Thursday, August 31, 2006

2006-Week 1 pickoff

South Carolina over Miss State
California over Tennessee*^
Notre Dame over Georgia Tech^
Pittsburgh over Virginia^
Miami over Florida State*^
USC over Arkansas
Auburn over Washington State
Ole Miss over Memphis

Upset special
Utah over UCLA*^

GatorZone
Fla 34 So. Miss 13
Fla 52 So. Miss 10*
Fla 38 So. Miss 14^

*Sudhan's pick
^Pal's pick

College Football is back..

College football kickoff is a few hours away as I renew my blogging for the 2006 season. I initially thought about taking a medical redshirt from blogging this year as I am rehabbing from a torn right ACL, but decided against it due to the popular demand. More on my ACL in a few weeks. But before that, here are my quickfire thoughts on the upcoming season:-

-I really dont see any BCS team going undefeated this season (maybe USC if they get past Notre Dame). So this could be the year when a 1 loss team finally gets into the National championship game after a while.

-I hope West Virginia loses to Louisville and spares us of the debate on its exclusion from the National championship game.

-In spite of its excellent supporting cast, I feel Texas will struggle to replace Vince Young.

-Notre Dame and Ohio State could be really good, but their schedule will not leave them unscathed.

-Despite Drew Weatherford's improvement, FSU will find a way to lose atleast 3 games.

-Dont know if John Booty can do a Leinart in taking USC all the way without any prior experience.

-I dont think Florida can duplicate the other Urban Meyer teams in terms of improving their offensive production in Year 2, until Meyer abandons the spread with Leak at the helm. Also, I dont want to hear about how bad our offensive line/running game is from the media and our coach after every loss. With the talent we got, we should be able to do a good job.

-Florida can easily go 9-3 despite being improved on all the areas. But I think we go 10-2 with back to back losses against Auburn and LSU, and advance to Sugar Bowl by beating one of these teams in the SEC championship game. First BCS bowl appearance post Spurrier era would definitely make a lot of Gator fans happy after a string of dummy bowls.