The Week that Was – Recap of Week 6 2014

Posted: October 7, 2014 A look back at Week 6 of the college football season. Well, Week 6 certainly was a crazy one with a bunch of upsets, great games, awful calls, etc. The powers that be need to find a way to spread these games out so we do not have a bunch of dud...

The Week that Was – Recap of Week 5 2014

Posted: September 30, 2014 A look back at Week 5 of the college football season. 1. I was high on UCLA entering the season, picking them to go to the playoff. I seriously reconsidered after seeing their first two games of the year. But Thursday night was a statement...

The Week that Was – Recap of Week 4 2014

Posted: September 23, 2014 A look back at Week 4 of the college football season. I will admit that I did not see very much college football this weekend. My job took me to Denmark over the weekend and while you can generally find NFL football in Copenhagen, college...

The Week that Was – Recap of Week 2 2014

Posted: September 9, 2014 1. I thought I was off to a good week, with the UTSA Roadrunners taking the Arizona Wildcats to the wire as I expected. Arizona was fortunate to get the win in this game. I still am waiting to understand how UTSA got this game at home. 2. The...

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...

Week 2 2014 Preview – Pondering the Future

Posted: September 4, 2014 Random thoughts on the upcoming weekend of college football. 1. The week gets off to a Thursday start with Arizona at UTSA. First, is there a better nickname in college sports than the Roadrunners, maybe only Coastal Carolina (google it)....

Top 25 Rankings – 9/3/2014

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Week 4 Recap

. Posted: September 24, 2013 Colorado State at Alabama – The Tide wins this one and the score is impressive at 31-6. But in watching the game, the Rams were able to do some things offensively and I did not come away too impressed with the Tide in this one. So, I have...