The Week that Was – Recap of Week 1 2014

Posted: September 2, 2014 1. The first Quest trip of the year got off to a lovely start (picture as much sarcasm as possible and then multiply by 100). Eleven of us sat in the Swamp for 5 hours and saw 10 seconds of football. Thank you mother nature. I can’t fault the...

Week 1 2014 Preview – Pondering the Future

Posted: August 27, 2014 1. The Quest begins Week 1 with the annual Gainesville trip, family in tow. Here’s to hoping it does not cost as much as last years trip to Syracuse….too late! But on the plus side, the kids first Gator game. Let’s hope it’s not another Georgia...

Al’s 2014 College Football Predictions

August 27, 2014 Everyone has their predictions, so why not me as well? I’m going to take a different spin on things, adding a little CollegeFootballQuest flavoring to my mix on some of them, and of course, not pick this years champion: Charlie Weis has to go. I am not...

My Preseason Top 25 Poll – 2014

Posted: August 25, 2014 I now present the definitive Top 25 preseason poll. I polled all one of me, tabulated the results, and now present my top 25 poll. This poll is based on who I think are the better teams. In my opinion, a higher ranked team would beat a lower...

2014 Season Preview

Date: August 18, 2014 | This year they visit two of the largest, well publicized stadiums in college football; “The Big House” or Michigan Stadium, home of the Michigan Wolverines, and “Death Valley” or Tiger Stadium, home of the LSU Tigers, along with Rice University, and University of Houston as a doubleheader weekend!

Participate in The Quest!!

  Posted July 20, 2014 Want To Be Part Of and Help Us With “The Quest”???? I have to admit, we have a great time on The Quest!! What’s not to like about college football games, big time football fans, tailgating, cheerleaders, new locations,...

Final Top 25 Rankings – 1/7/2014

Posted: January 7, 2014 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. The number in [] is my preseason ranking. 1. Florida State 14-0 (1) [3] 2....

Top 25 Rankings – 12/9/2013

Posted: December 9, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Florida State 12-0 (1) 2. Alabama 11-1 (4) 3. Auburn 12-1 (2) 4. Michigan...

Top 25 Rankings – 12/2/2013

Posted: December 2, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Florida State 12-0 (2) 2. Auburn 11-1 (3) 3. Missouri 11-1 (4) 4. Alabama...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/25/2013

Posted: November 25, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 11-0 (1) 2. Florida State 11-0 (2) 3. Auburn 10-1 (5) 4. Missouri...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/18/2013

Posted: November 18, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 10-0 (1) 2. Florida State 10-0 (2) 3. Baylor 9-0 (5) 4. Oregon 9-1...

Week 11 Recap

Posted: November 12, 2013 Oklahoma at Baylor – The Baylor offense came to play as we all expected they would. What was surprising was the Baylor defense. The Sooners struggled to get things going and were never able to find their offensive rhythm being held to 237...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/11/2013

Posted: November 11, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Alabama 9-0 (2) 2. Florida State 9-0 (3) 3. Stanford 8-1 (4) 4. Oregon 8-1...

Week 11 Preview

Posted: November 7, 2013 Oklahoma at Baylor – Thursday night gets going with the nation’s number one offense in Baylor against the staunch defense of the Sooners. Baylor has the #1 offense and #6 defense in terms of points. But a quick look at the Baylor...

Top 25 Rankings – 11/4/2013

Posted: November 4, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 8-0 (1) 2. Alabama 8-0 (2) 3. Florida State 8-0 (3) 4. Stanford 7-1...

Top 25 Rankings – 10/28/2013

Posted: October 28, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 8-0 (1) 2. Alabama 8-0 (2) 3. Florida State 7-0 (3) 4. Stanford 7-1...

Week 8 Recap

Posted: October 22, 2013 Wow what a week. Six of the top 12 teams go down, with three losing to unranked teams. Things in the SEC looked upside down with Tennessee, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Ole Miss winning while Florida, Texas A&M, Georgia, South...

Top 25 Rankings – 10/21/2013

Posted: October 21, 2013 I now present the definitive Top 25 poll. Each week I will poll myself, tabulate the results, and then present them. The number in () is last week’s ranking. 1. Oregon 7-0 (1) 2. Alabama 7-0 (2) 3. Florida State 6-0 (3) 4. Stanford 6-1...

Week 8 Preview

Posted: October 17, 2013 Central Florida at Louisville – Last chance for Louisville to lose and they are 12.5 point favorites. Gotta love the Cards schedule. Al will be pulling hard for his Knights but put the Cards down for undefeated and not a top 10 team in my...

Week 7 Recap

Posted: October 16, 2013 Oregon at Washington – As expected, the Huskies did not get blown out, but the Ducks win comfortably. Washington is a program headed in the right direction, but they just cannot compete with the elite of the Pac12….yet. Oregon just needs...