2014 College Football Predictions – follow up #1

Bold Predictions For 2014 – 1st Follow-Up    9/8/2014 Here’s my first follow-up to my predictions: Charlie Weis has won a game. Hooray!!!  Now clearly it wasn’t against a mighty powerhouse like Kansas State (he he ha ha), but he did manage a “W”, which was important...

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...

Week 12 Preview

Posted: November 13, 2013 Ball State at Northern Illinois – The 9-1 Cardinals take on the 9-0 Huskies. 15th ranked offense versus 8th ranked offense, by points scored. Both teams are undefeated in the MAC. The MAC is certainly giving us a game to watch this week. Can...

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...

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...

Week 10 Recap

Posted: November 6, 2013 USC at Oregon State – The Trojans continue to impress since the firing of Lane Kiffin winning three of four games. USC is playing like I expected them to when I predicted an 8-1 conference record and winning the Pac12 South. I guess I did not...

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...

Week 10 Preview

Posted: October 31, 2013 USC at Oregon State – A rare Friday night match up of not horrible teams. This game should be entertaining and fun to watch. There is nothing of immediate importance in this game but neither team is out of the race in their respective...

Week 9 Recap

Posted: October 29, 2013 Wake Forest at Miami – Miami ekes out another win to remain unbeaten. Next week…Florida State. One team will emerge with their first loss. I know where my money would be. Connecticut @ Central Florida – Could UConn be the worst team in...

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...

Top 25 Rankings – 10/14/2013

Posted: October 15, 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 6-0 (1) 2. Alabama 6-0 (2) 3. Florida State 5-0 (4) 4. LSU 6-1 (5) 5....

Top 25 Rankings – 10/7/2013

Posted: October 7, 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 5-0 (1) 2. Alabama 5-0 (2) 3. Stanford 5-0 (3) 4. Florida State 5-0...

Week 5 Recap

Posted: October 1, 2013 Miami at South Florida – I only mention this game because South Florida may be the worst team in D1. This game was 49-7 at one point. I bet Coach Taggert misses WKU right about now. Oklahoma State at West Virginia – Huge bounce back win for WVU...

Top 25 Rankings – 9/30/2013

Posted: September 30, 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 4-0 (1) 2. Alabama 4-0 (3) 3. Stanford 4-0 (4) 4. Florida State 4-0...

Top 25 Rankings – 9/23/2013

Posted: September 23, 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 3-0 (2) 2. Alabama 3-0 (1) 3. Florida State 3-0 (3) 4. Stanford 3-0...

Top 25 Poll – 9/16/2013

Posted: September 16, 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 2-0 (1) 2. Oregon 3-0 (2) 3. Florida State 2-0 (3) 4. Ohio State...

Week 2 Recap

. Posted: September 10, 2013 Florida at Miami – I think Miami played prevent on offense for three quarters. Wow, what a horrible performance by the Florida offense. Coach Muschamp can tell us all that if not for the momentum of the first Miami drive, none of this...

Top 25 Poll – 9/9/2013

Posted: September 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. Alabama 1-0 (1) 2. Oregon 2-0 (2) 3. Florida State 1-0 (3) 4. Ohio State...