports to show that Penn St. has moved forward and cannot control what happens off the field. The students make the University and hopefull this fall they will represent their families, friends, and themselves with class and dignity. I feel for the victims, but no one can fix what happened. Good Luck Penn St.
Another story is several college athletes came back to college for one more year for a chance at a title. Matt Barkeley would have been a first round pick. Montee Ball and Landry Jones too. They have the world on their shoulders this season and relish the opportunity to get it done this fall. Expectations are extremely high at those Universities this fall. Tyrann Matthieu came back as well but addiction has ruined his college career. It is tragic and hopefully he will get the help he needs.
Speaking of the SEC will they win another BCS title? Georgia, is joining the fray this year as they have the quarterback in Murray to compete with the big boys. If South Carolina can control their turnover problems of years past they will be their as well. USC, Clemson, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon feel like they have enough to end the run of the SEC. Florida St. and Virginia Tech always possess potent defenses and good enough players to play with the SEC schools. I think the reign comes to an end this year.
I think the title game will be USC and Oklahoma. Bama and LSU have a lot of unanswered questions on both sides of the ball. They are both giving way too many new players an opportunity to be great this year. Look out next year though..
Denard Robinson will win the Heisman. He will combine for more than 50 touchdowns this year. Geno Smith in West Virginia may as well. West Virginia is a sleep team to win the title as well. they have a sick offense coming back. They scored 70 points in a bowl game last year and were just in year 1 of learning the offense of the new coaching staff. I cannot wait to see how it unfolds..
How about teams changing leagues just to make more money and a chance toplay for a title. Texas A&M in the SEC. Boise St. to the Big East. Missouri in the SEC. Just to name a few. Doesn't Pittsburgh, Syracuse move to the ACC soon? How about new coaches at schools? Charlie Weiss in Kansas? Kevin Sumlin in Texas A&M. Mike Leach at WSU? Bill Obrien at Penn St.? Urban Meyer at Ohio St.? Who will win more games? Ohio St. has sanctions coming. Can Texas rebound from last years meltdown? Notre Dame is playing the most brutal schedule I have ever seen. No cupcakes anywhere. They start the year in Ireland against Navy and then all breaks loose with their schedule.
In the NFL.. I gave you my predictions of who will win the divisions. I think New England, Baltimore, Houston, and Denver should prevail in AFC with Pittsburgh and San Diego making the playoffs. I think that Houston and New England will play for AFC title and Houston will emerge as champion. Houston has the defense and schedule to be really good this year. Home field advantage will be their launching pad to the Super Bowl.
I think Andrew Luck will be AFC rookie of the year and will not disappoint.
The NFC I think that the Niners, Giants, Packers, Saints win divisions. I think Philly and Chicago get wild cards. I am wavering on the wild card picks because Atlanta is very good. Detroit is as well. I just think Atlanta has the wrong success model. They keep bringing in the wrong veteran players. Asante Samuel has been on three teams now in the last five years because he cannot cover like he believes he can. The Falcons can score with anyone. can they stop anyone? Detroit needs a running game to gurantee that Stafford will be on the field this year for 16 games. He showed last year that if healthy he can put up huge numbers and be a superstar. I think that their defense is one year away from greatness but off the field matters will haunt this team. This team will be great in 2013 mark my word. Maturity wins titles. They will be forced to grow up pretty quickly. The NFC is much better than the AFC this year. There are more teams that have playoff ability in that conference. Dallas is better than most AFC teams and will be at home watching the post season. I already mentioned Atlanta and Detroit. Carolina is up and coming and Seattle will be a pleasant surprise. The final two in the NFC will be Green Bay v New Orleans. New Orleans will become the first team to host the super bowl.
The referee lockout is a disgrace to the league. The NFL make 9 billion dollars a year and they do not want give a raise to the men who give the games its integrity? The replacement refs will do a good enough job that wont cause a calamity, but why risk it? Yes every week we hear the pundits criticzie the refs for blown calls and it repercussions for teams, coaches and players. I understand that noone is perfect but at least we kindof understand when a ref misses a call. We dont understand when a ref misses a basic rule. the replacement refs had a game this preseason where they thought the 4 yard line was the end zone line. They marked a penalty 11 yards that was to be 15 or cannot explain why a call was made to the audience. They have even faced the wrong way talking to the camera. I wonder what is going to happen if in week 1 the Niners play Green Bay and blown call gives the game to one team and they lose out on homefield advantage 15 weeks down the road. A hefty price to pay when the refs are only asking to be compensated because everyone else involved in football is getting raises. We hope the best even though we know this is going to be ugly..
My super bowl of Houston and New Orleans will be fun to bet on and attend. The Saints will win and tell the league to kiss their *** when they are praising Sean Payton for organizing such a fine team. Brees is your M.V.P. .. Let the games begin
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